http://busrage.com/forum/ BUSRAGE Discussions: Recent Posts en Fri, 16 May 2008 17:13:55 +0000 http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5334#post-5345 Sat, 10 May 2008 19:04:15 +0000 iyzz 5345@http://busrage.com/forum/ <p>with regard its timing. I know and accept that there will always be occasional times when buses simply cannot leave the terminus on time, but I get this bus from Hawkins St several times a week and I swear it NEVER leaves on time. In comparison to the 46a - another high frequency route - it is disgraceful - what's the explanation? </p> <p>From my local bustop (ie: not at either terminus), I've often been waiting 30 mins for a 39 even though they are supposed to go every ten minutes.</p> <p>What's most frustrating (intriuging?) about this is that I genuinely have no other complaints about other buses I take. I'm not one of these ''Dublin bus sucks!!'' people. The 37 and 70 always seem to leave the termini on time. I find the 66 and 67a pretty reliable. The 46a is excellent, as are most of the xpressos to UCD. So why is the 39 so unreliable?</p> <p>Every ten mins my arse!</p> <p>(also, why do some townbound 39s state the destination is ''westmoreland st'', not ''hawkins st'' ? I'm geussing this is because Hawkins St gets overcrowded with buses at times but this just adds to my frustration of this route!) </p> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5332#post-5343 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:58:47 +0000 admin 5343@http://busrage.com/forum/ <p>Yeah, I hear what you're saying.</p> <p>I'm trying to look on it as a positive thing, it should at least make integration a little better, although to be honest there are a few suspect things about it (which will make there way into a front page article soon). The main worry I have is that it is a step towards a UK-style privatisation mess. Oh, and it does of course give the minister cover when things start to go wrong, while leaving him the opportunity to take credit when they go right. Marvelous.</p> <p>Then there is the pensions issue, I haven't heard much from the unions since the announcement. </p> <p>One interesting point, the bill does not provide for this new body to license private operators, that will still rest with the Department of Transport. Something stinks about that I think... </p> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5332#post-5342 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:47:35 +0000 Al 5342@http://busrage.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for the clarification.</p> <p>Imitating <em>anything</em> going on in London is going to be a recipe for disaster. We do not need TfD; TfL is hampered by its own oversized bureaucracy, and DTO will be nothing but layers to insulate against accountability. </p> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5332#post-5341 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:08:27 +0000 admin 5341@http://busrage.com/forum/ <p>The context of Alek's original posting got lost in the migration to the new platform - he was originally talking about <a href="http://busrage.com/2008/04/16/dublin-transport-authority-by-2009/">this story</a>. </p> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1164#post-5340 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:35:08 +0000 Al 5340@http://busrage.com/forum/ <p>How things have changed over four years. (What's with resurrecting an old post?)</p> <p>Platform 11 have turned out to be government shills/plants. They now go by the name "<a href="http://www.railusers.ie">Rail Users Ireland</a>" and have backed off a lot of their initial positions that they used to support (Western Rail Corridor, railfreight, any coherent spending on new rolling stock, network expansion in general, mainline electrification, operating speeds on par with the "big countries" of the EU) and have shown themselves as cheerleaders for the status quo (Luas, Metro, <strong>noisy Intercity DMUs,</strong> intercity trains no faster than 100 mph, the words of consultants are "gospel")…sad. </p> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5332#post-5339 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:27:13 +0000 Al 5339@http://busrage.com/forum/ <p>Major hurdle towards what, and pension protection for whom?</p> <p>Is Brussels' hand in it? </p> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5324#post-5338 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:21:35 +0000 Al 5338@http://busrage.com/forum/ <p>The 8 was cancelled a number of years ago; the replacement route, 7D, originally ran over the 8's entire route. The 59 (and back then the 59A, when it ran) were the "local" routes, and today as then the <em>intent</em> was to have strictly local bus service with direct operations to Dublin city centre restricted to peak hours; or passengers bound for Dublin should ride the DART. Folly, IMHO. (After all, did they restrict bus service via Sandycove and Glenageary just because they have DART stations, too?) </p> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5333#post-5337 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:15:57 +0000 admin 5337@http://busrage.