Dublin Bus Services

2Funki4Wheelz · 08-11-2006, 17:28

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Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

It already exists under the guise of the minimum fare where the short stage fares are not issued which in theory should put off people travelling short distances with a full bus you should get a quick run out of town
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Unfortunately, annual/monthly/rambler ticket holders can still get on and go one or two stops. And some people don't seem to care about the fee and will pay over the odds for a short journey. So you can still get caught. Same happened when the buses to Swords etc 41/33 used to go from Eden Quay then Gardiner St. They'd fly by Gardiner St full - 2nd stop only - and then everyone would get off in Dorset St.
The only way is the Xpress services and there's not many of them.

Gary · 09-11-2006, 09:42

Clearly a problem throughout the city. Human nature is the first bus you see going to your stop you'll hop on.

Hopefully with DBus now getting another couple of hundred buses they might put a bit of focus on the issue. Is it worth making a case to Dublin Bus about it? Not sure how responsive they are to user groups or individuals making cases. Would it be even worth having a seperate section on this form that deals just with bus issues?

Colm Donoghue · 09-11-2006, 09:47

I remember once in my first summer working in the big smoke, living on Collins Ave west, seeing a 41x on St Stephen's Green and being an engineer assumed x was some random dublin bus variable that meant either a or b or c. Driver wouldn't let me off in Whitehall at the viscount or at the stop across from the church, even though the bus was stopped in traffic at the bus stops. it then went out the M1 to the Coachmans where the driver said I could get off....
which was nice of him....

taking things a bit too far methinks.

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09-11-2006, 09:42	#2
Gary Regular Poster Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 71	Clearly a problem throughout the city. Human nature is the first bus you see going to your stop you'll hop on. Hopefully with DBus now getting another couple of hundred buses they might put a bit of focus on the issue. Is it worth making a case to Dublin Bus about it? Not sure how responsive they are to user groups or individuals making cases. Would it be even worth having a seperate section on this form that deals just with bus issues?

09-11-2006, 09:47	#3
Colm Donoghue Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 873	I remember once in my first summer working in the big smoke, living on Collins Ave west, seeing a 41x on St Stephen's Green and being an engineer assumed x was some random dublin bus variable that meant either a or b or c. Driver wouldn't let me off in Whitehall at the viscount or at the stop across from the church, even though the bus was stopped in traffic at the bus stops. it then went out the M1 to the Coachmans where the driver said I could get off.... which was nice of him.... taking things a bit too far methinks.