dublin bus, biggest joke

suave.4u

Hi,

I live in Lucan and work in Citywest. Need to give my car for service and thought I will take the bus to work.
Total distance is 8 kms.
As per google maps..it will take 1hr 20 mins if I walk and 1 hr 15mins if I take the bus. I have to go from lucan to city centre and then take another bus from there.
So much for public transport. How do they expect us to use public transport if the routes are like this.

absurd!!

sadie06

Cycle!

pablo128

I hope you're not over 6 foot or you won't fit in most of the seats either.

emigrate2012

If it bothers ye that much,just walk ffs!
I'd imagine the bus takes a less direct route to your job than the walking route,picking up many others etc,its public transport, that's how its works,want someone to take you exactly where you want?taxi....
Dublin bus is a decent service for the most part,be thankful it's improved as much as it has,it's lightyears away from what it was when 10 years ago.

corner of hells

Resign from work. That'll teach Dublin bus.

Grayson

It's the same throughout the country. If you want to get from A to B you have to go through D(ublin)

PizzamanIRL

Joke thread is elsewhere

dirtyden

Yes the bus service should have a direct route to anywhere you want to go. It is an absolute outrage that there is not.

pablo128

dirtyden wrote: »

Yes the bus service should have a direct route to anywhere you want to go. It is an absolute outrage that there is not.

Lucan is a big area. Citywest is an area of huge employment. There is a near enough direct route from Lucan to Citywest with a bus lane the whole way in both directions.

So you are right. It is an outrage there is no service.

corner of hells

dirtyden wrote: »

Yes the bus service should have a direct route to anywhere you want to go. It is an absolute outrage that there is not.

Don't be so ridiculous , you and I both know that's not feasible. For example I want to go for a slash in my neighbours garden , yet no bus is available for that.

Pawwed Rig

Dublin Bus is a poor service if you need to get anywhere quickly. Generally cycling or even running is quicker if you are on anything other than a direct route. Blame bad city planning and low population density I guess.

dirtyden

corner of hells wrote: »

Don't be so ridiculous , you and I both know that's not feasible. For example I want to go for a slash in my neighbours garden , yet no bus is available for that.

That also is an outrage.

Riamfada

OP hasnt seen the prices yet?

Peregrine

suave.4u wrote: »

Hi,

I live in Lucan and work in Citywest. Need to give my car for service and thought I will take the bus to work.
Total distance is 8 kms.
As per google maps..it will take 1hr 20 mins if I walk and 1 hr 15mins if I take the bus. I have to go from lucan to city centre and then take another bus from there.

Is there a reason why you couldn't get the 66/67 to Heuston and Luas to Citywest?

wtlltw

Riamfada wrote: »

OP hasnt seen the prices yet?

I just say €1.25 ; p

Even the bus driver doesn't know what the fare should be!!

Reoil

suave.4u wrote: »

How do they expect us to use public transport if the routes are like this.

How do I know to answer a question if you don't use a question mark?

Fr_Dougal

suave.4u wrote: »

Hi,

I live in Lucan and work in Citywest. Need to give my car for service and thought I will take the bus to work.
Total distance is 8 kms.
As per google maps..it will take 1hr 20 mins if I walk and 1 hr 15mins if I take the bus. I have to go from lucan to city centre and then take another bus from there.
So much for public transport. How do they expect us to use public transport if the routes are like this.

absurd!!

The bus? Not so suave now...

FortuneChip

I've yet to read a decent joke.
Poor show OP; I've been waiting over 1 hour 20 minutes!

The Backwards Man

FortuneChip wrote: »

I've yet to read a decent joke.
Poor show OP; I've been waiting over 1 hour 20 minutes!

Teacher asks the class what was the name of Robin Hood's female companion. Wee Johnny puts up his hand, 'It's Trudy Glenn, miss'. Teacher looks puzzled. 'Are you sure it isn't Maid Marian Johnny, where did you hear that?'

Johnny stands up, puffs out his chest and starts singing

Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding Trudy Glenn . .