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>After many hours of toil we've finally launched BUSRAGE on it's new platform. We have upgraded the entire site to more reliable and faster hardware and software. We are now hosted in Europe, so users may or may not notice a difference due to this also.</p> <p>Plus, and this is the most obvious change, our new discussion forum now requires a user account before a message can be posted. While some users may dislike this, it is necessary in order to combat the vast amounts of spam and trolling we have to deal with.</p> <p>As part of moving from the old site to the new one we tried to preserve the existing message board, and auto-created user accounts for users who provided an email address with their posting. If you would like to activate an account that has been auto-created for posts you have made in the past, you can request the password to be sent to you. Simply follow these steps:</p> <p>1. Find one of your old posts on the discussion forum, make a note of the username for the post in the left hand column.<br /> 2. Try to login using that username (without entering a pasword)<br /> 3. You should see a recover password button, click this - your new password will be emailed to you.</p> <p>Alternatively you can setup a new account, simply go to the register page by following the link above the login form.</p> <p>Any problems, please email us via the addresses on the contact page.</p> <p>We are keen to hear comments about the new site, and to hear about any issues encountered.</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>BUSRAGE Administrators </p> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5202#post-5336 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:46:51 +0000 Anonymous 5336@http://busrage.com/forum/ I totally agree with the first post. The 79/a does not go as frequently as it purports to on the timetable and when I once asked the guy who seems to be in charge of the buses on the quays about this he replied with a rude and agressive retort that left me very upset. <br> <br>Now yesterday I see that the 79a is being diverted away from inchicore. This means that almost half (32 of 65) the 79/a service is being cut from going down inchicore road. <br> <br>This is crazy given that the 79/a is rarely half full (unlike the other bus serving the Model School the 78a which is always very full) and lots of people get on/off on the Inchicore road. To divert an undersubscribed bus so it doesn&#39;t go past lots of passengers is crazy. <br> <br>Also it means that coming from town and heuston station tourists will have a reduced service to Kilmainham Gaol, the HIlton and IMMA. <br> <br>It is simply crazy to make public transport less accessible to people who (despite poor service and rude attitudes) continue to use it.<br/><em>[posted by: cb]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5276#post-5335 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:22:47 +0000 MylesKenny 5335@http://busrage.com/forum/ then why is DB making Dun Laoghaire to Tallaght buses better only http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5276#post-5334 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:55:03 +0000 Anonymous 5334@http://busrage.com/forum/ "DB are thinking of extending the 37 to blanch sc" <br> <br>Theres my point. If DB do plan to extend it, it will be on the dublinbus.ie site!<br/><em>[posted by: Fran]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5276#post-5333 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:46:02 +0000 MylesKenny 5333@http://busrage.com/forum/ fran well i heard a rumour that DB are thinking of extending the 37 to blanch sc http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5332#post-5332 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:21:13 +0000 AlekSmart 5332@http://busrage.com/forum/ "The Transport (Reorganization of Coras Iompar Eireann) Act 1986" <br> <br>Watch this one prople because buried deep within it could be the first major hurdle.....and it`s all about Pension Fund protection. http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5276#post-5331 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:29:57 +0000 Anonymous 5331@http://busrage.com/forum/ When and IF Db start new routes if will be made public on thier website. <br> <br>BUT I&#39;ve heard rumours of a route 36 starting soon..