http://busrage.com/forum/ BUSRAGE Discussions: Forum: Rail - Recent Posts en Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:28:30 +0000 http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4622#post-4784 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 05:32:01 +0000 Anonymous 4784@http://busrage.com/forum/ ring 087-6638429 & we talk bus business<br/><em>[posted by: qvc]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4622#post-4666 Tue, 02 May 2006 21:30:07 +0000 shauna 4666@http://busrage.com/forum/ ok well i guess its to late <br>for anyone to wb to me ;-( http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4622#post-4665 Tue, 02 May 2006 21:27:04 +0000 shauna 4665@http://busrage.com/forum/ eh anyone no wot de drivers <br>name is on de 111 route <br>sorry lads but he is massive <br>nd really iv seen him helping old people on and <br>off de bus nd lifting <br>wheelchairs on as well ... <br>sexy ass rrrr me wants it plz <br>somebody wb to me WOTS <br>HIS NAME http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4622#post-4664 Tue, 02 May 2006 20:49:22 +0000 shauna 4664@http://busrage.com/forum/ hey im glad to see the 7 <br>route is now low floor just <br>like the 111....mind you der <br>is this cracker of a driver on <br>the 111 spikey black hair <br>big sexy eyes wow ........... <br>any day ;-)dnt no his name <br>anyone no it or his number! http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4622#post-4661 Sun, 30 Apr 2006 07:13:52 +0000 Anonymous 4661@http://busrage.com/forum/ Little boys should be see and not heard. especially a little ignoramus like yourself. There is no such word as Aint so try going to school next week and leave these discussions to the adults. I have worked in transport for 20 years so if you want to know anything about timetables or anything else then ask nicely. There is nothing you can tell me that I dont already know.<br/><em>[posted by: a2000]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4622#post-4660 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:07:59 +0000 dublinstevie 4660@http://busrage.com/forum/ obviously you aint got a clue what your talking about with reference to bus timetable departure times.talk sense or shut up http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4622#post-4658 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:07:13 +0000 Anonymous 4658@http://busrage.com/forum/ I would imagine that the programme would highlight the fact that we now expect a bad service and we get it. On or off peak. traffic or no traffic. DB will blame anyone but themselves. How many people look at thier bus at the terminus while the driver stands talking? Then he starts adjusting scrolls and ticket macines at the time the bus should depart before loading up. most buses depart 5 mins late because of this practice. And inspectors watch. If you ring DB you are told "traffic" this is before you even state what route you are complaining about. The programme cant make anything worse but can highlight that traffic is not entirely to blame for the disgrace that is dublin city services.<br/><em>[posted by: a2000]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4622#post-4657 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:43:40 +0000 Anonymous 4657@http://busrage.com/forum/ Look at the Commuting/Transport board at boards.ie. <br> <br><br/><em>[posted by: Secret Squirrel]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4622#post-4655 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:25:58 +0000 Anonymous 4655@http://busrage.com/forum/ u can ring me on 4911473 from 11am till 1pm then 0877730140 the rest of the day<br/><em>[posted by: Robert Tedders]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4622#post-4629 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:04:33 +0000 Anonymous 4629@http://busrage.com/forum/ How about instead you make a documentary about the minister who gets driven around all day? Or maybe we could record how the OP travels to work everyday? Do you use public transport? Didnt think so...cya L8rz<br/><em>[posted by: D42C]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4622#post-4626 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:39:22 +0000 Anonymous 4626@http://busrage.com/forum/ try coming in from ongar in rush hour !!! then you ll know all about the traffice ... the rte lads should try it for a while and then they will know how the rest of us feel#<br/><em>[posted by: omac12002]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4622#post-4625 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:13:56 +0000 SickCert 4625@http://busrage.com/forum/ How can our outdated buses get anywhere with all the cars on the road? Nutley lane can be blocked at times with all the RTE lads going in! <br>Address by coming in from bray on my 45 as a passenger! (bring a paper) http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4622#post-4624 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:51:47 +0000 Anonymous 