100 New Buses for Dublin!! This has been announced at least 10 times by Government. But now Deputy Burton Labour TD for Dublin West has been told that only 10% of the buses will go to areas such as Blanchardstown, Castleknock, Clonsilla and Clonee in Dublin West.

At a meeting this week, Dublin Bus revealed to Deputy Burton that they will only be getting 10 new buses for the Dublin 15 area. Dublin Bus originally hoped for 28 more buses to develop the Blanchardstown route.

Deputy Burton said, “Despite Blanchardstown having the longest journey times in the city, with record journeys of over 3 hours for the 8 mile journey from Ongar, only 10% of the new allocation of 100 buses is being put on the route. With so many thousands of new homes people are desperate for more buses and trains. Just 10 buses, when the Government talks in Billions every day, is very disappointing

There is better news on the promised review of bus services for Dublin 15.

Dublin Bus have told Deputy Burton that the first stage of the review of bus services and routes in Dublin 15 has been completed. They hope to complete the second stage of consultation in March and to begin re-designing the bus routes and bus schedules in April. Deputy Burton said that at that time she hopes that Dublin Bus will consult particularly with the public who use the service

Dublin Bus are proposing to offer much more express services straight from areas such as Littlepace and Ongar to the city centre and to review the routes of all existing services.

This follows a public meeting on Transport organized by Deputy Joan Burton last November when the Divisional Manager of Dublin Bus Declan Murray promised a sweeping review of the entire local service for the Dublin 15 area.

While we welcome the review of existing routes and hope that it will bring a substantial improvement in the service as promised by Dublin Bus, it’s extremely disappointing that Blanchardstown has not been given a high priority in the allocation of the new buses” said Deputy Burton.

“I want to thank all the individuals and families who participated in the Labour Party survey and questionnaire on buses and trains we have passed the details to Dublin Bus and Irish Rail and I know that they’ve been very useful in giving feedback to the transport companies on their services”