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Dublin Bus status @ 16:50

December 1, 2010 Steph 5 Comments

Updated at 16:50 with the following from DublinBus.ie:

Service Update: 16.30hours

Service Disruptions due to adverse weather conditions.

Wednesday 1st December 2010

Valid Dublin Bus tickets may be used on Irish Rail services.

Dublin Bus wish to advise that there is currently a limited bus service operating. This is due to extreme weather and icy road conditions. This is being further worsened by traffic ongestion and slow speeds across the city.

Dublin Bus is making every effort to maintain a level of services but this is proving very difficult due to the worsening road conditions.

A very limited service currently operating on Routes 7, 13, 15, 16, 19(northside Only) 20, 27, 31, 40, 41, 45, 46a, 65, 65b, 77, 102, 128, 140, 145, 150,

A very limited level of service operating to Tallaght, Ballyfermot, Howth, Malahide, Ballymun, Finglas,

No services currently on the Lucan Road, Blanchardstown, Ranelagh, Ballycullen.

Further updates to follow from Dublin Bus once information becomes available.

It’s taken DublinBus.ie about half an hour to load this page so in case you’re still hammering the site trying to get a response here’s the update I just pulled:

Updated 13:45

Dublin Bus wishes to advise customers that due to adverse weather conditions the diversions and curtailments listed below are in place.

Dublin Bus will make every effort possible to maintain services today, however this will be subject to road and weather conditions. Dublin Bus is continuously monitoring road conditions with An Garda Siochana and the Local Authorities.

