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Posts: 2933 25/05/2008 22:49:23 Repaint Archivist |
These aren't really known too well, but a bus stop which wears a red band around the top of the pole is a compulsory stop. The ones I'm aware of are:
Amiens Street (Gandon House), outbound Gardiner St. (before Talbot St.), outbound Anybody aware of any others???
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Posts: 14 25/05/2008 22:58:14 |
Theres one just after aston quay i think thats one (outbound)
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Posts: 51 26/05/2008 00:58:19 Full Member |
Does that mean that stopping at other stops is optional for drivers, because that would explain a lot!
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Posts: 471 26/05/2008 01:07:14 Member. |
So these are stops that drivers must stop at, even if nobody's boarding and/or disembarking? That would put a dent into the flexibility that is one of the
better characteristics of bus service, no?
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Posts: 495 26/05/2008 22:48:44 Member. |
I'm curious, what exactly in Dublin Bus' view is a compulsory stop? Does it mean drivers only have to allow boarding or alighting at other stops if
they feel like it?
To be honest it sounds like a late April's fool joke if we are going to have something like this! |
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Posts: 2943 26/05/2008 23:17:28 Repaint Archivist |
Drivers are supposed to stop at a compulsory stop regardless, if there is nobody waiting or getting off, they should stop.
Other stops require people to signal the driver to stop. Thats the difference. |
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Posts: 497 26/05/2008 23:28:35 Member. |
I just don't get the idea of this? All it's going to do is increase journey times and therefore possibly increase the number of buses required to run a
timetable due to the time lost stopping for no good reason?
Waste of resources if you ask me, what will a driver do? Pull up to stop, open doors, wait 10 seconds, close doors, drive off? Absolutely ridiculous.
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Posts: 1613 27/05/2008 16:10:19 Full Member |
I'd say its mainly at important places, e.g. City Centre , Shopping Centres , Hospitals etc
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Posts: 1059 27/05/2008 21:43:18 Full Member |
Sure we have a union leaflet doing the rounds saying 'Dont stop' at any stop if you think its unsafe - its your licence! No driver is going to stop at
an unmanned stop. It didnt work in the last decade!
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Posts: 70 27/05/2008 22:23:15 |
I would love to see the reaction if the driver pulls up at a "compulsary stop" with a full bus.
Skulls: "What do you mean we can't get on?" Driver: "The bus is full" Skulls: "Why did you stop then if you're not going to let us on?" Driver: "Because this is a compulsary stop" Skulls: "Ya Wha!" |
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Posts: 1292 02/07/2008 23:46:51 Full Member |
Has anyone else noticed the new style bus stop head on the rock road? The top half is yellow while the lower half is red. This stop is loacted inbound a bit up
from the merrion gates. What is the red in aid of?
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Posts: 1782 02/07/2008 23:51:21 Full Member |
States that drivers must stop.
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Posts: 542 03/07/2008 07:13:57 Member. |
But they don't
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Gavin |
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Posts: 3094 06/07/2008 11:40:13 Repaint Archivist |
The compulsory stops:
Pole: 
Clarence Street, Dun Laoghaire Shelter: 
St. Patrick's College, Upper Drumcondra Rd., outbound. The compulsory stops I'm aware of with these style signs are: Rock Road, before the Merrion Gates outbound (pole) Rock Road, opposite the Merrion Gate inbound (shelter) Drumcondra Road Upper, St. Partrick's College in & outbound (shelters) Whitworth Road, National Council for the Blind, in & outbound (poles) Botanic Road, opposite fomer Smurfit Printers site, outbound (pole) Botanic Road, outside former Sumfit Printers site, inbound (shelter) Clarence St, Dun Laoghaire, outbound (pole) George's Street, Dun Laoghaire, inbound (pole) |
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KZG 68 |
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Posts: 85 07/07/2008 19:26:23 Member. |
Also compulsory stops on the Strand Rd in Sandymount for the 2 & 3 outbound just after the junction with Newgrove Avenue and likewise inbound on Newgrove
Avenue itself just after you turn onto it from Strand Road.
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Posts: 924 07/07/2008 23:06:29 |
Compulsory stops also on Jamestown Road for the 40B, 104 and 220 (19/19A terminus, both sides of the road).
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Posts: 600 08/07/2008 11:11:07 |
What is the purpose of these stops? I understand the difference between them and regular stops, but what is to be achieved by a bus stopping at an empty bus
stop?
Also, the locations seem to be a bit random? |
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