Yeah, problem with the route around Dumcondra is that you'll be sending a lot of buses up and down that residential area where there havent been buses before (so it's not like Santry's 16 Terminus) and i think there's no right turn from St Annes Road onto Drumcondra road.
I dont think the Buses would be that empty, I would see the merged 46A/41 going all the way to Swords and i dont even think it would take that many (if any) extra buses to do it, ie, it could be done tomorrow (once the drivers are brought up to speed on the route).
Just taking the thing a step further there is no reason why the 28's and the 42's cant be merged and the 20B used to go cross town many years ago. (In fact there was once a 51 from Griffith Avenue to Tallaght!) That 20 could easily be merged with a 15 for example, the trip from Beaumont is quick enough with priority measures, it could cross at Butt Bridge, stop on D'Olier Street, Nassau Street and off towards Templeogue. At the moment you would have to get off in Talbot Street and walk.
Now that's what I call integration.
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