Routes	Diversion
1	Operating as normal
2	Southbound, the Route is operating via the Strand Rd, Sydney Parade Ave to Merrion Rd. Operate back via Merrion Gates, Strand Rd to Irishtown. Unable to serve Sandymount Village or St John’s Church..
3	Northbound, operating via nutley Lane, Merrion Gates, Strand Rd, to Irishtown to the City. Unable to serve Larkhill, operating on the Swords Road, terminating at Omni Shopping Centre. Southbound, the Route is operating via the Strand Rd, Sydney Parade Ave. Unable to serve Sandymount Village.
4	Terminating at Blackrock (Frascatti). Unable to serve Stradbrook Rd.
5	Operating as normal
7	Unable to serve Loughlinstown, operating to Cherrywood only. On the inbound journey, unable to serve Blackrock Village.
7a	Unable to serve Mackintosh Park. Terminating at Rochestown Ave (The Graduate Pub).
7b	Operating as normal
7d	Operating as normal
8	Operating as normal
11/a	Operating as normal
11b	Operating as normal
13/a	Operating on the main Ballymun Road only, unable to serve Balbutcher, Sillogue, Coultry, Shangan, terminating as normal in IKEA..
14	Operating as normal
14a	Unable to serve Milltown Road/Dropping Well , operating on Route 14.
15	Operating as normal
15a	Operating as normal
15b	Terminating at Taylor’s Lane
15e	Operating as normal
15f	Operating as normal
16	Operating as normal
16a	Operating as normal
17	Operating as normal
17a	Operating as normal
18	Terminating at RDS.
19	Unable to serve Tolka Estate.
19a	Operating as normal
20b	Terminating at Artane castle, unable to serve Maryfield Drive.
25	Operating as normal
25a	Unable to serve Foxborough.
25b	Unable to serve Foxborough.
25x	Operating as normal
26	Operating as normal
27	Unable to serve the Loop through Darndale, operating on the Malahide Rd only.
27b	Unable to serve Castletimon. operating via Dundaniel Rd/Killbarron Rd.
27x	Operating as normal
29a	Unable to serve St Annes Estate
31	Terminating at Howth Harbour, unable to serve Hill of Howth.
31b	Terminating at Howth Harbour, unable to serve Hill of Howth.
32/b	Operating as normal
32a	Operating as normal
32x	Operating as normal
33	Operating as normal
33a	Operating as normal
33b	Terminating outside Portrane hospital, unable to access hospital grounds.
33d	Operating as normal
33x	Operating as normal
37	Unable to serve Skreen Road, Blackhorse Ave, operating on the current Route 39 routing.
38	Operating as normal
38a	Operating as normal
39	Operating as normal
39a	Operating as normal
40/a	Unable to serve Finglas South, operating from N2 slip road and on to Mellowes Road.
40d	Operating via Mellowes Road. Unable to serve Finglas South, the corporate park or Tyrellstown outbound, Tyrellstown OK inbound.
41	Operating as normal
41b	Unable to serve Rolestown. Terminating in Swords Manor
41c	Operating as normal
41x	Operating as normal
42	Terminating at Sands Hotel, operating via Coast Rd only. Unable to serve Wendel Ave or Seamount.
42a/b	Unable to serve Edenmore, Harmondstown or McAuley, operating via Malahide Rd, terminating at Darndale Roundabout.
43	Operating as normal
44	Terminating in Kilternan. Unble to serve Enniskerry or Ballyogan.
44b	Terminating at Blue Church, Kilternan.
45	Terminating at Bray Station. Unable to serve Clonkeen Rd/Deans Grange Rd. Operating via N11 to Mount Merrion Ave.
45a	Terminating at Bray Station. Unable to serve Killarney Lane.
46a	Operating as normal
46e	Operating as normal
47	Operating from Leopardstown roundabout only.
48a	Operating as normal
49	Unable to serve Ballycullen, operating via Firhouse Rd and Firhouse Rd West.
49a	Unable to serve Ballycullen, operating via Firhouse Rd and Firhouse Rd West.
50	Unable to serve Killinarden Estate, Mayberry Road or Kilnamanagh.
51	Operating as normal
51b	Unable to serve Bawnogue, operating via Nangor Rd. Unable to serve Woodford/Cherrywood, operating via Monastery Rd.
51c	Unable to serve Woodford/Cherrywood, operating via Monastery Rd.
51d	Operating as normal
51x	Operating as normal
53	On North Quays only to/from The Point.
53a	On North Quays only to/from The Point.
54a	Unable to serve Fortfield Road, terminating at Marlfield Roundabout.
56/a	Unable to serve Kingswood Heights. Operating via Ballymount Road, Embankment Road and Belgard Road, terminating outside The Square, Tallaght.
59	Terminating in Dalkey, operating between Dalkey and Dun Laoghaire only.
63	Unable to serve Kilternan, Ballyogan Estate or Glenamuck, terminating at Cornelscourt.
65	Terminating at Blessington
65b	Unable to serve Killinarden Estate.
66	Operating as normal
66a	Unable to serve Captains Hill, operating to Lousia Bridge.
66b	Operating as normal
66x	Operating as normal
67	Operating as normal
67x	Operating as normal
68	Unable to serve Baldonnel.
69	Operating as normal
69x	Operating as normal
70	Operating as normal
74	Unable to serve Stocking Avenue or Upper Ballycullen Road, operating via Lower Ballycullen Rd, Killinney Rd and terminating at Scholarstown Road.
74a	Unable to serve Stocking Avenue, terminating at Scholarstown Road.
75	Terminating outside The Square, Tallaght.
76	Unable to serve New Rd, Clondalkin. Operating via Convent Rd/Fonthill Rd. Terminating outside The Square, Tallaght.
76a	Unable to serve New Rd, Clondalkin. Operating via Convent Rd/Fonthill Rd.
76b	Unable to serve New Rd, Clondalkin. Operating via Convent Rd/Fonthill Rd.
77	Operating as normal
77a	Operating as normal
77x	Operating as normal
78/a	Unable to serve Neillstown and Fonthill Road. Operating from Power City to Liffey Valley. Unable to serve Bridge St, Thomas St & Killmainham
79/a	Operating on Ballyfermot Road to Cherry Orchard Hospital only. Unable to serve Decies Rd.
83	Operating via Rathgar, Terenure Road West, KCR and Kimmage Road to Sundrive Road and then back on to normal routing.
84	Terminating at Bray Station.
84x	Terminating at Southern Cross Rd, unable to serve Newcastle, Kilcoole or Greystones
90	Operating as normal
102	Operating as normal
104	Operating as normal
111	Operating as normal
114	Operating to Kilcross only.
116	Operating as normal
118	Operating as normal
120	Unable to serve Dowth Ave, operating via Carnlough Rd (Route 122).
121	Unable to serve QuarryRoad, operating via Carnlough Rd (Route 122). Unable to serve Francis St, operating via Patricks St.
122	Unable to serve Ashington, terminating on the Navan Rd at the Halfway House .
123	Unable to serve Marino, operating via Phillipsburgh Ave
128	Terminating at Clare Hall Rd (Donaghmede Roundabout), unable to serve Clongriffin. Terminating at Kellys Corner, unable to serve Palmerston Park and Rathmines.
130	Terminating at Clontarf Depot, unable to serve Castle Ave.
140	Operating as normal
142	Operating as normal
145	Terminating at Bray Station.
150	Unable to serve Rossmore, terminating at Wellington Roundabout.
151	Not serving East Rd, terminating at Docklands Rail Station.
161	Unable to serve Whitechurch, operate via Taylor’s Lane
184	Cancelled
185	Cancelled.
210	Operating as normal
220	Unable to serve Finglas South.
236	Operating as normal
238	Unable to serve Tyrellstown.
239	Unable to serve Lucan Village, Operating via the bypass, M50.
270	Operating as normal
747	Operating as normal
748	Operating as normal

