Travel Experiences - Post Malahide Viaduct Collapse

[chipper]

Originally Posted by Neutraliser

Average commute time Drogheda to Connolly has been 50 minutes (departing approx. 7.00 AM). I measured it.

This is at least 15 minutes faster than the train. I know three people who commute from Drogheda and all agree that the viaduct collapse has been a very good thing. I do appreciate though that if you use the other stations it is a different experience.

[roamling]

I used the 33X for some days now, here my impressions and comparison with the train:

1. Train (from East Point Buisness Park to Lusk leaving at 4.30pm):

- going to Clontarf Dart station > take Dart to Howth Junction > take Communter to Lusk > walk from train station in Lusk to Lusk Village > 75 min

2. 33X (from East Point Buisness Park to Lusk leaving at 4.30pm)

- going to 130 Bus stop on the Howth Road > take 130 bus to city centre > take 33X from Custom House Quay to Lusk Village (trough port tunnel) > 60 min

(fare with travel 90 ticket € 1,80 one way)

that is taking into account all normal heavy traffic on the Quay's and road works on the motorway

[Mark Hennessy]

Looks like some folks hurt in different 33X crashes this morning

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0922/rush.html

Eight people have been hospitalised following two separate crashes in Rush, Co Dublin, involving two Dublin Bus vehicles.

[roamling]

Originally Posted by Mark Hennessy

Looks like some folks hurt in different 33X crashes this morning

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0922/rush.html

I was on the way into town in a 33X that left Rush before the incidents happened, there were at least two fire brigades going towards Rush at that time and then another one later for the second incident. It is really tragic that all these events in the last weeks are affecting this part of the network.