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Pat |
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Does anyone know if there are unscheduled departures for the 7B. I was waiting for a 7 last Friday morning at 7.20 heading outbound when a 7B arrived at the
stop. The stop was quite busy and some passengers questioned the driver if he was a 7. He informed them he was a 7B to Shankill and wasn't serving
Ballsbridge and Rock Road. I know there can be extra departures on some services, but this one seemed strange, as the first outbound 7B is not listed until
5pm. The bus had about 3 passengers on board.
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Gavin |
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Not sure about that Pat, I know despite the timetable saying the evening departures all operate to Shankill some in fact operate to Cherrywood, but this is the
evening service.
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Al |
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The 7B appears to me to be nothing more than a replacement for the former route 46, other than running via Deansgrange Cross. Why the new number?
Also, in the route 7 timetable, the Cherrywood journeys are denoted with the letter C (which implies that they are route 7C) but there is no indication of the existence of a route 7C on the DB web site. If the Cherrywood journeys are denoted by the number 7, DB ought to instead change them to 7A; after all, the current 7A is limited service, and Mackintosh Park can be served by other bus routes, perhaps a permanently re-routed 7B come to think of it. |
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Gavin |
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While 'C' may denote departures to Cherrywood, they do not and never have shown or been called 7C.
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Donnybrook Observer |
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Pat wrote: There is the 0735 service in the 7 timetable that is denoted "qc" meaning "via QBC to Cherrywood" - It really should be in the 46B timetable. This may have been what you saw Pat? |
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Pat |
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Thanks for the replies folks. I thought about the QC possibility, but this was definitely running to Shankhill as the driver announced this to passengers.
Another reason I thought of was that this may have been a new driver and thought his 7.20 departure was from The City Centre instead of Shankill?
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KZG 68 |
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I often see an RA or RV most mornings around 0810 turning from Pearse Villas out onto Rochestown Ave displaying 7B Shankill. Dunno if this is the same
service???
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