BusConnects Summary

Key Points

1. Seabury services would be heavily reduced, would lose 42, 102, 32, and 142 routes. Only bus connection a Portmarnock-Swords route. Journeys to town now 281/D1/D.
2. 32 replaced with 60.
3. 42 replaced with D1/D. would not service Seabury or Portmarnock.
4. Portrane and Skerries losing direct routes to city.
5. 32x replaced with 381.
6. A lot of bus traffic going through Swords.
7. No mention of night services.
8. Portrane, Donabate, Skerries, Balbriggan, Rush, and Lusk would all lose direct/peak services to Dublin city centre.
9. Principle that connections would increase regularity thus speed of service does not hold up for Fingal as use of Port Tunnel and M1 is necessarily reduced.
10. Hugely popular 142 will no longer serve Malahide Village, Seabury, or Waterside - new routes duplicate the Swords Express 500 and 501 routes.
11. Some peak and direct routes from Fingal will require 2 changes. 33, 33x and 33d services to Customs House Quay served Fingal directly now require 280/A4/A (Portrane and Donabate) and 285/A4/A (Skerries and Balbriggan).

Current Routes

1. 32        Talbot Street to Malahide (every 20 -50 minutes)
   1.  Becoming the 60 more frequent and extending to the airport northbound.
2. 32x      Malahide to UCD (two return services).
   1. Becoming the 381 - same service.
3. 33        Lower Abbey Street to Balbriggan (half-hour to hourly).
   1. Gone. 285 connecting Swords with Balbriggan, A4 to Santry, then, A from Santry to city.
4. 33a     Swords to Skerries/Balbriggan (hourly).
   1. Improved service: 285  (every 30 minutes to Skerries, hourly to Balbriggan)
5. 33b     Swords to Portrane (every 40 minutes)
   1. 280 - same service.
6. 33d     Custom’s House Quay to Portrane (daily via Port Tunnel).
   1. Gone.
7. 33x      Custom’s House Quay to Skerries (half-hour peak only via PT).
   1. Gone.
8. 41        Lower Abbey Street to Swords Manor (20-30 minutes).
   1.  A4 and 282 connect with A at Santry – improved service (7 – 10 minutes)
9. 41c      Lower Abbey Street to Swords Manor (extra peak services)
   1. 382 Same service.
10. 41n     Westmoreland Street to Swords Manor (night service) – hourly to 4am.
    1. No mention of night services in proposals.
11. 42        Portmarnock to Talbot Street (20-30 minutes).
    1. D1 connecting with D in Clarehall. No Portmarnock or Seabury connection.
    2. Seabury loses service.
    3. 60 follows DART route into Talbot Street.
12. 42d     Portmarnock to DCU (daily)
    1. Gone. Train to Killester, A4 to DCU.
13. 42n     Talbot to Portmarnock Friday night service
    1. No mention.
14. 43        Talbot Street to Swords Business Park.
    1. Gone follow A/A2 route.
15. 102     Sutton to Dublin Airport (every 20 – 50 minutes)
    1. 60 replaces service but does not connect with Seabury.
16. 142     Portmarnock to UCD (every 10 minutes at Peak).
    1. Gone. Partially replaced by 382 and 384 (Swords to UCD via Port Tunnel); which do not service Waterside, Seabury, Malahide and Portmarnock

BusConnects Proposed Services

1. 60        Dublin Airport to City via Malahide (every 15 – 30 minutes) bypasses Seabury - no direct bus to town, loses airport bus as well.
2. 285     Swords to Balbriggan / Skerries (30 minutes) Direct bus services to north County Dublin; replaced with services to Swords/Clongriffin
3. 281     Portmarnock to Swords (20-25 minutes) – only Seabury service
4. 282     Swords area to Santry (radial and orbital hub). (8 minutes)
5. D1       Malahide to Clarehall (every 30 minutes)
6. Peak services
   1. 375     Clare Hall to Ringsend: 8 south7:00-8:00; 8 north16:30-18:00.
   2. 382     Swords to UCD; 3 south 7:00-8:00 and 2 north 17:00-17:30. (via port tunnel).
   3. 390     Baldoyle to Lower Abbey Street: “every 30 minutes for two hours”.
      1. Connects with 60.
   4. 381     Malahide to UCD (coast road via Portmarnock). 2 south and 2 north at peak.
   5. 384     Swords area to UCD 3 south and 2 north.

Costs and Delivery

1. Delivering all of the elements of BusConnects will cost over €1 billion. The exact cost is unclear, however.
2. Delivering BusConnects will take an unspecified amount of time.
3. “The exact time period dependent on the level of funding each year.”

The programme will involve a generous use of compulsory purchase of gardens and digging up trees and footpaths.

These proposals are not final. The NTA will be accepting public views from 16th July to 14th September and submissions should be made to consultations@nationaltransport.ie. The full proposal can be seen at www.busconnects.ie

Cllr Eoghan O'Brien and I intend on  holding a public meeting in Seabury Parish Centre on the 23rd July @8pm on the proposed changes to Dublin Bus, if you are free do come along, do please let any of your neighbours or friends know also. All are welcome.