Dublin's 24h bus services

The 39a also going past full at 1am and 1.30am

As more phases of BusConnects are rolled out the frequency on the core sections of each Spine at night time should rise.

I would expect as each spine is launched to see at least two of the spine routes running 24 hours a day.

I don’t see additional routes being added or frequency increased outside of the BusConnects rollout - that’s how the NTA is funding them.

The A and B spines don’t happen until 2024 unfortunately.

I notice this after late bar/niteclub closing time right up to 4am too on Friday/Saturday nights as everyone spilling out of venues at the same time. The 39A is full by Aston Quay and just passes us by at Essex Quay. Nightmare trying to get taxis at that time then!

Is it acceptable that buses are now consistently leaving people behind every weekend night though?

This wouldn't be tolerated at other times of the day, so why is it ok then?

Yeah they're every half hour , but there are usually inspectors on during the night , that put on extra buses when it gets busy. I have seen 39as in pairs heading through blanch at all hours of the night , on Friday and Saturday

I report it to Dublin bus see what they say. Also don't forget the N4 from Spencer dock will also be 24 hours from the 29th. Will probably take longer about an hour during the night , but that's another option

Hopefully so, though I'd fear it'd just be 300 people queueing for a sparsely scheduled bus, with consequent hassle and general scrummaging, tortuous loading times with driver interaction ("do you go to X, how much?" etc.)

The Luas can be unpleasant after an event, but it as least has the advantage that people can get on very quickly and squash in, and there's generally another one along quite soon.

If they can find drivers for the new N4, they can find drivers for the existing services. The same goes for future 24hr services, existing services need to meet demand before expanding.

If they could start the N4 from Abbey Street (even just overnight) it would probally help a lot. (I don't follow Bus Connects so I am sure somoene will tell me there is a reason Sepencer Dock is used).

Frankly, I don't think that's really a valid argument against additional services like this one for the 3Arena. Sure, there's capacity issues after every major event in any major city, but I haven't attended an event anywhere in the world where what you're describing hasn't been a feature of the public transport services as a result of such events taking place. It's a stupid point intended to make it seem like the 3Arena wouldn't benefit from the services of the N4, when the reality is that it will benefit people attending events in the 3Arena to the tune of a service every 20minutes/half an hour - that's an improvement, whatever way you want to dice it.