Dublin Drunk

Dublin Drunk (Irish: Bus Átha Cliath ) is a service of public transport in Ireland. It serves Dublin and its great periphery. The company, founded in 1987 is a subsidiary company of Córas Iompair Éireann which belongs to the Irish government. Dublin Bus has represented the large majority of transport of Bus in Dublin, but for a few years, more and more from private companies received the authorization to serve Dublin.

Presentation

Dublin Bus had in, 2004,3408 employees, 1067 buses, traversed approximately 60 million per annum and dealt with more than 500000 ways per standard day. (Source: " Dublin Drunk Annual Carryforward, 2004")

Since the opening of the Luas, Dublin Bus lost approximately 30% of its passengers for the connections with Tallaght and Sandyford. The construction projects of an underground line will also probably make lose users with the company.

Tariff

To pay its way in a bus, it is necessary to give the exact sum which depends on the distance that the user to envisage to carry out. The users must place the exact sum in a machine and the driver prints the ticket then. If there is currency to return a paper is generated which makes it possible to be made refund with the exchange on O' Connell Street. The tickets are not accepted. There is also possibility of buying prepaid tickets:

tickets of ways unlimited over several days
tickets corresponding to the tariff of a way
ticket of unlimited way during 90 minutes. (1.65€ in 2007)

The elderly and some other people have the right to travel free.

Ways

The main roads have corridors of buses, called Quality Bus Corridor which make it possible the bus more quickly to reach the center town.

Xpresso

The buses Xpresso are buses express train. These lines of bus have a limited number of stops but a higher tariff. This service was conceived to serve Dublin at the rush hours; besides the majority of these lines function only the morning and the evening.

NiteLink

The buses Nitelink provide a service of night, but the tariff is higher (5€ by way). The lines of the buses NiteLink leave all the center town. On these lines the first bus generally leaves towards 00:30; the frequency of the buses is also higher in end of the week between Thursday evening and Saturday evening.

AirLink

The buses AirLink connect the center town of Dublin and its principal Gares to the Aéroport located at the north of the city. The AirLink take two numbered roads 747 and 748.

the stops on road 747 are: the airport, O' Connell Street and Central Drunk Station;
the stops on road 748 are: the airport, Exchange Drunk Station and Heuston Station.

The way is direct but the price is higher (6€ for an adult, 3€ for a child in June 2007) that other lines which serves the airport. Taking into account the ways which it make these buses also have some sites designed to deposit bags and bag of voyages.

Types of bus

Two stages

Articulated bus

A stage

Midibuses

Accident

The February 21st 2004 on Wellington Quay in Dublin, a bus is assembled accidentally on a pavement, which caused the death of five people and wounded 14 others of them. The driver was continued for dangerous driving and was recognized not culprit.

Criticisms

The buses in Dublin are often criticized for their lack of punctuality. In addition to the fact that there does not exist precise schedule, it often happens that the buses do not stop with the obligatory stops. What in the absolute would not be génant in a city including/understanding a modern grid system such as Paris or London, where waiting of a public transport exceeds only seldom 15 minutes. In Dublin, certain lines do not have indeed more than one bus per hour. The ergonomics of the buses also leaves something to be desired, the seats have summers conceived at the beginning of century. At the time people more 1m45 did not measure, which was not génant. Now, it is not possible any more to hold to two on a bench without breaking a leg. The foreigners also often test difficulties of including/understanding the manner of functioning of the buses.

External bonds

Plane Official site
of Dublin and the public grid system
BusRage.com - nonofficial Site of dissatisfied users

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