Ireland’s CIE has ended with a €39m loss for the year and is talking of service reductions with its subsidiaries Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus garnering a mention. National Express is laying off 300 back office staff. Stagecoach’s Brian Souter is talking of hard times ahead and there is softening of demand on commuter routes with more people being out of work. All of this is hardly optimistic but it is a reminder that the transport industry is not immune to the economic pressures that we face. Let’s hope that we pull through what lies ahead of us without too many cuts to services.
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Economic realities
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Posted by John Hennessy on December 19, 2008 in Trains, Buses, Coaches, News
Tags: Stagecoach, Ireland, Scotland, England, National Express, Wales, Dublin Bus, CIE, Bus Éireann
Dublin Bus timetable eccentricities
A few years ago, I went checking out Dublin Bus timetables but met up with a problem: there was nary a sign of how long the journey would take, a slight disadvantage when trying to get somewhere at a particular time. Thankfully, that seems to have been resolved with approximate journey times now being given. It may not be fully comprehensive like other timetabling approaches but it’s a good enough guide for me.
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Posted by John Hennessy on December 17, 2008 in Buses, Timetables
Tags: Dublin, Dublin Bus, Ireland, Kildare, Wicklow
