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BUSRAGE Discussions: Forum: CIE Group - Recent Posts http://busrage.com/forum/ BUSRAGE Discussions: Forum: CIE Group - Recent Posts en Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:03:22 +0000 SickCert on "Rh's/Ra's Dublin Bus" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5059#post-5077 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:44:39 +0000 SickCert 5077@http://busrage.com/forum/ The trip to the school is not a recorded punishment, but a advisory by a depot manager. Always bring the rep upstairs as this whole DQM thing is rocking the boat big time. meanie on "Rh's/Ra's Dublin Bus" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5059#post-5074 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:03:50 +0000 meanie 5074@http://busrage.com/forum/ This job is full of rumors, however if the DQM's is true that means more days in school and how long before someone gets the bullet. theres only so many times they will send you up then say enough is enough. also when we go by the book we're the ones that get abuse, not the guy sitting down the back spying on you. so much for equality in the qork place. SickCert on "Rh's/Ra's Dublin Bus" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5059#post-5073 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:00:09 +0000 SickCert 5073@http://busrage.com/forum/ The Rv's were some of the last off the line hence no more. And the goverment wanted low low low everything! Let them door brakes slow you down as much as possible. Rumours of another 15 DQM's coming on stream soon. meanie on "Rh's/Ra's Dublin Bus" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5059#post-5072 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:26:06 +0000 meanie 5072@http://busrage.com/forum/ best idea was to get rid of the RH's but should've kept the RA's and bought more RV's. AV upwards are aload of crap.wait till they introduce the door brake city wide, then you'll appreciate the RA's and RV's alot more. Anonymous on "Rh's/Ra's Dublin Bus" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5059#post-5064 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:14:02 +0000 Anonymous 5064@http://busrage.com/forum/ still spare,prefer being spare.variety [posted by: stevie] Anonymous on "Rh's/Ra's Dublin Bus" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5059#post-5063 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:04:21 +0000 Anonymous 5063@http://busrage.com/forum/ No Gargage. Bus Enthusiat! Are You Marked In Or Spare? [posted by: Driver A] Anonymous on "Rh's/Ra's Dublin Bus" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5059#post-5062 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:37:15 +0000 Anonymous 5062@http://busrage.com/forum/ phibsboro,and yourself? [posted by: stevie] Anonymous on "Rh's/Ra's Dublin Bus" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5059#post-5061 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:05:25 +0000 Anonymous 5061@http://busrage.com/forum/ True! The Brakes Are Very Hard oN tHE ax's. Nice Buses But They Need Better bRakes! What Garage Are You In? [posted by: Driver A] Anonymous on "Rh's/Ra's Dublin Bus" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5059#post-5060 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:20:30 +0000 Anonymous 5060@http://busrage.com/forum/ yes i think it was right to get rid of them,having drove the Rh's and the Ra's on many an occassion i found them terrible to drive,everyone has there own personal preference tho,the av's,rv's and ax's are much better [posted by: stevie] Driver A on "Rh's/Ra's Dublin Bus" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5059#post-5059 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:51:09 +0000 Driver A 5059@http://busrage.com/forum/ Should Dublin Bus have sold There Rh's?? And Ra's? Some Of The Rh's Were The Best Buses in The Fleet! Please Comment : AlekSmart on "bus eireann" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/2525#post-2526 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:00:38 +0000 AlekSmart 2526@http://busrage.com/forum/ Bus Eireann is a strange contradiction in some ways. For some long time it was often the senior men who preferred to remain "Spare" leaving the junior Staff to go for marked in status. The advent of the last pay deal and the "Boarding" of all work changed that to a great degree. However marking in on a particular route would not usually be seen within 2 years although my policy would be to apply for all suitable vacancies as they are posted and just wait an see. Anonymous on "bus eireann" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/2525#post-2525 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:44:14 +0000 Anonymous 2525@http://busrage.com/forum/ i see bus eireann are recruiting for drivers on their website, could anyone tell me how long it takes to get marked in, as i'm thinking of moving from the crap private sector, cheers. [posted by: josh] Al on "No settlements system" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/2114#post-2119 Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:51:57 +0000 Al 2119@http://busrage.com/forum/ Aren't they still trying to break up CIE...? If so, then instituting unified ticketing will only create more overhead and make any perceived savings from CIE's demise rapidly disappear. Rest assured, things are going to get a lot worse before anyone makes real moves to make them better. And don't you know that you are looked down upon if you do not have an automobile in your possession...? >:-( Laura on "No settlements system" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/2114#post-2114 Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:53:58 +0000 Laura 2114@http://busrage.com/forum/ Has anybody else here ever been as pissed off as I have been when being forced to use buses due to trains being cancelled? Even though CIE are supposed to be one company, if the trains break down, bus drivers will not accept train tickets and vice versa. But why can CIE not agree an internal ticketing system? Apparently there is a 5 year plan to INVESTIGATE a system for the future, but CIE cannot even agree amongst its own companies? Anonymous on "Busrage/1/16A and other bits" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1338#post-1577 Sat, 06 Dec 2003 02:13:35 +0000 Anonymous 1577@http://busrage.com/forum/ hey al ... yeah i remember it being there because that was actually where brookhaven is now [posted by: l] Al on "Busrage/1/16A and other bits" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1338#post-1545 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 23:50:41 +0000 Al 1545@http://busrage.com/forum/ Someone really likes that routing of the 39its been messed up since the early 1980s ever since they extended the route from Sheepmoor to Clonsilla via Blakestown Road (at first, then via Huntstown/Hartstown). The route nowadays is the same as it was in the mid-1980s (I never liked the bizarre twisting when Blanchardstown Centre opened and they made that the terminus, having the route loop via Clonsilla instead). Want my opinion? They ought to have city-bound 39s operate right to Blanchardstown Road after departing the Centre, and increase the 39A frequency now that it has been returned to its original direct-via-Clonsilla-Road route. And ditch the 39B. Anyone recall when the 39s terminus was at Coolmine Cross? I certainly do Anonymous on "Busrage/1/16A and other bits" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1338#post-1544 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 17:18:27 +0000 Anonymous 1544@http://busrage.com/forum/ but at least you know the general destination of the bus. [posted by: phil] Anonymous on "Busrage/1/16A and other bits" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1338#post-1538 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 09:54:59 +0000 Anonymous 1538@http://busrage.com/forum/ The 39 bus shows Clonsilla on its sign board but this doesn't tell you about the grand tour that it makes around Blanchardstown, as well as the "quick" 15 minute half mile trip into and out of the Blanchardstown Centre in both directions. [posted by: rs] Anonymous on "Busrage/1/16A and other bits" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1338#post-1536 Wed, 03 Dec 2003 21:22:23 +0000 Anonymous 1536@http://busrage.com/forum/ 16a now shows Nutgrove Avenue which is more accurate. [posted by: phil] Al on "Busrage/1/16A and other bits" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1338#post-1388 Mon, 13 Oct 2003 00:25:51 +0000 Al 1388@http://busrage.com/forum/ It's only numbers at the end of the day Yup, numbers of cars on the road. One of the reasons why buses can never be on time these days, if they get to move at all dingding on "Busrage/1/16A and other bits" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1338#post-1385 Sun, 12 Oct 2003 19:47:24 +0000 dingding 1385@http://busrage.com/forum/ Calm down folks! It's only numbers at the end of the day, but, if ye are so passionate about numbers why not pop into The George some Sunday evening for a game of bingo and see how ' all on its own' number 1 is then!! DD Al on "Busrage/1/16A and other bits" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1338#post-1341 Sat, 13 Sep 2003 13:00:41 +0000 Al 1341@http://busrage.com/forum/ by the way, has anyone ever seen a number 1 bus ? Yes, I havein fact, I rode one down to the so-called Poolbeg Extension in the early 1980s, which was a rather dirty area at the time, even walked back to the centre of Irishtown to catch a number 3 bus back to town. Served my curiosity rightand Im totally surprised that the bus is still running, especially with the same lack of frequency that it used to have years and years agowhy does such an infrequent route bear the number 1, is my question? Youd think that a route like the 10, a busy route, would be the 1 instead, right? Personally, with the Port bridge having been there for years now, I would have thought that DB would have gone so far as to merge the limited service of the 1 with route 53 by now Why do/did the 16A's used to show Lr Rathfarnham on the scrolls when it in fact it went to Churchtown?? Used to, you say? I thought