BusConnects Dublin - Bus Network Changes Discussion

No one is saying the driver is supposed be a be a tour guide. A very simple question, "is this the best stop to alight at to connect with the S4"?

Regular commuters know the routes and can Google quickly to confirm. But there are plenty of people who don't use the routes regularly, including elderly people, people with disabilities, parents with children going to a hospital appointment - to think that the bus driver is going to tell them

..."it's not my problem if you don't know the connecting route despite the fact I drive this route every day as my job - now either get off the bus or don't, I don't care".

I'm at a complete loss as to how we're even discussing this.

Ok you're right, shoot him, can we move on?

Thank you.

I think it's basic info to know where the bus he drives every day connects with the few orbitals on his route.

He didn't even know what I was talking about.

Maybe cos the S2 was relatively new, he hadn't heard of it but you'd think bus drivers would chat about these things or they'd be informed by management at least.

That would be a good excuse if BusConnect was an idea thought up last month and sprung on the unsuspecting bus companies.

It completely lacks credibility when the idea was kicked off back in 2017 and the bus companies have had seven years to plan for and recruit additional personnel that they were clearly going to need with any increase in the frequency of services on the old routes never mind on an expanded service with new routes.

Getting back on topic, is there any likelihood that either the E1 or E2 will run 24/7?

There would be strong demand for 24 hour service on both the N11 to Bray and Dun Laoghaire corridors on the southside and Glasnevin/Phibsboro/Ballymun corridor on the Northside.

Extending the E1 from the proposed terminus at Northwood to Dublin Airport could increase the demand for a 24 hour service. It would take some of the pressure off the 41 on the Whitehall/Santry corridor and would give people another option to get to the airport by Dublin Bus 24 hours a day. I have got the 41 to the airport between 3am and 4am twice over the last few weeks and the bus has always been full from Abbey Street. They need to increase the frequency to every 15 minutes. However, making the E1 a 24 hour service and extending it to the Airport would definitely help too.

Found a picture of the driver we're talking about

Chuckle does anyone have any busconnect news then ? With 2 spines back from planning I'd expect some rumbling anyway

Thanks for the info :-)

It's possible both will be 24/7. Yes an airport extention woukd make sense

I've heard a lot of confusion in relation to the spines for example I've heard multiple times people referring to the Southern orbitals being referred to as the the S spine same with the the N4 and N6.

The E before the F spine makes a lot of sense. The F spine, at least the Northside part of it, isn't going to change that much, though a 24/7 route would be handy.

Just for the record, this was not my argument and I don't really care about it. I only chimed in, 3 pages later, because it was getting ridiculous and wanted to move on.

People can disagree with original posters observation, but do it in a constructive way - don't crucify the comment then wonder why the argument continues for 3pages 🙄