<br/><em>[posted by: Fran]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5324#post-5330 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:15:38 +0000 Anonymous 5330@http://busrage.com/forum/ I know Joe.However, the only areas that people from Dalkey have access to is town(very important) and Mackintosh Park which is 10-15 minutes walk from the Dual Carriageway.I am aware that the people from Mackintosh Park need a bus to Dun Laoghaire.However, that is beside the point.The combined population of the Dalkey,Killiney and Sandycove areas is roughly 22000.The point I am making is that there should be at least one regular bus service covering the aformentioned area which would take people to the likes of Cabinteely, UCD and Sandyford Industrial Estate.While the emphasis on transport is getting people into the heart of Dublin,there are still a lot of people from the area in question who travel north west.I feel very lucky to live near such a great system like the DART but a bus service is needed to cover the upper road as well as it brings people to other areas in town that are nowhere near the DART.The 7D is a very poor bus service with only two morning journeys at irregular times and one evening return and one service on a Saturday.<br/><em>[posted by: Patrick Brophy]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5276#post-5329 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:20:07 +0000 MylesKenny 5329@http://busrage.com/forum/ i mean any more new routes coming to DB http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5326#post-5328 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:09:34 +0000 admin 5328@http://busrage.com/forum/ I don&#39;t think that&#39;s the point though. <br> <br>Bus Eireann buses have stops much further apart than Dublin Bus buses, so it&#39;s not too much to ask for drivers to make clear announcements when stopping as to what the passengers options are at that point. <br> <br>This is the norm in other countries, travel with someone like National Express in Britain and you will hear drivers announcing things like "This is the stop for Birmingham, passengers intending to travel to London should change here, this bus is for the West Midlands." <br> <br>Passengers should be told if they need to get off the bus to change for another destination, especially for a popular destination like Dublin. <br> <br>The problem is compounded by a number of issues: <br> <br>1. The fact that the public haven&#39;t got much trust in destination scrolls on the front of vehicles (if it has one) as these are often wrong. This is why drivers get pestered by passengers asking where the bus is going, it&#39;s not because they haven&#39;t bothered to look at the scroll, it&#39;s because they don&#39;t trust it. <br> <br>2. The problem that, for whatever reason, the timetables are frequently not kept too - so you can&#39;t be sure which timetabled bus you&#39;re on. <br> <br>3. The general assumption that if you are a "regular" on the bus you will be aware of it&#39;s quirks without having to be told. I regularly travelled on the 84 and 84A in the 1990s and the route frequently departed from the timetabled route. As regulars we knew it would but not everyone is a daily commuter. http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5326#post-5327 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:53:19 +0000 Anonymous 5327@http://busrage.com/forum/ Theres no 1000am departure. Theres a 930am to Bray only and a 1030am which by passes Bray. <br> <br> <a href="http://www.buseireann.ie/site/your_journey/printed_timetable_pdfs/local/133.pdf">Timetable</a><br/><em>[posted by: SickCert]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5326#post-5326 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:57:43 +0000 Anonymous 5326@http://busrage.com/forum/ I was lucky or unlucky enough to board the 133 along with my son, from Wicklow Town last friday to go into dublin city. The lady on the phone told me the bus went through bray & into the city & I paid for that. <br>When we reached Glen of the downs a bunch of people got on and off & I thought no more about that. The drivers had a chat & then we took off again. <br>Later in Bray we were alone on the bus the driver was surprised we were there wondered where we were goin & when we told him said "why didnt u get off at Glen of the Downs"??!! <br>Apparently everyone knows this, I asked him where he was goin but he wouldnt say. It was 10am & we expected 2b in the city by 10.30. The driver then hailed a dublin bus told the driver the story & we had to board that. Our original driver I imagine went for a break. We sat on the 145 for ONE HOUR & having left Wicklow Town at 9.05 arrived at stephens green at 11.00am. <br>Bus rage I know all about it. (by car this journey takes 45 mins.)<br/><em>[posted by: dolly_angel]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5324#post-5325 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:40:47 +0000 Anonymous 5325@http://busrage.com/forum/ Take the DART that most allot of people in Dublin don&#39;t have access to!