Anyone that complains about Dublin Bus services have never lived in the countryside and have had to put up with Bus Eireann intercity/rural services. Often times buses arrive 15 minutes late (if you're lucky) or don't arrive at all when scheduled.

dirtyden

pablo128 wrote: »

Lucan is a big area. Citywest is an area of huge employment. There is a near enough direct route from Lucan to Citywest with a bus lane the whole way in both directions.

So you are right. It is an outrage there is no service.

How many other direct bus routes from largeish dublin suburbs to citywest would you propose (blanch, tyrellstown, stillorgan, dun laogahire)? How about from areas further out like Kildare or newbridge or is Lucan special in some way? How about Bray and Greystones as well as they also have big populations.

If your criteria for a viable bus service is connecting every largeish population base directly with every possible place people in said place might work we would have a lot of buses on the road.

Should we have direct routes from lucan to every other medium sized industrial park/office centre? Also from every other medium sized suburb?

Do you think all this would be reasonable or does it sound like it sounds to me to be a little bit much to expect. Having to get 2 buses to your place of work is really not that big an inconvenience.

pablo128

dirtyden wrote: »

How many other direct bus routes from largeish dublin suburbs to citywest would you propose (blanch, tyrellstown, stillorgan, dun laogahire)? How about from areas further out like Kildare or newbridge or is Lucan special in some way? How about Bray and Greystones as well as they also have big populations.

If your criteria for a viable bus service is connecting every largeish population base directly with every possible place people in said place might work we would have a lot of buses on the road.

Should we have direct routes from lucan to every other medium sized industrial park/office centre? Also from every other medium sized suburb?

Do you think all this would be reasonable or does it sound like it sounds to me to be a little bit much to expect. Having to get 2 buses to your place of work is really not that big an inconvenience.

Why build a 2 lane road plus a bus lane from Lucan to Citywest, and not have a bus service?

Pawwed Rig

dirtyden wrote: »

Do you think all this would be reasonable or does it sound like it sounds to me to be a little bit much to expect. Having to get 2 buses to your place of work is really not that big an inconvenience.

1hr 15 min to go 8kms? In the 21st century? That is a failure of a public transport system by any standard and neccesitates private transport

P. Breathnach

OP's problem isn't the bus service: it is that he has chosen to live in the wrong place in relation to his place of employment - or work in the wrong place in relation to his place of residence.

pablo128

P. Breathnach wrote: »

OP's problem isn't the bus service: it is that he has chosen to live in the wrong place in relation to his place of employment - or work in the wrong place in relation to his place of residence.

What, 5 miles away from his job? Get real.

pablo128

pablo128 wrote: »

What, 5 miles away from his job? Get real.

It's not the distance that matters, when you're relying on public transport what is most important is how good the services are.

P. Breathnach

pablo128 wrote: »

What, 5 miles away from his job? Get real.

If you want the option of using public transport, distance isn't the issue: routing is.

pablo128

Deleted User wrote: »

It's not the distance that matters, when you're relying on public transport what is most important is how good the services are.

P. Breathnach wrote: »

If you want the option of using public transport, distance isn't the issue: routing is.

Lads, this is the problem the OP has. It's what he originally posted about.

To put it in context, there's a train station at Adamstown going to Intel. There are buses going from Lucan to Intel. But nothing going to Citywest. Why is that?

P. Breathnach

pablo128 wrote: »

Lads, this is the problem the OP has. It's what he originally posted about.

To put it in context, there's a train station at Adamstown going to Intel. There are buses going from Lucan to Intel. But nothing going to Citywest. Why is that?

Probably because Dublin Bus have looked at the numbers and decided that there is insufficient demand. One person wishing that there be a service for a day or for a few days is not enough to support a service.

dirtyden

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

1hr 15 min to go 8kms? In the 21st century? That is a failure of a public transport system by any standard and neccesitates private transport

Ah now, not every two points in Dublin can be directly connected by a bus route it is just not feasible and the alternate is to generally have to travel from the suburbs into the city and then back out. I hr 15 minute commute by public transport is not really that bad in my mind. The alternatives are get yourself a car or a bike. is it 8kms? I would have thought it was a bit further also?

G_R

Try the commenting and transport forum OP.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=246

Have a look for more appropriate forums before posting in future please.

Cheers