Dublin

MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE REF-225557-1

November 28, 2023 by infomatique

WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD

As already mentioned I visit my mother, 104 in May, every Tuesday and Saturday and this means that I need to travel to Roebuck Road in Clonskeagh. For the last two years I have travelled to Windy Arbour by tram and the by bus (17 route) to Roebuck Road. Yesterday the 17 route was discontinued which complicate my life to a certain degree.

Before I begin to complain I should mention that the 17 was a very unreliable and that I frequently walked from Windy Arbour and Roebuck Road.

Anyway, today, I travelled by tram to Milltown and used the new bus stop to catch the S4 to UCD but I it took me another 15 minutes to walk to my final destination. As the S4 passes along Bird Avenue it might have made more sense to get of at the Clonskeagh end. I got off the first stop at the University Campus but I suspect that the second stop might be closer to Roebuck road. For my return journey I went to the Bird Avenue stop but the first bus was an 11 which travels direct to the city centre. In general, based on experience, I avoid the 11 as it is infrequent, often full and very slow as it gets stuck in traffic.

The introduction of these new routes is being promoted as a major improvement for south Dublin residents, but there’s a downside for certain commuters, as bus services 18, 17/d, 61, 75/a, 76/a, and 175 will came to a halt on November 26.

According to TFI, the specific details of the new routes are as follows:

The S4 will travel from Liffey Valley Shopping Centre to Ballyfermot, Crumlin Hospital, Terenure, and conclude at UCD.
The S2 will link Heuston Station with St James’s Hospital, Rathmines, Sandymount, the RDS, and Poolbeg.
The S6 will connect Tallaght with Rathfarnham Shopping Centre, UCD and Blackrock Station.
The S8 will establish a connection between Dun Laoghaire, Sandyford Luas, Tallaght and Citywest.
The 74 route serves Dundrum Luas, Marlay Park, the Coombe Hospital and Eden Quay.
The L25 will form a link between Dundrum Luas, Stillorgan, and Dún Laoghaire.
The L55 will connect Palmerstown Village, Ballyfermot and Chapelizod.
Route W2 will link Tallaght, Newlands Cross and Liffey Valley Shopping Centre.

Buses from the S and W series are anticipated to run frequently, ranging from every 10-20 minutes during peak hours, with the S8 operating every 30 minutes on weekends.
On weekdays, the L25 runs every 15 minutes, and the L55 operates hourly. The 74 route is scheduled to run every 30 minutes on both weekdays and weekends.

MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225557-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225559-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225560-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225558-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225561-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225562-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225563-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225564-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225565-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225566-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225567-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225569-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225568-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225570-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225571-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225572-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225573-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225574-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225577-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225582-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225583-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225575-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225578-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225580-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225581-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225584-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225585-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225586-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225587-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225576-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225579-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225588-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225589-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225590-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225592-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225593-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225591-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225594-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225595-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225596-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225597-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225598-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225599-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225602-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225606-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225600-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225601-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225603-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225604-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225605-1
MY FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE 17 BUS SERVICE [WALK FROM S4 BUS STOP IN UCD TO ROEBUCK ROAD]-225607-1

DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 42 REF-225435-1

November 26, 2023 by infomatique

A WET COLD DAY AT SMITHFIELD PLAZA

Smithfield Square is not a place that I visit on a regular basis but I usually visit at this time as they usually have an interesting Christmas Tree but this year it was not worth photographing so I photographed the DublinBikes Docking Station instead. The weather was horrible … wet and cold.

DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 42 [A WET COLD DAY AT SMITHFIELD PLAZA]-225435-1
DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 42 [A WET COLD DAY AT SMITHFIELD PLAZA]-225436-1
DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 42 [A WET COLD DAY AT SMITHFIELD PLAZA]-225426-1
DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 42 [A WET COLD DAY AT SMITHFIELD PLAZA]-225427-1
DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 42 [A WET COLD DAY AT SMITHFIELD PLAZA]-225428-1
DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 42 [A WET COLD DAY AT SMITHFIELD PLAZA]-225429-1
DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 42 [A WET COLD DAY AT SMITHFIELD PLAZA]-225430-1
DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 42 [A WET COLD DAY AT SMITHFIELD PLAZA]-225431-1
DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 42 [A WET COLD DAY AT SMITHFIELD PLAZA]-225432-1
DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 42 [A WET COLD DAY AT SMITHFIELD PLAZA]-225433-1
DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 42 [A WET COLD DAY AT SMITHFIELD PLAZA]-225434-1

OK WHAT IS THE DELAY

November 20, 2023 by infomatique

TRAINS WERE RUNNING LATE AT PEARSE STATION

I had to cancel an appointment so I ended up at Pearse Railway Station and I had plenty of spare time so I photographed some trains arriving at the station and some trains leaving in both directions.

THE POINT TRAM TERMINUS AND NEARBY

August 16, 2023 by infomatique

NORTH WALL AREA OF DUBLIN

The Point Luas stop is the easternmost terminus of the docklands extension of the Luas Red Line light rail system. This Luas link to Tallaght connects the Point Village to other transport options, including the DART, suburban rail, Busáras, mainline rail, and the future Dublin Metro. The Dublin Port Tunnel southern portal is located nearby.

There are a few entities, at the same location, called “The Point” in Dublin. The most famous one is the Point Theatre, which was a concert and events venue that operated from 1988 to 2007. It was located on the North Wall Quay of the River Liffey, amongst the Dublin Docklands. The Point was closed in the middle of 2007 for a major redevelopment and underwent a rebranding as The O2 in July 2008. The O2 is now a world-class entertainment venue that hosts a wide variety of events, including concerts, sporting events, and conferences.

Another place called “The Point” in Dublin is Point Square. Point Square is a shopping mall and entertainment complex that is located next to the 3Arena. It is home to a number of stores, restaurants, and a cinema. Point Square is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike.

Finally, there is also a tram stop called “The Point”.

DOCKING STATION 73 ON FRANCIS STREET

August 10, 2023 by infomatique

THE STREET HAS BEEN RECONFIGURED TO BE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY

DublinBikes station 73 is located at the Iveagh Markets building on Francis Street in Dublin, Ireland. It is one of the 124 docking stations in the DublinBikes public bicycle scheme.

An urban regeneration plan was approved as long ago as 2017 but work was delayed until sometime in 2021 and was painfully slow much to the annoyance of with a business on the street but the end result is impressive.

With a strong emphasis on pedestrians, the plan included the widening of pavements and new threshold spaces to the front of the Iveagh Market and St Nicholas de Myra Church. The somewhat awkward widening and narrowing of the carriageway gave way to a consistent width and measures to reduce speeds and allow for more relaxed cycling and easier crossing. There were major changes to car parking and loading arrangements. 20 new street trees and landscaped areas, sustainable urban drainage measures (SUDs), new street lighting, street furniture and utilities all serve to create a much improved street and should establish Francis Street as a major destination.