BusConnects Dublin - Big changes to Bus Network

Nope is the short answer to that. For weekdays a quick comparison of both timetables (now that W61s is eventually available) shows both C4 and W61 are for the most part both scheduled to leave Maynooth at approximately the same time (15 minutes before and after the hour) resulting in the W61 running around 5 minutes behind the C4 towards Celbridge due to it starting further out.

Yes, it's a protected structure so their options are limited to more traffic control and using small busses. A far simpler and immediately available option to get a full version of W6 route going with good train connectivity would have been to route via Adamstown as I've said before, but they took the option of splitting the route and kicking the 230 year old Hazelhatch bridge problem back to SDCC.

I took a walk along the Moyglare road at lunch and was pleasantly surprised to see passengers waiting at 3 of the stops the route hasn't been publicized much bar people noticed the stops but its promising to see people using the service already. I spoke to one of the drivers in Moyglare too and he said there's been a few Hazelhatch to Maynooth and return so the train link is being used by some too.

Well ABP are snowed under, as we all know, so they can't do anything only sit on them. And we all know that if these as yet unapplied for corridors did go to ABP and they miraculously approved them in a reasonable time, the NTA would just come the ones sitting on them as they have numerous other corridors further in the process and it isn't possible to build many simultaneously (due to huge disruption across the city, lack of available labour, etc.).

the snowed under argument implies that something is being done though, but none of the major infrastructure projects submitted in the past year or two appear to be going anywhere.

New bus stops installed at junction of New Nangor Road and R136 - 8068 & 8074. But these stops are served only by the W4 instead of the 13,68 and 151 also being added to them. Simple simple opportunity for interchange being missed.

Of all the basic things which the NTA get wrong, their naming of terminus stops is perhaps the most unforgivable. The terminus name should include the main area/town served by the route in that direction, even if the actual terminus is ott the far side of the area/town, plus a local identifier. It's really basic stuff.

I caught the W61 from Maynooth to Hazelhatch this am, it was 5 minutes late at the first stop on the Moyglare road despite having arrived at the terminus 5 mins before departure. The inbound service had realtime info but not the outbound so I thought I'd missed it! There were several more passengers who boarded in Maynooth disembarking in Celbridge and one other traveled on to Hazelhatch and caught the train with me. Even though it was late departing it made time and held for 3/4 minutes again at the M4 business park. The journey took an hour and twenty minutes door to door a little better than before and less walking so that's a win!

Any idea when the S4 route is planned to run? I don't see mention of it anywhere..

I thought Go Ahead was supposed to operate the S4, given it replaces pieces of the 17 and 18?

The depot they're coming to (Donnybrook) are supposedly at full staff levels with only 4 or so duties off per day on both sides although you see the amount that are still put off on the 14s and 15s, and the 46s and 155s

Edit

My point was that they're supposedly 'fully staffed'. I'm a driver in Donnybrook.