4624@http://busrage.com/forum/ With all respect, I feel your programme has been done many times before, we all know the problems with roads and trains in ireland and everybody is aware of the issues, what difference will you programme make? Transport 21 was announced a few months back so you may find the answers to a lot of your questions there. I just don&#39;t think watching a programme of a young family struggling to get to work on time particularly interesting. Wait a few years and if things have not changed you will have something more substantial than an "outraged comuter" moaning about the M50. I think parents are more concerned about the high creche prices and the housing market which still needs urgent attention. While transport is an issue for many young families, you would need to address the balance of why they need to put their kids into the creche... possibily so they can work to pay the high mortgage on house they had to buy on the outskirts of Dublin or surrounding counties and then all of them to expect to get to their desk in the city for 9am. Yes, the transport system is outdated but there is a plan in place to correct that, what is the purpose of your tv programme? Is it to reveal something new about the transport habits of people or just a simple moan similar to &#39;Airport&#39; or some other fly on the wall show?<br/><em>[posted by: P.]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4622#post-4623 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:42:45 +0000 paul hand 4623@http://busrage.com/forum/ do you want the truth about dublin bus.why there is such a bad service.why drivers are so annoyed call me on 087 1276731 http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4622#post-4622 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:41:35 +0000 Paul Tully 4622@http://busrage.com/forum/ We&#39;re a TV production company and are currently seeking outraged commuters who would be willing to speak out on rte television regarding the difficulties of getting to a creche, work, train station and home with our utterly outdated transport system. We are looking for young families who particlarly find the above difficult. http://busrage.com/forum/topic/2139#post-3987 Fri, 06 May 2005 11:43:02 +0000 Anonymous 3987@http://busrage.com/forum/ rt u suck<br/><em>[posted by: Md. Firoz Hossain]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/2139#post-3970 Wed, 04 May 2005 12:34:20 +0000 Anonymous 3970@http://busrage.com/forum/ go for amc then<br/><em>[posted by: robert tedders]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/3698#post-3900 Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:36:58 +0000 Anonymous 3900@http://busrage.com/forum/ dont forget about navan-dunboyne line<br/><em>[posted by: robert tedders]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/3698#post-3778 Thu, 07 Apr 2005 20:01:33 +0000 Al 3778@http://busrage.com/forum/ <p align=justify>Oh yeah, and P11 need to stop worrying about WOT. They won't get a government grant to reopen the Tuam-Collooney line; they won't steal any money away from needed Dublin or other urban rail projects.<br><br>The government is always going to play political rugby with the rail transport issue. Gotta get down in the mud with the mud-slingers... <br></p> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/3698#post-3777 Thu, 07 Apr 2005 19:58:25 +0000 Al 3777@http://busrage.com/forum/ <p align=justify>Well, to be frank...if the Interconnector's the answer, what was the question? Dublin's needed more rail options since 1990. The Luas ain't cutting it; they ordered trams that don't MU and built platforms that are no longer than forty metres, and fare collection is questionable...never mind increasing maintenance costs and spare-parts inventories for the government over the course of several decades down the road due to not building the system as DART to begin with.<br><br>People are asking to convert lines like Connolly-Maynooth and Pearse-Drogheda to "DART" when they really mean to convert them to electrified commuter rail (which DART is <i>not</i>). The DMUs currently in service on those lines can run everywhere that the DART can anyway, plus they have on-board restrooms.<br><br>IE themselves are too full of conflicts of interest to be really focussed on rail to begin with. How about forcing Roadliner out of their hands? <br></p> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/3698#post-3708 Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:32:21 +0000 Darren 3708@http://busrage.com/forum/ I agree 110%.Whats the point in building a metro to the AIRPORT when a DART could do it in just about the same time while serving a wider area.This would save on costs and more people would have acess to the DART with the interconnector tunnel. <br> <br>Darren http://busrage.com/forum/topic/3698#post-3698 Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:10:25 +0000 Derek Wheeler 3698@http://busrage.com/forum/ THE PROPOSED METRO IS FLAWED <br>While Platform11 supports the concept of a Metro system for Dublin, we believe that Iarnrod Eireann's Dublin Rail Plan, which incorporates the Heuston-Spencer Dock "Interconnector" tunnel, and a DART connection to Dublin Airport to be the key infrastructural project for the Greater Dublin Region. <br> <br>A Technical Briefing <br>The Proposed Dublin Metro is Flawed <br>Mark Gleeson, Technical Advisor to Platform11 <br>March 20, 2005 <br><a href="http://www.platform11.org/metro_eng_eval.