that the destination sign read Túr Rath Fearnan/Rathfarnham Tower myself. It always went to the centre of Churchtown, to my memoryis there some kind of invisible barrier that the Ordnance Survey maps show, that the 16A south-side terminus is really in Lower Rathfarnham? Time to put Baile Teampaill/Churchtown on the destination signs and into the timetablehigh time already, about four decades overdue and another thing when the 50 went to Willington it always showed 'Crumlin' Because it didnt go to Willington (Wellington? after all, the road is Wellington Lane) at the time, instead turning around at the corners of Whitehall Road West (where it operated) and Whitehall Road East, the terminus actually being on Millgate Drive. (Technically, this would be South Kimmage or something, right? It sure would help if Ordnance Survey put border-markers on their maps of the city) but as soon as it was given the number 150 it suddenly began showing Willington or should it be Wellington ?even though this goes to Rossmore? This was some money-saving on DBs partthe scrolls said Willington from the time the original route 15C used to go to the roundabout. The route 150 timetable always said Rossmore however. Hey, things used to be worseI remember back in the 1970s that all the route 18 destination signs used to read Ballyfermot even when the bus route had been extended to Palmerstown for yearsyup, loads of money to spend on new paint jobs, but none for the important part, that being the destination scrolls. Still the same and another thing, the 44B, what's that all about, terminating in the middle of the <a href="mailto:f@#!in">f@#!in</a> mountins That 44B is one of the last hold-outs for some odd reason. Bus service to Leas Cross is gone (route 60), service to Dunard Co. Wicklow is gone (infrequent route 65 extension), but somehow the 44B hangs on, even though population is sparse and the roads are generally too narrow for buses, never mind lorries or even cars for that matter. I rode the 44B once, and I think I was the only passenger on there between Lambs Cross in Sandyford and the Ballybrack turning loop outside Glencullen (no, not Ballybrack between Cabinteely, Killiney and Shankill)and youre right of course, not a single bus shelter in sight, perhaps because of the paint scheme changes?? (Weird thing is, most of the 44B trips dont even make it into the city centre any more, and theres even an extension of route 63 that takes the front way into Glencullen instead of running via Barnacullia and Ballyedmonduff, i.e. off the main road to Enniskerry. Must be people riding that I dont know aboutbecause all that I saw driving around there were SUVs, so people up that way arent so poor that they actually need a bus, from appearances Anonymous on "Busrage/1/16A and other bits" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1338#post-1338 Fri, 12 Sep 2003 08:48:54 +0000 Anonymous 1338@http://busrage.com/forum/ I thought we were supposed to be rageing at the Dublin Bus, i'am raged that there is not enough rageing going on, by the way, has anyone ever seen a number 1 bus ? or do they all fall of the feckin breakwater into Dublin Bay ???!!!!, i bet it's electric down there!!!. Why do/did the 16A's used to show Lr Rathfarnham on the scrolls when it in fact it went to Churchtown??, and another thing when the 50 went to Willington it always showed 'Crumlin' which was feckin miles from the terminus, but as soon as it was given the number 150 it suddenly began showing Willington or should it be Wellington ?even though this goes to Rossmore???, sure why not put something like "Rossmore just around the corner from Willington a couple of miles from Crumlin" on the scrolls, problem sorted eh... ......and another thing, the 44B, what's that all about, terminating in the middle of the feckin mountins and not even a feckin bus shelter to cover you from the hurricans up there, no McDonals either, and worst of all it's uphill all the way. [posted by: R Master] MylesKenny on "The 122 and Congrats on Site" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1145#post-1214 Mon, 28 Jul 2003 05:55:13 +0000 MylesKenny 1214@http://busrage.com/forum/ put the 38c and the 122 together admin on "The 122 and Congrats on Site" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1145#post-1158 Sun, 06 Jul 2003 07:41:32 +0000 admin 1158@http://busrage.com/forum/ Thanks for the kind words Thomas, this site would be nothing without it's contributors (as this thread clearly shows). Regarding your question on the imps, I was under the impression that imps were being replaced with double deckers, not the other way around. I don't use the route in questions, anybody else care to shed some light on this? Al on "The 122 and Congrats on Site" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1145#post-1156 Thu, 03 Jul 2003 01:22:37 +0000 Al 1156@http://busrage.com/forum/ Alek: We need you over on the <a href=http://groups.msn.com/irishrailwaynews>Irish Railway News</a> message boards, to tell stuff like that to the Luas-lovers :-P AlekSmart on "The 122 and Congrats on Site" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1145#post-1155 