http://busrage.com/forum/ BUSRAGE Discussions Topic: Bus Eireann—Sandyford Luas to Wicklow? en Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:30:53 +0000 http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4437#post-5229 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:04:08 +0000 Anonymous 5229@http://busrage.com/forum/ ok qvc shop in stupid land<br/><em>[posted by: RT]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4437#post-4795 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 05:44:36 +0000 Anonymous 4795@http://busrage.com/forum/ when is the luas going to cabra<br/><em>[posted by: qvc]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4437#post-4552 Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:17:46 +0000 Robert 4552@http://busrage.com/forum/ I think I agree with RBinge about connections. That service is currently very poor. I could do that to visit relatives in Blessington as the route goes quite nearby, and they could pick me up off the bus. I could then be dropped @ the stop, get the bus, and then walk from SG to Suffolk St, down by Central Bank and make my BE bus home @ the stop there on the quays. http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4437#post-4532 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:08:15 +0000 RBinge 4532@http://busrage.com/forum/ Eek! <br> <br>A CIE company providing a connection from Sandyford Luas. Of course, DB/BAC have also carefully provided five buses a week one way only from Shankill.. <br> <br>No sour grapes then? ;-) <br> <br>One thing seems certain to me, if CIE had built Luas then there would have been proper connecting services from Sandyford. http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4437#post-4451 Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:41:31 +0000 Anonymous 4451@http://busrage.com/forum/ There is a new shelter outside the civic offices on wood quay. Its nice. The glass is on the road side to prevent people falling under buses.. And it has a nice long seat too. Only problem is that the seat is facing the civic offices nad the shelter is enclosed at the end and so you cant see the bus coming.<br/><em>[posted by: a2000]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4437#post-4447 Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:33:52 +0000 Al 4447@http://busrage.com/forum/ <blockquote><hr>There are plenty of busy bus stops in this city with no shelter<hr></blockquote>Oh yes, especially at City Centre termini. Not even the loading area of the Busaras is well-sheltered.<blockquote><hr>onus is on Bus Eireann to provide shelter<hr></blockquote><p align=justify>Doubt they&#39;d erect a shelter for a mere three buses in each direction.<br><br>Is the Green Line timetable accurate? Shows the time taken from Sandyford to Faiche Stiabhna (not Stiofan, he) as 22 minutes. Add the Wicklow bus to that (sans waiting for each mode) and you&#39;ve got an hour and 32 minutes tops. That typical? IE Arrow service claims to have a journey time of 1 hour 5 minutes between Connolly & Wicklow, by comparison... <br></p> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4437#post-4446 Fri, 02 Dec 2005 11:19:54 +0000 Anonymous 4446@http://busrage.com/forum/ The bus stop at Sandyford is not RPA property and therefore no responsibility to them. This onus is on Bus Eireann to provide shelter. The idea of the minimalist shelters is that you should not be waiting long enough for it to matter. There are plenty of busy bus stops in this city with no shelter.<br/><em>[posted by: a2000]</em> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4437#post-4445 Fri, 02 Dec 2005 11:08:22 +0000 Al 4445@http://busrage.com/forum/ <p align=justify>That&#39;ll be another black mark against the RPA, who themselves are just another layer of bureaucracy in the country&#39;s public transport <strike>fiasco</strike> organisation.<br><br>There was no real reason to <i>not</i> allow IE to build the Luas lines, and it really made no sense not to build the Green Line as DART and re-connect it to Shanganagh Junction (wow, it&#39;d be serving Bray <i>now,</i> if that were the case) and build an underground tunnel to connect it with the Broadstone Line (what, DARTs to Maynooth? but they have to wait for the Interconnector before they try that, right?)<br><br>The Luas wasn&#39;t even done on the cheap, on top of all that. It does not cost less to build light-rail versus building heavy-rail, in terms of capital expenditure. But now they get to build skimpy stations and call it <i>progress</i> (they were in a hurry to get rid of trams during the 30s, though, weren&#39;t they). <br></p> http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4437#post-4441 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:16:55 +0000 AlekSmart 4441@http://busrage.com/forum/ Because that sort of thing is only important to people who actually use the thing....and it`s not on the Degree course for Public Transport Infrastructure Engineers........ http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4437#post-4440 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:55:11 +0000 Richard 4440@http://busrage.com/forum/ I think there is a good case for a Luas-link from Sandyford to Bray, which I suppose your Wickla bus does up to a point. Incidentally, I am appalled by the lack of shelter at Sandyford Luas. It is a very busy pickup and drop down point both for Aircoach and for people being met or dropped by drivers, yet this all has to be done in the freezing cold and howling gales. Why hasn&#39;t anybody put up a Kiosk or shelter? http://busrage.com/forum/topic/4437#post-4437 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:22:56 +0000 Al 4437@http://busrage.com/forum/ <p align=justify>Yes, it&#39;s an actual service, with three buses each way...<a href=http://www.buseireann.ie/site/news_centre/travel_reports.asp?action=view&news_id=386>timetable here</a>...<br><br>Anyone use this service? Seems to me to be a quite unusual setup, designed to specifically sell the Luas. Takes an hour and ten minutes to run between Sandyford and Wicklow, going via localities such as Newtownmountkennedy and Newcastle.<br><br>Of course, it is noteworthy that when the Luas Green Line was still part of the general railway network, you could ride a <i>train</i> on it all the way to Wicklow instead. But I suppose that&#39;s what happens with pee-pee-pees... <br></p>