<br/><em>[posted by: Joe]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5324#post-5324 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:21:21 +0000 Anonymous 5324@http://busrage.com/forum/ I am from Dalkey and I have to say that there is a huge lack of proper bus routes to and from the area.I just want some opinions.I know that the 59, 8 and 7D serve the area.However, the 7D only has two bus journeys in the morning and one evening return. It goes into town via UCD. The 8 comes 7 times a day each way Monday to Friday with no weekend services. The 59 only drops people off at Mackintosh Park. I think it is rediculous having to go to Blackrock or Dun Laoghaire to get various bus routes.The point I am trying to get at is that Dalkey lacks proper direct connectivity with the Dual Carriageway, Sandyford and other areas of importance (More so than Mackintosh Park). Would anyone agree with me that the demand is there in the Dalkey, Killiney and Sandycove area for west bound bus routes?<br/><em>[posted by: Patrick Brophy]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5276#post-5323 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:43:02 +0000 Anonymous 5323@http://busrage.com/forum/ Myles, can you say that in simple in english ? <br> <br>We all know route 140 was a new roure but what does "now will more coming" mean ? <br/><em>[posted by: Fran]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5102#post-5322 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:41:15 +0000 Anonymous 5322@http://busrage.com/forum/ Hasn&#39;t Harristown got enough ? <br> <br>Do they have enough buses & drivers to operate another route ? <br/><em>[posted by: Fran]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5304#post-5321 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:37:54 +0000 Anonymous 5321@http://busrage.com/forum/ Did she not see " City Centre" on the scroll or 83C ? <br> <br><br/><em>[posted by: Driver A]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5304#post-5320 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:09:32 +0000 Anonymous 5320@http://busrage.com/forum/ On a slightly related point, a lawyer friend of mine boarded a no. 83 bus in Rathmines recently, and there was nothing on the bus to indicate it was stopping short of its usual destination. However, the bus terminated at Westmoreland St causing her serious inconvenience as her work was on Church St, which was covered by the destination stated on her ticket. We suspect that this was connected with the Finglas dispute. She mentioned the incident to an inapector more recently but she was asked to state time and date, which she does not wish to do because she does not want the driver to get into trouble.<br/><em>[posted by: Richard]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1120#post-5319 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:53:55 +0000 MylesKenny 5319@http://busrage.com/forum/ the following could be AMC new route: <br> <br>16a From DUBLIN AIRPORT <br> <br>Aerport Atha Cliath, Seantrabh, Beaumont, Droim Conrach, Sr. Uí Chonaill, X Araild, Tír an Luír, Ráth Fearnáin Íoch. <br> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1164#post-5318 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:49:57 +0000 MylesKenny 5318@http://busrage.com/forum/ the minister was bertie http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5102#post-5317 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:47:57 +0000 MylesKenny 5317@http://busrage.com/forum/ i say why doesnt DB not transfer the 220 route from phibsboro garage to harristown garage http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5276#post-5316 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:46:11 +0000 MylesKenny 5316@http://busrage.com/forum/ the 140 was a new route now will more coming http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5304#post-5315 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:44:30 +0000 MylesKenny 5315@http://busrage.com/forum/ DB dont listen http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5306#post-5314 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:43:51 +0000 MylesKenny 5314@http://busrage.com/forum/ dave what can DB do to improve toms logic http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4539#post-5313 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:40:27 +0000 MylesKenny 5313@http://busrage.com/forum/ what was the wage agreement http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4539#post-5312 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:39:25 +0000 MylesKenny 5312@http://busrage.com/forum/ what was the wage agreement http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5079#post-5311 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:37:07 +0000 MylesKenny 5311@http://busrage.com/forum/ To Carla the best buses from Dublin Airport to the City Centre is the 16A and the 746 http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5079#post-5310 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:55:51 +0000 carla 5310@http://busrage.com/forum/ im loking for a best and cheap bus of dublin aeroport to the city center <br>thanks <br>carla from portugal