There has been a lot of complaints about shoddy bus services - that poxy 7 - I have to agree. Could any one nominate Dublin's best bus service?
As a regular user of the 48a between Dundrum/Town and Dundrum/Ballinteer, i find the sevice at most times faultless. Though it doesn't stick to the timetable (which service does!) one comes within 15 mins, and despite the lack of demand, the morning service towards Ballinteer is excellent, always keeping within 2 minutes of the locally acknowleged timetable. My only complaint was this morning, when my Usual 8:10 bus to Ballinteer failed to materialise and i had to get the 8:30, leaving me late. When Luas opens in June, I expect the service to be curtailed somewhat, which is inconvenient as the Luas is a good 10 minute walk from my destination in Ballinteer.
Anybody else happy with the service???
BUSRAGE Discussions » Timetables and Routes
48A - the best in town!
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Posted 4 years ago #
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Good News David.
PRESENTLY the 48A escapes relatively unscathed with only 2 buses coming off the route post LUAS.
The reason for the 48A`s very loyal patronage is in my opinion simple.
Long before Balinteer came to exist as ahigh density housing area somebody in the old CIE Dublin City Services took a decision to relocate the 48A terminus to the middle of nowhere.This simple expedient meant that as people moved into the estates in the Balinteer area,the first thing they saw was...a BUS...it was there and functioning as part of the areas basic development.
Nowadays this simple attitude would be shot down by the accountants as being far too expensive and not providing enough returns etc etc...
I still maintain that ALL resedential developments should begin with a Bus Bay/LUAS Stop/Train Station and develop from there.
Sadly since the inception of the 48A Balinteer days we have moved surefootedly backwards to the point of taking shysters such as Seamus Brennan seriously.
Progress I suppose....Posted 4 years ago # -
ah now, i would have to nominate the 10 & the 120 both have great frquencies.
[posted by: niall]Posted 4 years ago # -
Niall, I have to agree - the good old 120! I see the timetable makes appealing promises and all you can see in town are buses with a 12 prefix (121,122,123)
The 10 I can agree with also, the exotic continental style artics add to the charm.
[posted by: David]Posted 4 years ago # -
Seems to me that the comments in this thread do justify the maxim "Frequency Sells"...but that meaning that frequency ought to be construed as true frequency, where you actually run the buses every five to ten minutes instead of having three buses arrive every twenty-five minutes to half-hour.
Insofar as the 48A route itself, what is with the persistence of the alpha suffix over so many decades?? The 48 did not exist throughout the 1970s. Thereupon, the 48A should have been called the 48 at least five years after the original 48's demise. However, three decades later, it's still the 48A. What was the original 48 route? All I recall is that it terminated in Dundrum, but I never discovered exactly where. If the 48A covered all of the previous 48's route, then the 48A should not have come into existence.
Considering the AW-class articulated buses on the 10, don't they actually increase dwell times at bus stops, what with the long walk to the front door? or has DB actually made it into the 1960s and allowed people to exit via the rear doors? (Not expecting an affirmative reply on that question...) As for the AW-class itself, I would have thought that it could have facilitated the expansion of bus service onto corridors that have low-clearance bridges, but I suppose not. One perfect corridor would be that between Donaghmede and Malahide...Posted 4 years ago # -
yes and you occasionaly get upto three buses in a row!!!
[posted by: just me]Posted 4 years ago # -
The 48a stops by my house in Ballinteer. I think that the "A" suffix adds glamour and sophistication to the route. 48 on its own sounds dull and uninspiring. "A" all the way!!!!!Posted 4 years ago #
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Howley, do you not think that '48 Z' sounds more appealinga dn exotic? A is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO overarted. 12 Zs all teh way, and by the way
[posted by: fergo]Posted 4 years ago # -
Z! whats wrong with your head? are you on med? whitebread? A!! all the way! u gay! almost as gay as jean baptiste pierre antoine de monet!
[posted by: Rapper Howley]Posted 4 years ago # -
long time no bus discussion rapper howley!!hope you havent been forgetting your commitment as regular contributor to busrage!!
[posted by: fergo]Posted 4 years ago # -
O COURSE I AM "fergo"! i would never forget THE MIGHTY BUSRAGE!!!!! r u going 2 craigs at the weekend?Posted 4 years ago #
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to all the gay people in ireland i am better then myles kenny or boring barry williams and stop using my mobile no as it for the people who see live acts in the george every sunday night
[posted by: y2k]Posted 4 years ago #
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