BusConnects Dublin - Bus Network Changes Discussion

There are always going to be winners and losers with a network change.

I’d have to say that given the 76a only operates 7 times a day at peak hour Monday to Friday you may be overstating the problem by saying “a lot”. Some yes, but let’s not go overboard here.

I do have some sympathy for people who are being discommoded by changes, but let’s be honest here, the W4 is a massive improvement in service provision. It’s an all day service operating seven days a week. There are significantly more frequent services being delivered on the S4 through Ballyfermot than the 76 too.

There has to be a balance in how you provide the service, and that will mean some people having to change.

You are being far too short term in your outlook here. This is a long term project to deliver improved bus services.

Expecting everything to be in place all at once given the planning constraints at the moment isn’t realistic, nor is moving the bus station.

The new bus station is a huge improvement over the old bus terminus, and the “interchange” element of the bus station will be used far more with passengers switching between the S4 and W2.

I don’t think that there was ever any indication that the new bridge would be in place before the CBC infrastructure works happened, so I don’t know where you’re getting that idea from.

As I say, this is a long term investment project and that means that for some of the time there will be less than optimal situations. But it’s a much shorter walk from the new bus station to the C Spine than that from the old terminus.

This is more to do with getting the electric buses into service rather than specific BusConnects routes. There are more than enough older buses in storage to facilitate new routes other than the “O” route (which needs single decks due to the low bridge at Macken Street) - lack of drivers is the real problem.

According to the latest edition of Buses Magazine, Summerhill should have their charging points in by the end of November and Phibsboro will be done by the end of the year. The latter will facilitate the introduction of the “O” route next year.

Fair point on the confusion.

They really need copies on board every bus serving south and west Dublin as well.

This phase is by far the biggest shake up of city bus routes yet and it’s going to take a lot of explaining to people.

The disjointed notifications are really disappointing - no mention of the extra trips on the 14, 44d and 161 on the TFI page replacing part of the 75 and 61, and both DB and GAI only giving info about their own routes on their websites rather than the big picture.

This is such a big change and people should not have to worry about who operates the routes to get up to date information.

Yes but that was on a route that was changing.

These changes could potentially offer alternatives to people using other routes that aren’t changing - hence they need to maximise the publicity across the network.

All you need to know is here:

https://bustimes.org/services/161-rockbrook-dundrum-2

Click on map for the route and on “show all stops” to see the full stop by stop timetable.

It’s a very limited service that runs Monday to Friday only.

(scheduled) on the app means it’s not tracking yet.