Swords-Dublin Express Bus Service

Wishbone Ash

A new all-day, two-way express private bus service from Swords to Dublin city centre is scheduled to come into operation tomorrow (Monday 19th November).

The service will become one of the first public transport service operated by a private company to use the Dublin Port Tunnel.

The operators say this will mean it will take just 35 minutes to get commuters from Swords to the city centre. A one-way fare will cost €3.

The Swords Express will offer a total of 56 services per day, with peak time services operating every 15-minutes in both directions.

It will operate without the benefit of State subsidies.


Swords to City Centre

Pavilions Shopping Centre (Dublin Street, outside Penney’s),
Dublin Road (opposite Statoil Garage),
Pinnock Hill (South of roundabout),
Swords Bypass (opposite Texaco Garage),
National Show Centre,
Sean O’Casey Bridge (53X stop, opposite Jury’s Inn),
George’s Quay (outside Tara St. Station, 90 stop),

Monday to Friday

Departing Pavilions Shopping Centre (outside Penney’s)

06.34 07.06 07.37 07.53 08.09 08.24 08.56

09.12 09.43 09.59 10.30 11.33 12.05 12.52

13.39 14.11 14.58 15.30 16.33 16.48 17.04

17.20 17.51 18.07 18.23 18.39 19.10 19.42

Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holidays

Departing Pavilions Shopping Centre (outside Penney’s)

08.00 09.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.0015.00 16.00 17.00 18.00

City Centre to Swords

Eden Quay (outside The Laughter Lounge),
IFSC (outside IFSC House),
North Wall Quay (beside PWC car park),
Point Depot, East Wall Road, Airport Roundabout,
Swords Bypass (near Texaco Garage),
Pinnock Hill Roundabout (north of roundabout),
Malahide Roundabout,
Pavilions Shopping Centre (Malahide Road),

Monday to Friday

Departing Eden Quay

07.10 07.42 08.12 08.29 08.44 09.00 09.32

09.48 10.20 10.35 11.06 12.09 12.41 13.28

14.15 14.47 15.24 16.06 17.09 17.26 17.40

17.56 18.27 18.43 18.59 19.15 19.46 20.18

Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holidays

Departing Eden Quay

08.36 09.36 10.36 11.36 12.36 13.36 14.36

15.36 16.36 17.36 18.36

http://www.swordsexpress.com/

Sizzler

Rip off at €3 a pop imo.

Poorly thought out terminus as well

And as for the website :eek:

dsmythy

Wish 'em all the best. Obviously going with the speed and comfort market hoping the extra cost doesn't put people off.

Might not be much good for me since it will take me 10 minutes to walk to the nearest stop point going to the City Centre. That's a 45 minute journey then!

Wishbone Ash

I also posted this thread over in the Commuting & Transport Forum where there has been much more discussion!

conor052001

Sizzler wrote: »

Rip off at €3 a pop imo.

:

a rip off?? what planet are you living on mate???

the 41 is 1.80 and takes over an hour to get to the city.

get a taxi and see how much it costs you. THATS a rip off

PWEI

conor052001 wrote: »

a rip off?? what planet are you living on mate???

the 41 is 1.80 and takes over an hour to get to the city.

get a taxi and see how much it costs you. THATS a rip off

And what about the Air Coach which is €7 for a shorter journey.
I took the Swords Express last week and was very impressed.
€3 for a 30 minute journey to town is an absolute bargain in my opinion.

Dub13

Any time I see it their does not seem to be many on it in fact I have seen it a good few times with nobody on.

Sizzler

conor052001 wrote: »

a rip off?? what planet are you living on mate???

the 41 is 1.80 and takes over an hour to get to the city.

get a taxi and see how much it costs you. THATS a rip off

And the swords express drops you to your front door just like the Swords express then? Hardly a fair comparison.

€3 versus €2 on the 41X for the same service (basing that on the journey times in the morning as they both go thru the port tunnel).

conor052001

Sizzler wrote: »

And the swords express drops you to your front door just like the Swords express then? Hardly a fair comparison.

that doesnt make sense


and the 41x has 6 services a day all in the space of a half hour.

Wishbone Ash

PWEI wrote: »

And what about the Air Coach which is €7 for a shorter journey

It's also €7 from Dublin Airport to Leopardstown which is possibly longer(?) than Swords to Dublin (and a departure every 15 minutes for 19 hours per day and hourly afterwards).

Sizzler wrote: »

And the swords express drops you to your front door just like the Swords express then? Hardly a fair comparison

conor052001 wrote: »

that doesnt make sense

I presume Sizzler meant to say "and the Swords Express drops you to your front door just like a taxi".

Sizzler

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I presume Sizzler meant to say "and the Swords Express drops you to your front door just like a taxi".

Thats exactly what I meant to say, thanks.

daymoh

Tried this out recently - great service. Comfortable and reliable - Far Superior to Dublin Bus.

I read recently that Dublin Bus are stepping up their efforts to get a deal done to allow one of their bus services from Swords to use the Port Tunnel. Its a shame that its taken a bit of competition to get them moving on this. :mad:

Dub13

daymoh wrote: »

Its a shame that its taken a bit of competition to get them moving on this. :mad:

I don't think this is true in fact I think its the competition/dept of transport who are stopping them from using the DPT.IIRC they were using it for a while but were stopped.