BusConnects Dublin - Bus Network Changes Discussion

On a single door bus it's more obvious for the driver if someone wants to get off or prior to rear door alighting becoming the norm since covid. If someone is standing up at the white line it's obvious they want to get off bell pressed or not the driver can see a person wishes to get off clearly.

There is a definite problem with button pushes not working on SGs, although in my case I've sometimes had to try multiple to get the ding and stopping sign to light at all

There's also an obvious problem with the nuts that hold the middle door on to its arms, you can see multiple different colours of tell-tale marks put on them with marker so they can be checked for unexpected rotation

Nothing is helping my already subterranean opinion of Wright build quality. Already thought they were terrible before I was on an SG that gave an inaccurate engine fire indication in the middle of nowhere on a 66 resulting in everyone being hurried off the bus and up on to the bank at the side of the road.

Not Donnybrook, but I've had this issue on PAs also. I haven't noticed it on SGs or other bus types.

I really wish the 40e timetable was changed slightly to link up with trains from Docklands and Connolly at Broombridge.

Some trains arriving a minute after the bus departs.

Here's the announcement with the revised timetables: https://www.dublinbus.ie/news/revised-timetables-on-route-l58-and-l59

From a quick glance, the L58 now has clock-face hourly departures in both directions (xx:30 ex. River Forest, xx:00 ex. Hazlehatch), with one extra term-time departure ex. River Forest at 16:00.

For the L59, there doesn't seem to be any changes to the timetable ex. River Forest. Ex. Hazlehatch however, the amount of departures is pretty much the same, but the times are slightly adjusted to account for the train timetables. There is also an extra term-time departure at 07:33 ex. Hazlehatch, which will essentially double the capacity of the 07:31 departure.

The 140, now goes down the road, around the corner and there's a Bus-only U-turn signal at the entrance to the new city council building. The first stop inbound is on the opposite side to the terminus. IKEA have wanted the buses out of their car-park for a long time now, and it's only going to inconvenience the people coming out with their flat packs. They won't even let a driver go in to use the loo, so with the extra time needed to get the turn etc, buses are leaving late and journeys are being lost.

On the bells, there is an indicator light on the dashboard of all buses to alert the driver that the bell has been pressed. The issues are that if the doors don't open fully then the bell doesn't properly reset, and the light stays on for the driver. Secondly, the PA bells are all wireless and each button has a battery inside which obviously needs to be replaced.

That's good to know about the bells, but when I ran into that issue yesterday (has happened half a dozen times in the past 2 weeks) and when I said it to the driver , he looked down at the dashboard and then looked up and said sorry. Might there be an obstruction blocking the view of this indicator on the SG buses?

That's good to know thanks for the insight

Good god what is going on today with the C3 and C4. So many buses in a row cancelled to Maynooth this evening!

L58 and L59 are operated off one common working timetable in Phibsboro. L54 is a separate timetable in Conyngham Road. The best you can hope for is the reduction helping out other Phibsboro schedules, such as the C1+C2, but this particular move would rely on the spare drivers rather than the base rota.

Dated 14 Sep 23

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We are emailing you to provide a status update in relation to the Core Bus Corridors specifically the Kimmage to City Centre Core Bus Corridor Scheme.

It has come to our attention that, two of the non-statutory Site Notices had been erected in the wrong locations along the Kimmage to City Centre Core Bus Corridor Scheme. This issue was rectified on 18th August 2023 and all of the non-statutory Site Notices are now in the correct locations.

In the circumstances, in order to ensure full and effective public participation, an extension of time for inspection, purchase of documents and for the making of submissions/observations is being provided beyond 26th September 2023 to 7th November 2023.

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More blithering, it's like official Ireland is that cousin/uncle you have round for Christmas only who is always telling you how he's finally gonna something about x problem every year but nothing ever seems to happen

That section of Deansgrange road that is getting the cycle lane put in will revert to two way once the works are complete, so yes the L26 will be able to travel in both directions along it, whenever it gets introduced (assuming the works are done of course).