Christmas and New Year Travel 2013-2014
 

Please post any notices that you find.

Night Luas
 

Like Dublin Nite Bus:
- Do they only operate one way only and assume no one could possibly be wanting to go in the opposite direction?
- Perhaps they stop to pick up at about every 10th stop?

Not trying to be smart, just a bit of a bugbear of mine and late night Dublin transport.

Don't see a need for return workings, it would only cater for a handful of passengers at best and not worth it.

Modified Dublin Bus timetables
 

No services operate on 25th, and Sunday services operate on 26th.

http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/News-Cent...istmas-Period/

Brief comment re: Dublin Bus night services
 

I'm not sure if the Dublin Bus Nitelink is classified as commercial or as part of the public service obligation but either way buses would often be running along part if not most/all of a route on the way back to the garage/for the next run (where applicable) so better to earn a bit of revenue whereas an empty out of service bus earns a guaranteed zero.

Incidentally the three Bus Éireann Nightrider routes from Dublin operate in both directions.

IÉ Christmas timetable 24/12/2013 to 29/12/2013
 

Irish Rail were canvassing their twitter followers about a night Dart service this year - did anything come of that?

Nitelink operates on a commercial licence.

As far as I know the licence does not cover return workings

That used to be (and possibly still is) one of the rationales for running route 91.

Luas
 

On Christmas Eve service will end at 8pm. No service on Christmas Day. St Stephens Day 9am to 1130pm. Nite Luas running on Green Line only 13th/14th/20th/21st and 31st December.

GoBus and GoBé
 

Modified timetables 20 December - 1 January

http://www.gobus.ie/timetable.php

CityLink
 

We are operating a full schedule every day with the exception of
· Christmas Day
· The 00:30 from Dublin Airport to Galway on 26th December.

NIR and Enterprise
 

See attached

Dublin Coach
 

Portlaoise Service - N7 Service

24th December - Christmas Eve
Last Service to Dublin Airport from Portlaoise is 20:30
Last Service to Portlaoise from Dublin Airport 21:30

25th December - Christmas Day
Closed - No Service

26th December - St Stephens Day
First Service to Dublin Airport from Portlaoise is at 02.30
First Service to Portlaoise from Dublin Airport is at 04.30

New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, we are running a normal service.


Portarlington - Connector Service

24th December - Christmas Eve
Normal Service

25th December - Christmas Day
Closed - No service

26th December - St Stephens Day
Normal Service

New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, we are running a normal service.


Ennis Service - M7 Express Service

24th December - Christmas Eve
Normal Service

25th December - Christmas Day
Closed – No Service

26th December St Stephens Day
Normal Service

New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, we are running a normal service

Just 2 trains between Dublin and Belfast on 1 Jan, that a very bad service, clearly its not IE's decision as all there intercity routes have 5 or more services running.

Thats been the schedule for many years.

Dublin Bus Nitelink
 

Christmas Nightrider Cork-Midleton etc... (Bus Éireann)
 

Source: http://www.buseireann.ie/news_timeta...1409&month=Dec

Aside: wonder would there be any merit in a Nightrider to, for instance, Cóbh and Bandon.

So is that Saturday and Sunday at 0100, 0200 and 0300?

That's my understanding.
I like the way this timetable explains it (scroll to end for Dublin-Bray night bus).

It would be.