Swords Express

There will be extra capacity and some new services from Monday onwards to deal with the lack of capacity we’ve had over the last few weeks. Changes as follows on the weekday timetable:

Extra bus at 08.05 hrs

Extra bus at 17.45hrs.

In addition we changed some of the times as follows;

08.00hrs from Swords changes to 07.55hrs

18.07hrs from Swords changes to 17.55hrs

17.00hrs from City changes to 17.05hrs

17.15hrs from City changes to 17.20hrs

18.05hrs from City changes to 18.10hrs

Timetable changes are working OK. We still have a problem in the peak with capacity. We will add an extra bus either Friday or Monday. Certain buses were full, as follows.

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We thought about sending cards or giving out freebies, but decided that the best way to thank the people of Swords for their support over the last month is through supporting the children of Swords. We are going to donate all the cash fares we collect for three days to the primary schools of Swords. We are contributing all the fares for the following days: 23 December (next Sunday), 29 December and 30 December.

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There was a petition during the summer regarding express bus services in the Dublin Port Tunnel (see this news report). Does anybody know who organized this petition? I am trying to track them down so that I can get their feedback about our new service.

We’ve been testing our route over the last two days. We’ve been surprised at how consistently and quickly we’re going to be able to bring our customers to town. A lot obviously depends on congestion, but we’ve been able to make the trip in 30 minutes quite frequently. (Of course, when the vehicles have to pick up paying passengers, it will take a bit longer.)

As important as the actual timing is that we can do this consistently. We chose our route especially so that we could avoid congestion and guarantee as well as we possibly could that the bus arrives on time, every time, even in bad weather conditions and even when Swords village or the city get really congested.

I must say that the trip to the city is really pleasant. Because we’re running on the motorway, everybody needs to be seated.  The seats on the vehicles we’re using are comfy and there’s a smooth ride.

We’re getting ready to launch the Swords Express Bus Service. There’s been a lot of preparation going on in the background and soon we’ll be ready to go.

The core benefit of our service is regular, rapid, comfortable travel to the city centre, taking advantage of the Dublin Port Tunnel, the Swords Bus Corridor, and future developments, especially the new bus corridor along North Wall Quay and the Macken Street Bridge.

As well as reducing commute times for the people of Swords, we hope to make Swords a more attractive destination for shopping and working.

We are anxious to work with the community and we welcome all your suggestions.