BusConnects Dublin - Bus Network Changes Discussion

True!

fair play LX thats the website ill save on the phone web browser going forward.

I may as well delete that TFI app at this stage.

New stop (and timetables!) in place on Dundrum Main Street

Saw the same in Crumlin Village this morning. Bus stop head says 27 stops there, I'd say a lot of people will be confused by that. I know it's technically true but it's two journies at all hours of the morning.

It would probably make more sense if those departures were given 27d as their number. Like the way 33 departures via Portrane are numbered 33e or 63 via Foxrock Village is 63a.

Who on earth puts dark text on a dark green background? The sign is just barely readable here.

Where is the location of that bus stop in your photo?

I think it says there that if you get a bus to Citywest; you get the W62 at stop 2626 from Sunday week; the 26th of November.

Long time lurker, first time poster- I've learned a lot from this thread!

There is currently absolute carnage in online Knocklyon/Firhouse groups about the removal of the 75/175 bus routes. Misinformation/misinterpretation is rife. All I can say is that I feel deeply sorry for local councillors, who are getting endless grief but have nothing to do with the changes. One commenter went on a rant about how they had all been tagged in the thread and were too lazy to answer.... four hours after some bright spark had done so. The local FF TD came out and made a statement. I can't see this being stopped but I don't think any of these people have ever heard of BusConnects... zero leafleting in the area that I can see.

The biggest protest seems to be about the disruption to DLIADT students, which doesn't seem to be an issue to me if the connections on the N11 work out. The reduced service to Dundrum in the area is definitely poorly thought out though. Any casual onlooker could tell you the passenger traffic to and from Dundrum is massive, just get the 175 any time of day.

Otherwise I don't think I'm too badly affected personally, both the S6 and S8 are within easy reach for me. I guess we'll see how they pan out though!

Thats a pain in the hole though. Bus to Sandyford and then Luas to Dundrum.

Luas disrupted again today due to protests in town and stopping before it reaches the city centre. Terrible service and people very angry.

Tallaght to Dundrum will be car journeys for most now.

This does seem to be an issue when installing new bus stops as part of Bus Connects. Stop 7875 was installed on Ninth Lock Road in Clondalkin when route 60 was being introduced. Despite routes 68, 76, 76a and L54 passing the stop, these were not included on the stop, and as such, these four routes just drive straight on by. This is despite all other bus stops on both sides of the road serving all routes.

Equally, stops 7781 and 7782 were initially installed on Monastery Road in Clondalkin when route L54 started. Despite the 13, 68 and 69 passing these stops, they were not included on the stop, so they didn't stop there. After roughly two months, this was corrected and all routes now serve these stops.

Tbf, I don't think Walkers original plan looks anything like the current BusConnects plan.

As a brief aside, I keep mentioning Broombridge because it's one of the few places outside the city centre that has a bus, rail and Luas connection. Yet trains are scheduled to arrive a minute after the bus leaves in some cases and the Luas runs by frequency so you might end up with one Luas in 30 mins only able to connect you to the Bus or rail. It's not really a BusConnects thing, but I still think it shows such a lack of joined up thinking by the NTA. Three transport system all doing their own thing

I think the general idea is being implemented.

High frequency radial and orbital routes that you switch between. This is happening gradually.

Then local services feed into this high frequency network.

Also easy to understand with simple route names like S2, S4, W1, C1, C2 etc. Rather than the old names like 175a, 46a etc

I imagine he's consulting until completion.