http://busrage.com/forum/ BUSRAGE Discussions Topic: changing buses en route to Dublin?! en Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:32:39 +0000 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>