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Double decker BE / bus eireann

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  • 02-11-2010 10:02pm
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    extraice
    Registered Users Posts: 160 ✭✭


    did i see one in galway and why there no on it , So this frist for the city then ( not including the tour companys

    when it going two be full ? 8- 9 and 5 - 6 ( that if out there at that time ... )


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Where did you see it?
    What colour was it?
    Did it have a estate name or a number on it?


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    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,967 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    extraice wrote: »
    did i see one in galway and why there no on it , So this frist for the city then ( not including the tour companys

    when it going two be full ? 8- 9 and 5 - 6 ( that if out there at that time ... )

    Where and when did you see it?

    First lately. But there were some until quite recently (the 80s or somesuch, according to a correction that one of the papers printed a week after the original political announcement).

    I reckon it would be full on route 9 from town any time between 4 and 6pm. And it would be worth having just for the sake of those times. But they do need more people to start buying weekly/monthly tickets, to speed up loading.


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    Steyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,266 ✭✭✭Steyr


    It passed me by today at 1:15pm, white BE Double Decker, "Out Of Service" written on her, im around town tomorrow so if i see it il snap a pic.


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    thesandeman
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    Probably doing test runs to make sure it gets around Galway corners/roundabouts/drunken hijackers etc.


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    BrokenArrows
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    ya i saw it out at dunnes in Briarhill.

    There was a driver and another guy standing up front in a bus drivers uniform.

    As above poster said they were probably testing it out to make sure the planned routes are suitable for it.

    Eg No low hanging branches or badly placed signs.
    corners and roundabouts.
    handling on some of galways questionable roads.


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    Storm 10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Never be the same as these old buses they were lovely.


    EyreSquareBus.jpg


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    westgolf
    Registered Users Posts: 828 ✭✭✭westgolf


    why so much ado about the "new" double decker services,:confused::confused:

    we had double decker buses in galway in the late 70s /early 80s which were replaced by extra single deckers which were supposed to increase the frequency of services ??

    the more things change the more they stay the same:cool:

    westgolf


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