Dublin - Event Notice
Thursday January 01 1970

Save Our Bus Campaign Public Meeting. Affected Routes: 48a, 14a, 14, 75, 11a, 11b

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Monday May 30, 2011 21:23

by Stranded passenger

Stop The Cuts To Our Bus Service

As part of it s cost cutting plan Dublin Bus have plans to introduce radical cuts to our bus services. Every route in the city will be affected to some degree, with 10 new super routes being introduced and some existing routes scrapped and others amalgamated into other routes which will overall have less frequent service.

Public Meeting Against Bus Cuts

When: Sunday 5th June at 8pm

Where: St. John's GAA Club Grange Road Ballinteer
Directions: The GAA Club is about 150 yards up the road past the Lidl on the Grange Road which runs alongside Marley Park.

Speaker: Eugene McDonagh (former Dublin Bus driver/activists against cuts)

YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED TO HELP REVERSE THESE CUTS

If these routes are NOT in your area, please key a lookout for changes affecting your. There are cancellation and cuts of bus routes taking place all over Dublin. Other areas have already had campaign started and meetings held. Find out more before it is too late.

As part of it s cost cutting plan Dublin Bus have plans to introduce radical cuts to our bus services. Every route in the city will be affected to some degree, with 10 new super routes being introduced and some existing routes scrapped and others amalgamated into other routes which will overall have less frequent service.

BUS CUTS PLANNED OR ALREADY IN PLACE IN Dundrum/Goatstown/Windy Arbour/Churchtow/Ballinteer Area

"Improved" routes

The 14 and 14a routes are to be amalgamated with the 20B route and operated as the 14.
The 11a and 11b will be amalgamated and operate as 11.
The 44 route has been redesigned
The 75 will be redesigned and replaced in part by the 175 route. The 75 itself will continue to operate from Tallaght to Dun Laoghaire but will be realigned away from the Ballinteer area.

Other Citywide "Improvements"

Dublin Bus are withdrawing bus services from some of the big estates in Dublin. This clearly makes it more attractive for sell off to private companies.

Scrapped Services

The 48a will no longer operate
Dublin Bus has already scrapped the 44N and 48N note link with reduced service on the 15N

These severe cuts are because of the Fine Gael / Labour programme for government essentially continues Fianna Fail's plans to sell of state assets and slash public services to pay-off the gambling debts of bankers, speculators and bond holders under the EU-IMF deal. When you gamble you lose. When the rich gamble you pay one way or another.

Dublin Bus is on the list for sell off. Already it has:

210 buses have already been scrapped.
420 Redundant Bus Drivers. (200 Dublin Bus drivers + 220 Bus Eireann drivers gone from the CIE group)
1 Bus Scrapped = 90 Cars back on the road.

It could be you... If we don't take a stand many people will find themselves waiting longer for buses or stranded in their estates because their service has been cut completely. Local communities need to take action to defend public transport which caters for people's needs.

This government cannot be allowed to sell of our public transport to compenstate greedy bankers and speculators.

Contact Details: For more information or if you can help out with the campaign call: Nicola Curry on: 086-3355315

St Johns GAA Club on Grange Road beside Marley Park