Wed, 02 Jul 2003 19:16:39 +0000 AlekSmart 1155@http://busrage.com/forum/ Al,me oul segosha....you were obviously payin atention when the lessons were being read out.The "Old" LUAS order under CIE`s Donal Mangan had done quite a bit of investigating into where exactly the Tram pax (ahem) were going to come from. In spite of all the initial media hype about reducing private car traffic,LUAS was never intended as a serious tool for decreasing car usage. There was at least one large scale report compiled for the CIE-LRPO (Light Rail Project Office) which went into some detail on the scale of bus service reductions or eliminations which would be feasible when LUAS commenced operations. This report from a French consultancy SEMALY s.a. made many observations and recommendations concerning bus services in the Tallaght area. Given that that report was compiled when the CIE group expected to be the operator of LUAS it can be imagined that the scale of reductions which will be demanded by ConneX in order to satisfy its shareholders needs for dividends will be greater still,especially since the Bus will be regarded by the RPA/ConneX as a COMPETITOR rather than as part of the same overall public transport service. Indeed the news today concerning the 10mtr difference in length between Luas Tramcar sets for Line A and Line B reveals yet more evidence of befuddlement at the highest levels. It appears that the RPA/ConneX are prepared to operate two different standards of "Crush Loading" for its two lines.It appears as if there is some form of social engineering afoot.... And while Im at it......whatever became of Donal Mangan`s High Court case to have him confirmed as CX of the RPA in preference to Frank Allen who`s impeccable Bankers brogue is becoming familiar to Radio listeners as he reads yet another fairy story along the lines of Mad Cow Jumps over the LUAS at Red Cow.... I nearly swallowed my brain when I heard the bould Frank tell an expectant nation live on-air that LUAS movements at the Mad Cow sliproads would have "Negligable effect" on Traffic flow. Why oh Why did somebody not propose elevating Line A as it came from Long Mile Road juncton and take it over the Roundybout before dropping back down onto the M50. Forward Planning ??? Al on "The 122 and Congrats on Site" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1145#post-1146 Tue, 01 Jul 2003 22:03:35 +0000 Al 1146@http://busrage.com/forum/ Mr. Sheridan: How does one who now lives in the USA get to join <a href=http://www.platform11.org>Platform 11</a>, if you dont mind my asking? I tried to write the information e-mail address, but got a rather non-committal response. Regarding the bus route 90, rumours still are that it is going the way of the dinosaur once the Luas Line A comes on-line, like it is stated that many other bus routes will vanish or get drastically reduced service if they happen to be running parallel to Luas routes (examples include 13B, 90, 123 for now). IMHO, the 122 ought to have remained the 22. That is a route which remained virtually unchanged, even more so versus changing the 34 to the 134 (apart from running via Ratoath Road) and definitely warranted continued double-deck operation. Same applies today, no matter what the route number is. P11 Comms on "The 122 and Congrats on Site" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1145#post-1145 Tue, 01 Jul 2003 11:43:17 +0000 P11 Comms 1145@http://busrage.com/forum/ There are some really good ideas on busrage.com and great discussion. As a regular passenger on the 122, I have noticed that the the buses keep getting smaller and smaller. Imps replacing double-deckers on a busy route. Any reason for this? Also, does anybody have any ideas what is going to happen to the No 90 when the LUAs comes on stream? Will it continue to service Heuston? cheers Thomas Sheridan Platform11 <a href="http://www.platform11.org" rel="nofollow">www.platform11.org</a> admin on "DB had surplus for 2002" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/1138#post-1139 Thu, 26 Jun 2003 07:39:23 +0000 admin 1139@http://busrage.com/forum/ I've gotten copies of the annual report and accounts for CIE and the operating companies and am wading through it, it's heavy stuff but I'm going to try to put together an overview for posting here. The surplus situation with DB is very interesting and it has received scant media coverage. Passenger numbers are up, revenue is up, which is good from a passenger point of view (since they aren't out to make a profit for their shareholders it means more money invested in the company). Even more interesting is the CIE Chairman lamenting the unprofitability of rail freight (I nearly choked on my toast when I read that!). It's like smashing all the windows in your house, setting fire to the lawn, and covering your roof with crap, and then wondering why nobody wants to buy it. Want to solve the gridlock problem, first of all rebuild the railways and put freight back on it, there's even money available from the EU for this kind of thing! BTW, I wonder how much the study, to find out how much gridlock was costing CIE, cost?