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Dun Laoghaire,Sallynoggin andLoughlinstown Bus Review

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Dublin Bus and the National Transport Authorlty (NTA) propose to

improve your bus seryice in the Dun Laoghaire,-Sallynoggin and

Loigntinitown area. The proposals tollow a review of public transport

services undertaken in thc area.

,-i-r -...1^.1.. a: ' .;..4 :.1€ .er,':;+ :la1'*ii.c tre f6'i'c*irg 'Biiui;erleri:i:. lmprove journey times on the key bus routes in.tfe grea . -. g"tte, mit"n the level of service to the demand for travel from

individual areas. Provide more consistent frequenoies on looal services

i.+i!UC: 3. .l.ii) lef Ie j!{''. A simple, easy to understand better connected network of bus services

. lncreased frequency and capacity

. User friendly timetable evenly spread through the day

. Simplified route numbering

These proposals are desoribed in greater detail in the following pages' You

are invited to consider the proposals and to send baok your comments and

suggestions. Contact details are provided on the back cover'

Proposal 1 Route 7Prroposall Route 7

Route 7 CurrentRoute 7 cunently oPerates three buses per hour from Loughlinstown Park (with the

eroption ot a ten minute service from 08.00 hrs to O8.30hrs) and an hourly service

from Cherrywood Business Park to Mountioy Square via Pearse Park Sallynoggin and

Slackrock Village to Mountjoy Square.

Proposed Route 7The Route 7 proposal is to operate a 15 minute service along the main Route 7

al8nment all day with the service split evenly between Loughlinstown Park (a bus

eulry go minutes) and Brides Glen Luas Slation Cherrywood (a bus every 30 minutes)'

]-he seruice will be re-aligned an the Sallynoggin area and instead of operating via

rearsePark,theseilicewillusethemoredirectSallyglenRoad'NewbusstopsalonqSallygten Road will be provided and there is good pedesfian access to these stops

trom Loth sides of Sallyglen Road. This change will benelil customers all along the

route by being faster, more direct and customer travel times will be reduced'

Route 7 will also be re-aligned in Blackrock Village on journeys travelling towards the

gty c€ntre. City centre bound services will remain on the Blackrock bypass One new

ous stop is proposed on the by-pass and the route will continue to serve the existing

DUs stop at Fraseati Centre. The benefit ofthis change is a significant reduction in

flstomer travel times.

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Ploposal2 Route 7b

Route 7b CurrentRoute 7b operates five departures from Shankill Church to Mountioy Squarern the mornrng peak via Ballybrack Village. Rochestown Ave, Abbey Road,Stillorlgan and termrnating at Mountjoy Square. There are also four return

louFneys in the evening peak from Mountjoy Square to Shankill Church.

Proposed Route 7bIt rs proposed to retarn the current morning and evening peak service withsome slight timetable adjustments.

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Prcposal3 Route 7d

Route 7d CurrentRoute 7d operates two mornrng departures from Dalkey via Sandycove.Glenageary Rd, Bakers Comer, Deans Grange Cross and Stillorgan toMountjoy Square.

Proposed route 7dIt is proposed to keep the 7d on its current inbound alignment as far as

Bakers Corner, but will in future turn right onto Abbey Road (the 7b route) andserve Strad-brook Hill, Monkstown Ring Road, Stillorgan Road to City Centreterminating at Mountjoy Square.

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Proposal4 Route 45a

Route 45a currentRoute 45a currently operates a thirty minute service from Kilmacanogue to

Dun Laoghaire via Ballybrack Village, Sallynoggin Road.

Proposed route 45aIt is proposed to retain the current timetable on Route 45a. However an

alrgnment change is proposed in the Rochestown Ave/Sallynoggin area. Theproposed route will operate as it currently does to the Graduate Pub, will then

serve a section of Rochestown Ave and will serve Rochestown Park, Pearse

Villas and Sallynoggin Road where i1 returns to its curtent alignment. This

change will maintain a direct link in the Sallynoggin / Pearse Villas area to

Dun Laoghaire Dart Station,

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Proposal5 Route 59

Route 59 currentRoute 59 currently operates a 40 minute service from Dun Laoghaire to Mackintosh

Park via Dalkey and KillineY.

Proposed route 59It is proposed to operate a consistent thirty minuts service in both directions on the

59 route from Dun Laoghaire to Loughlinstown Hospital via Dalkey, Killiney Road'

Ballinclea Road, cluny Grove, Avondale Road, Churchview Road, Wyattville Road ,

terminating at opposite Loughlinstown Hospital. The benefits of this change include

a direct link between Dun Laoghaire and Loughlinstoiln Hospital, a faster and more

direct route and a frequent and very oasy to understand timetable As a result ofthis

change, Route 1 1 1 will be cancelled.

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Prcposal6 Route 63

Route 83 currentnort" Og

"r""ntly operates a thirty minute service from Kilternan to Dun

L""sh"i" r" a"iyogan, Foxrock, clonkeen Road, Deansgrange' Monkstown

Farm and Dun Laoghaire.

Proposed Route 83

it ,s'proposed to retain the current Route 63 timetable which is frequent and

",*li" i" *"0 The route will largely remain as it Is except that rnstead of

"p"i"t "g along Clonkeen Road, the route will lnstead serue Cabinteely'

J5n".ioff RoIo, eottery Road' Mackintosh Park and back onto its route at

nlU"V no"O. lt will conlinue to serve Monkstown Farm and terminate in Dun

Laoghaire.

Summary

Route Irn" tuito."t

""tryings on toute 8 are insufficient for the seryioe to be main-

tuin'Jrn iit "rrrunitoimat.

The increased frequenoy on Route 59 will ofler

uli"r*iir" trur"r options as does the existing Route 7d departure. A departure

"t i'iio'ii"t o"fxey providing a link to Monkstown will be operated during

school terms. As a result, Route 8 will be cancelled'

Summarycnrnoes'inroads,lnfrastruotureandcustomerstravellingrequirementshasiliE; i; D;ali" Bus and the NTA being able to put together a proposal to

r"r""JUr" rort"s and bus timetables in-the Dun Laoghaire' Sallynoggin and

Loughlinstown area. The main changes will be as follows

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"r*r-etween Loughlinstown ll9

a 15 minute servic€ on the main

a f-aster, more direot routing by operating

ffill be maintained. A routing

change on Rochestown Ave to offer better connections to

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so-30 minute all day timetable will remain un'

ohanged. A routing ohange from clonkeen Road to Pottery

i6iakake the route more direct andSionificant routino change to maKe Ine roure lrrele qrreut a

fr6vioe a direct Connection to Loughlinstown Hospital lm-

pror"J ft"qu"n"y of every 30 minutes on an easy to under-

The route wAibe discontlnued wilh altematives being Routes

7d and Route 59 and a specmc departure at 8:00 during

TrrfiffiiiiT; orsmntinueo with alternatives being Routes

Dublin Bus and the NTA will welcome any commentswhich can be emailed, posted or downloaded to theweb. The final date for comment is ???? 31 July 2015.

We value customer feedback and invite you to submityour comments on these proposals.

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Email: feedback@dublinbus.ie

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