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.platform11.org/metro_eng_eval.pdf</a> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/3645#post-3649 Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:57:16 +0000 Anonymous 3649@http://busrage.com/forum/ Did it?<br/><em>[posted by: Anton]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/3645#post-3647 Wed, 09 Mar 2005 18:11:01 +0000 David 3647@http://busrage.com/forum/ Took you a while to realise... http://busrage.com/forum/topic/3645#post-3645 Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:47:52 +0000 Anton 3645@http://busrage.com/forum/ Hi, <br> <br>check out DartMobile - it's a java program that allows to get live DART times to mobile phone. http://busrage.com/forum/topic/3552#post-3552 Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:53:20 +0000 Derek Wheeler 3552@http://busrage.com/forum/ Airport Metro Timings Versus Interconnector/Dublin Plan <br>Platform11's Detailed Examination: <br> <br><a href="http://www.platform11.org/metrospeed.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.platform11.org/metrospeed.html</a> <br> <br>Much has been made of the metro project as a key element to combat Dublin cities chronic transport problems. We contend that upon a detailed examination of the benefits it offers in terms of journey time and capacity, that the metro in its proposed form offers very little. <br> <br>Thanks, <br><a href="http://www.platform11.org" rel="nofollow">www.platform11.org</a> <br><a href="http://www.extendthedart.com" rel="nofollow">www.extendthedart.com</a> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/3281#post-3281 Thu, 06 Jan 2005 12:50:06 +0000 Richard Barrett 3281@http://busrage.com/forum/ The Irish Times reports today that the Southside DARTs are going to stop on weekends again in Summer for 3 months from the end of June. Can this be true? I am checking up on it. http://busrage.com/forum/topic/2538#post-2553 Thu, 05 Aug 2004 16:41:07 +0000 Al 2553@http://busrage.com/forum/ <p align=justify><i>Cash is not really an issue for commuters. Time is</i><br><br>Speaking of cash, just recall all of that which was spent on the QBCs, to little avail it seems. Those magical corridors were supposed to make the bus more time-sensitive than the automobile, but they were underinvested in, with public monies no less (and that's your cash).<br><br>Not to mention that spending on rail transportation was indeed supposed to up the ante in terms of beating the auto as well. Instead, you get Luas, which is too little compared to what rail is capable of carrying, and even worse, there were street-bound alignments built.<br><br>And let us not get rights and privileges mixed up. Driving is a privilege, no matter how much you pay for it. And it's largely due to over-dependence on, and over-use of, the automobile that has made time-sensitivity such an issue when it comes to commuting. <br></p> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/2538#post-2552 Thu, 05 Aug 2004 08:07:24 +0000 Anonymous 2552@http://busrage.com/forum/ Well al, insurance ect would only be a factor if I only made this one specific journey but my outgoings on the car are justified consiodering the travelling i do as well as going to the town the odd day in the month. Cash is not really an issue for commuters. Time is so it can be to your advantage to pay a little extra for that 1/3 hour more with the kids in the evening. What i spend on the car annually is less than the cost of an annual bus only ticket. If people choos eto use their car then they have the right to do so as they are paying dearly for the privilege.<br/><em>[posted by: a2000]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/2538#post-2551 Wed, 04 Aug 2004 21:06:40 +0000 Al 2551@http://busrage.com/forum/ <P align=justify><font face="times new roman">That&#39;s the way it <i>should</i> be. Nothing fascist about it. Illegal parking should be raised to the level of being felonious. (Although, having the former Dublin & Bray Railway running on the street is a crime in and of itself...)<br><br>Anyway, back on topic; it is still not necessary for the railway to be closed in order to make platforms longer. Nowhere else in the world is this done. The people in Dublin ate it when the South-side closures were forced on them—and why?? If they had raised enough of a stench about it, then the DART could have stayed open on weekends. Now they have to eat it for the North-side conversion. Speaking up is what will get things done... <br></font></p>