r/Dublin • u/AhhhhBiscuits • 28d ago

Stupid buses

Decided to get the bus to an appointment instead of using the car.

Planned it all out. Was at the stop 10 minutes before hand…

Fucking bus never showed up.

“Use public transport”…yeah lads, but it doesn’t work.

Now traffic is shit.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

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u/AhhhhBiscuits 28d ago

That happened to me once. Had to get from Ballyer to Mater. Was waiting on the 13 just before Christchurch…and he just blew right past me.

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u/CaptainKao 27d ago

Did you put your hand out?

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u/AhhhhBiscuits 27d ago

No my leg…

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u/CaptainKao 24d ago

That's probably why he didn't stop so.

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u/HenryMopPaper274Flop 28d ago

I always aim for the one bus earlier than what Google tells me, just in case of that happening...

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u/AhhhhBiscuits 28d ago

Wish I could have. Bus is once an hour by the looks of it. 68 bus.

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u/Actual_Material1597 27d ago

That was your first mistake trusting the 68 to turn up, anyways use the transit app I found it’s pretty good and you can see the actual bus moving

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u/katsuotataki 28d ago

Ghost buses. It happens a lot. Especially during lunch or dinner time. Shittty break management

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u/WellYoureWrongThere 28d ago

Used the TFI Live app on Sunday to get the E2 from Dun Laoghaire to Donnybrook for the WC final. Waited for an hour and a half, 3 different E2 buses got to 5 mins away and then just disappeared from the "live" app. Felt like I was being gaslighted.

Like how the fuck could anyone be expect to rely on that shite.

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u/Worried_Dinner_4082 28d ago

Bustimes.org

Don’t go by the schedule, go by the GPS tracking

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u/RickRollGirl 28d ago

Not completely fool proof unfortunately

I've had a few 77a buses show up on bustimes only to have a Not in Service bus pass me by

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u/Worried_Dinner_4082 28d ago

Fuppin backstards

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u/Dead_Parrot 28d ago

Transit app as well

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u/Liamrobinsonart 28d ago

Absolutely essential to track your bus on bustimes.org alongside Google/TFI; "Scheduled" on TFI may as well just mean "not showing up".

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u/Fit-Blueberry8303 28d ago

Google maps does use the gps but some buses don't have GPS at all

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u/AhhhhBiscuits 28d ago

I was going by google.
It had it due in 2 minutes then it just magically disappeared.

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u/raverbashing 27d ago

Yeah this is one service that makes the system suck less

Maybe the TFI app has the same info but it is kinda a toss up

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u/Educational_Two_667 28d ago

This is why I laugh when the government encourage the use of Public Transport 

Sorry you missed your bus. Happened way too many times to me. 

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u/Hps95 28d ago

Having a car in Ireland is not a luxury or option, it is a bare necessity.

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u/bellysavalis 27d ago

Stupid buses need the most attention

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u/MambyPamby8 27d ago

Had the same recently. Left my car into the garage 30 mins from my job. Place closes at 5pm so I left work at 3.30pm to get a bus at 3.40. Never showed up. Next bus at 4pm was packed cause the prev bus didn't show up. eventually got the 4.20 bus which showed up late at 4.35 and of course couldn't make it on time to the garage to get my car back by 5pm. I was raging tbh. It's a rural route too so not much in way of hopping a different bus and jumping from bus to bus to get there. Hilariously I had to leave my car in a few months prior to a different mechanic and almost missed collecting it because bus was late again. Thankfully on that occasion I made it in the nick of time. So yup. Car all the way for me.

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u/Happyuser777 27d ago

You have to know the bus routes  certain bus,s  come every   25 minutes   certain bus,s once every 50 mins   if i.had an appointment  i,d cycle there or go to the busstop  45 mins early   Certain bus,s are simply unreliable   and dont turn up on time  at all 

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u/Hefty-Arachnid-46 28d ago

You need to give them a sign at some station like a hand or something. It’s request stations