WOW!!!

KSW · 20-11-2007, 11:33

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Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

If a DART becomes 10 minutes late it won't make it up and will be late returning from Bray causing a massive upset

I take it its the same for Rosslare/Gorey services

Thomas J Stamp · 20-11-2007, 13:41

the good news for Enterprise customers is that Bus Eireann are now offering 24 hour services Dublin-Belfast.

given the culmination of delays on the Enterprise the service will soon be 24 hours, to compete with the bus, without any amendment to the timetable whatsoever.

Thomas Ralph · 20-11-2007, 21:43

Not only that but the bus can be faster, particularly when they use the port tunnel.

Pierce · 20-11-2007, 22:02

Iarnrod Eireann are going to have to watch this. The train is supposed to be faster than the bus, but its not always the case..

Pierce · 20-11-2007, 22:03

But do Iarnrod Eireann care!

Colm Donoghue · 22-11-2007, 22:26

Do IE get extra subsidies to run a cross border service from the EU? that a bus service wouldn't?

Point to note is if a dart is more than ten minutes late, it is late in IE land....

I wonder how much a premium coach service would cost to run with powerpoints and Internet access versus First class on the Enterprise.

wouldn't be great for parents or people with reduced mobility climbing up into a bus though.

Colm Moore · 22-11-2007, 22:34

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Originally Posted by Colm Donoghue

wouldn't be great for parents or people with reduced mobility climbing up into a bus though.

Ulsterbus are now using some wheelchair accessible coaches, but not on cross-border services to my knowledge.

dowlingm · 25-11-2007, 03:16

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Originally Posted by Colm Donoghue

Do IE get extra subsidies to run a cross border service from the EU? that a bus service wouldn't?

No, because the road the bus runs on got an EU subsidy to be built. Subsidies for everyone

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Thomas J Stamp Chairman/Publicity Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Home of Hurling Posts: 2,708	the good news for Enterprise customers is that Bus Eireann are now offering 24 hour services Dublin-Belfast. given the culmination of delays on the Enterprise the service will soon be 24 hours, to compete with the bus, without any amendment to the timetable whatsoever. __________________ We are the passengers

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20-11-2007, 21:43	#3
Thomas Ralph IT Officer Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Greenwich, London Posts: 1,860	Not only that but the bus can be faster, particularly when they use the port tunnel.

20-11-2007, 22:02	#4
Pierce New to the board Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 26	Iarnrod Eireann are going to have to watch this. The train is supposed to be faster than the bus, but its not always the case..

20-11-2007, 22:03	#5
Pierce New to the board Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 26	But do Iarnrod Eireann care!

22-11-2007, 22:26	#6
Colm Donoghue Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 873	Do IE get extra subsidies to run a cross border service from the EU? that a bus service wouldn't? Point to note is if a dart is more than ten minutes late, it is late in IE land.... I wonder how much a premium coach service would cost to run with powerpoints and Internet access versus First class on the Enterprise. wouldn't be great for parents or people with reduced mobility climbing up into a bus though.