Customers can also visit www.transport.ie for service updates from all major public transport operators and the National Roads Authority.

Dublin Bus would like to apologise to customers for any inconvenience caused.

Random

Dublin fails to cope with bad weather yet again

January 6, 2010 Steph 1 Comment

There’s a running joke down home in Clare about how Dubs can’t handle any sort of negative change in weather, be it rain, wind, sleet or snow. In almost 8 years of living in the capital I’ve often chimed in with it. The first sign of a rainy day and it seems that every car-owner in town has to drive to work.

I grew up on the Atlantic coast which usually gets far more of a raw deal weatherwise than the east side of Ireland so maybe I’m just a thick-skinned culchie. However, in fairness to my fellow Dubliners, today’s bitter weather would put the most hardened weatherbeaten bogman to the test.

That acknowledged, it shouldn’t have had the dramatic impact on life in the city that it did today. By 5pm this evening our capital city had effectively shut down. Dublin Bus instructed drivers to pull over and abandon services until further notice while some Luas services were curtailed and Dublin Airport’s only runway had to close due to heavy snowfall and ice. Dublin Bus then tried to run a seriously limited service where it could. A city saturated with taxis didn’t have a cab in sight on most streets. Just before 7pm Dublin Bus decided it was stopping all bus services around the capital leaving thousands of commuters, myself included, somewhat stranded in an icy cold city centre that felt like 4am on New Year’s night without the merriment.

Snow days (3/3) — Dublin City Council clearing ice from paths

Yes, the roads were bad but really so severe that they had to pull the entire bus network out of action? Am I being too harsh in expecting more from our capital city?

I’ve seen and heard stories of people stuck on the M50 and other routes for hours, others walking home even as far as from the city centre to Blanchardstown (insane!). In comparison to some I probably did pretty good. I had offers of couches and spare beds near town if my attempt to get home failed, for which I’m hugely grateful. My only options aside from that was to slide the 4km home or try getting a taxi. I was very lucky that the latter worked out and I was happily turning the key in my door by 8.30. But…

What about those who were still standing at bus stops unaware of what was going on?

What about those who couldn’t find let alone afford a taxi home?

The whole thing reminded me of a Saturday in August 2008 when Dublin was hit by heavy rain and flooding turned into a similar chaotic mess. I sat for nearly an hour in a taxi and had to resort to walking home with my paper-bagged goodies so bad was the traffic.

Yes, these are extreme weather for our country but they’re not so extreme by international standards. I can’t understand why I hear more debate and argument about why it happens rather than what we should do when it happens.

Fail to plan, plan to fail. Dublin, you’ve got some work to do.

Snow days (1/3) — Fresh snow greets me at home

Random

Dublin Bus service changes as result of snow

January 6, 2010 Steph 2 Comments

Noticed the DublinBus.ie website is under a lot of pressure so here’s what I managed to grab while it was momentarily playing nice:

Last updated at 17.25, via Dublin Bus website:

Dublin Bus are currently starting to resume limited service on main corridors where possible. In some areas buses may not be able to access suburban estates and are likely to stay only on main roads. We advise customers to travel as early as possible but to be aware that the bus services are severely disrupted not just due to the adverse road conditions but also due to traffic congestion and accidents during the last number of hours. Dart are providing an enhanced service and both Dart and Luas will honour Dublin Bus tickets.

