BUS EIREANN - Timetables and Vehicle News, Info

Kids Survive Bus Crash

feeds@yuku.com (RM1986) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:57:48 GMT

Taken from today's Irish Daily Mirror: The bus in question was a TE. The bus looks fairly battered at the front, but it looks repairable.

By Patrick Tierney

Three children had a miracle escape yesterday when their school bus crashed in icy weather conditions.
The pupils fron Co. Monaghan were described as being "very lucky" by emergency services after their Bus Eireann vehicle collided with a van on a road near Threemilehouse. The bus...

Bus Eireann to start axing routes in New Year

feeds@yuku.com (Bus tuaithe) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:39:10 GMT

This piece, from today's Irish Independent, is below. Hopefully these cuts will be as fair as possible and carefully contemplated. My own thoughts are that:

(i) not all rural routes in a given area can be painted with the same brush; carryings vary considerably. Blanket axing of routes just because they are operated by the same bus/driver is unfair when some routes in the group are...

Galway's Christmas Park & Ride

feeds@yuku.com (Colm Lydon) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:33:25 GMT

Christmas P&R in Galway is starting on the sat the 5th of Dec up until Christmas Eve Bus Eireann are operating it this year

VP331

feeds@yuku.com (VWL119) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:28:56 GMT

This bus has recently received a repaint, of course it is still in the old livery but now has the swooping chevrons and looks great.

SI110 and others

feeds@yuku.com (VWL119) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:51:52 GMT

Can anyone tell me where this bus is allocated to? I notice my fleet list doesn't show this. I've also realised that I have SI109 allocated to both Cork and Tralee, SI106 is allocated to more than one depiot too, and I think I'm missing out on SI101 as well. So if anyone could clear this up for me that would be great.

VWL139

feeds@yuku.com (VWL134) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:36:40 GMT

This bus in now in the new livery.

VC304

feeds@yuku.com (VC105) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:28:34 GMT

Monaghan bus VC304 parked in Cavan bus station this evening with windscreen smashed and damage to front left side of her. Had a bit of a smack with something, either yesterday or the day before.

VWD5

feeds@yuku.com (VWL119) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:58:18 GMT

This appears to be allocated to the 8 now complementing VWD7-10(which were new to this route) as it has been on the 8 for the past week - 10 days, and is a very sensible move as the 8 needs all the deckers it can get(so does the 5), can anyone confirm if this is a permanent change?

Galway's New Bus Eireann Garage

feeds@yuku.com (Colm Lydon) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:09:30 GMT

I was told yesterday that Bus Eireann garage wil be moving from their current premises in Eyre Square to their new premises down by Galway docks within the 1st week of December

Bus Éireann fleet allocation as of 27/11/09

feeds@yuku.com (VWL119) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:54:31 GMT

It's worth a shot, but there is plenty of information on this board about various buses and coaches being allocated to different depots, but I think we can all agree that it would be nice if there was a "one stop shop" where we would easily identify what depot had what buses rather than trawling through the search function and wondering what is where or going into the various fleet types and only getting one particular type at one particular depot(though I prefer this...

Bus Eireann Registrations of fleet.

feeds@yuku.com (VC105) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:57:26 GMT

Thought i would get a thread going of the buses of this company over the past 20 years or thereabouts. Hope some of you will be interested as it will help us to identify some of the buses we see but might only catch their reg number and not the fleet number. I will start off with the PL's.
PL61 - 91 D 33961

PL62 - 91 D 33962
PL63 - 91 D 33963
PL64 - 91 D 33964
PL65 - 91 D 33965
PL66 - 91 D 33966
PL67 - 90 D...

115 - Clonard? - Bus Eireanns new real time info.

feeds@yuku.com (TE21) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:00:32 GMT

Hey all,
I was just trying out the real time info and noticed that the last 115 of the night is only going to Clonard, not Mullingar. Thats just a mistake on the part of the real time info thing or is the driver only going that far unless someone asks for a stop after Clonard?

As well as that, is that what those Siemens devices on the coaches are for? Its almost like a telephone with the number pad and has a list of stops. Is it some kind of GPS tracking system?

Just...

Balbriggan service changes with 101A and 101X

feeds@yuku.com (gnr302) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:38:10 GMT

From Bus Eireann site, dated 29th October. No mention of being "temporary" or rail replacement.

Alterations to Balbriggan/Dublin Services

Balbriggan/Dublin Express Bus Services

Departing Balbriggan (opposite Garda Station) at:

06:00 101X via M1 - Port Tunnel to Wilton Terrace.
06:15 101A via M1 - Port Tunnel to Georges Quay.
06:45 101A via M1 - Port Tunnel to Georges Quay.
...

SC allocations

feeds@yuku.com (VWL119) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:30:25 GMT

Well, at least this is what I think it is !

Expressway SCs:
SC1-7 Dundalk(3-5 in Drogheda, SC6&7 on loan to Broadstone as part of Rail Replacement)
SC8 Ballina
SC9 Dundalk
SC10-11 Galway
SC12-22 Roxboro
SC23,24 Ballina(24 in Sligo)
SC25 w/d due to fire(ex Galway)
SC26,27 Ballina(27 in Sligo)
SC28-30 Tralee
SC31 Roxboro
SC32-43 Waterford
...

SP allocations

feeds@yuku.com (VWL119) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:52:36 GMT

SP1-9 Roxboro
SP10,11 Waterford
SP12,13 Broadstone
SP14-17 Waterford
SP18 Capwell
SP19-22 Galway
SP23-30 Ballina(SP23-25 in Sligo)
SP31 w/d due to fire (ex Tralee)
SP32 Tralee
SP33-36 Galway
SP37-39 Roxboro
SP40-55 Broadstone
SP56-58 Tralee
SP59-66 Stranorlar
SP67-72 Galway
SP73-75 Capwell
SP76-90 Broadstone
SP91-93 Capwell
SP94 Broadstone
SP95-98 Roxboro
SP99-102 Galway
SP103-111...

VP304

feeds@yuku.com (Colm Lydon) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:23:27 GMT

VP304 got a fresh lick of paint and also she is in the swooping chevrons livery and she looks very well

Westport Today

feeds@yuku.com (kduggie) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:28:36 GMT

Noticed VR7 & SI70(??) on the road between Westport & Newport earlier today. Also,VP341 heading to Achill......

SP's

feeds@yuku.com (RH12) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:39:46 GMT

Will the SP's be going through any sort of a re-furb programme at any stage? I ask, because the ones I am familiar with, which have been doing massive mileage from day one since new, are now starting to look scruffy, both inside and outside, and also some have a bit of vibration which can be felt while sitting from the middle of the bus back, which I wonder if it is the start of some major parts beginning to need replacement.

I am familiar with SP's 68-72 and 79-82 from...

VR1

feeds@yuku.com (VC105) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:12:03 GMT

VR1 is in service today on the 16.00 from Cavan to Dublin and doing the 19.30 from Dublin back to Cavan. Complete with school stickers, this ex Drogheda service bus is now a school bus in Cavan. Must've been very short of buses and a very last call to take a VR on service in late 2009.

VWL129

feeds@yuku.com (VWL119) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:37:03 GMT

Anyone know the whereabouts of this bus?

Haven't seen it in months now.
Is it withdrawn or undergoing some cosmetic surgery at the moment?

Thanks in advance.