Due to high volumes of traffic to dublinbus.ie we have been experiencing problems with the site for which we would like to apologise and are making every effort to rectify

Last Updated 12:45

Curtailments currently in place;

3 – terminating at Viscount Pub, Swords Road

7 – from City Centre to Cherrywood only

11/a/b – not serving Wadelai, terminating at DCU

13 – not serving Sillogue and Ikea

13a – not serving Shangan, Coultry and Ikea

19 – not serving Tolka Estate

20b – not serving terminus at Maryfield

27b – not serving Castletimon

37 – not serving Blackhorse Avenue

38/a – not serving Ballycoolin Industrial Estate using Ballycoolin Road

40d – not serving Ballycoolin Industrial Estate using Ballycoolin Road

and not serving Blanchardstown Corporate Business Park, terminating at shops on main road at Tyrellstown Estate.

42b – up the Malahide Road turning right onto Tonglegee Road then right onto Springdale Road and back to normal route.

44b – to Blue Church in Kilternan only

50- not serving Killinarden Heights

51 – starting from Molloys in Clondalkin Village

51b/c – not serving Dutch Village/Woodford using Monastery Road

54a- via Wainsfort Road not serving Fortfield Road. Going up Blessington Road, not serving Kiltipper and terminating at The Square Tallaght

56/a – not serving Ballymount and Kingswood

65 – to Blessington Roundabout not serving or Ballymore Eustace

65b- not serving Killinarden Heights

66a – not serving Captains Hill

69 – not serving St. Johns Wood Estate

79/a – not serving Spiddal Park and Parkwest, terminating at Cherry Orchard Hospital

102 – not serving Forest Road

120 – using Fassaugh Avenue to 121 terminus

122 – using Quarry Road and terminating at Halfway House pub, Navan Road

123 – via Philipsburgh Avenue

140 – not serving Ikea, turning at Jamestown Roundabout

145- not serving Kilarney Lane, Herbert Road and Kilbride Lane. (Operating Up & Down Kilarney Road)

150 – not serving Millgate Drive

151 – not serving Adamstown, at Griffeen turning right and going to Superquinn Lucan

185 – from Bray to Enniskerry not serving Shop River

220 – not serving Ballycoolin Industrial Estate using Ballycoolin Road

238 – using Ballycoolin Road

News

Flood victims – we need to help!

November 26, 2009 Steph 6 Comments

Imagine this is your house:

Or this was the view from your front hallway:

I’ve been listening to the radio on and off all week hearing reports of continued bad weather, the entire Shannon being in a state of flood, bridges and roads being closed, towns, villages and cities all but shutting down completely. I’ve had more calls from my dad in Clare this week than I’ve had all month he’s so shocked at the state of things around him in the west.

It’s almost impossible to get your head around the damage that’s been done since this time last week. Listening to victims during the week talk about how they have had to split their families up and divide children between relations, to others talk about the stench of waste, rotting food and sewage in homes and streets, to people searching somewhere to rent to simply have a roof over their heads was really shocking.

What shocks me further is the apparent lack of support for these hundreds of people. The government have pledged an initial €10m fund (subject to means testing). Some say it’s not nearly enough, some say they can’t wait for means testing.

I remember the fantastic fund-raising that was done all around the country in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina a few years ago. Why hasn’t there been the same response to our own neighbours? Is it the recession? Is it a case of ‘out of sight out of mind’? Or do people just not realise how bad it is in areas like Ballinasloe, Claregalway and towns along the Shannon?

Let’s help them out!

Newstalk have set up a flood victims fund account with AIB. If you go into any AIB branch you should be able to make a donation to the account which has the sort code 93.10.12.

Saint Vincent de Paul and the Irish Red Cross are also accepting donations, be they financial or materials like clothes, bed linen etc.

If anyone else knows of ways we can support those affected, leave a comment or drop me an email and I’ll list it on a new page.

There’s only 4 weeks until Xmas eve – at the very least, let’s try and give the families some comfort for the holidays or some hope for the time ahead – things are in a dark enough state as it is.

Caherlea, Co.Galway via Irish Independent

Parteen Weir, Co.Clare via Limerick News Wire

Thoughts

There goes the summer

June 6, 2009 Steph 1 Comment

Well I hope you made the most of the awesome weather we were blessed with this past week coz it is most certainly gone and long gone according to the forecast. Time to resort back to indoor forms of entertainment, soggy ends of jeans, damp socks, umbrellas and checking Ryanair for the price of a flight to Barcelona.

In the immortal words of Pat Shortt, “sure twud be a lovely country if we could only roof it”.

I Am Steph