27 Mai 2020 - Galway, Gateway Retail Park access road. 405: Rahoon → Ballybane Ind. Estate
The bus just departed the western terminus of the cross-city rte 405. Including a scheduled 5-minute layover at the central transfer stop, the trip is scheduled to take 38 minutes.
In terms of Irish transport, the novel coronavirus left its mark quite visibly. Mostly as a result of quite strict civilian movement restrictions (the initial restriction was to not go further than a 2 km radius from their residence if not for work, shopping or medical needs; currently the cap is set at 5 km), most private companies that run commercial services suspended them until further notice. Public Service Obligation routes - that is, routes contracted with the NTA - saw so-called "Saturday Plus" schedules introduced Monday-Friday from 1 April. They are simply Saturday schedules with extra trips in the mornings where the Saturday schedule started noticeably late, and keeping those routes that don`t run on Saturdays running. However, the companies that are taking the biggest blows are those whose existence relies on school services and tourism-oriented hires. This photo was taken during exercise and well within the 5 km radius from my current residence.Galway, droga wjazdowa do Gateway Retail Park. 405: Rahoon → Ballybane Ind. Estate
Autobus ruszył właśnie z zachodniego przystanku początkowego średnicowej linii 405. Wraz z planowym pięciominutowym postojem na centralnym przystanku przesiadkowym kurs planowo zajmie 38 minut.
Koronawirus w irlandzkim transporcie swoje narobił. Głównie jako wynik bardzo ostrych ograniczeń w ruchu ludności cywilnej (z początku nikt nie mógł oddalić się na dalej niż w promieniu 2 km od miejsca zamieszkania bez przyczyny typu praca, zakupy lub potrzeba medyczna, obecnie jest to 5 km), zdecydowana większość firm prywatnych, organizujących przewozy na zasadach komercyjnych, rzeczone przewozy zawiesiła do odwołania. Na liniach użyteczności publicznej, czyli zakontraktowanych z NTA, wprowadzono w dni powszednie od 1 kwietnia podkręcone rozkłady sobotnie. Podkręcenie w głównej mierze sprowadziło się do uruchomienia dodatkowych kursów rano w przypadku zauważalnie późno zaczynających w soboty linii, oraz utrzymania w ruchu linii które normalnie w soboty nie kursują. Najbardziej jednak oczywiście oberwą firmy, których istnienie wręcz zależało od przewozów szkolnych oraz wynajmów turystycznych.Galway, Gateway Retail Park access road. 405: Rahoon → Ballybane Ind. Estate
The bus just departed the western terminus of the cross-city rte 405. Including a scheduled 5-minute layover at the central transfer stop, the trip is scheduled to take 38 minutes.
In terms of Irish transport, the novel coronavirus left its mark quite visibly. Mostly as a result of quite strict civilian movement restrictions (the initial restriction was to not go further than a 2 km radius from their residence if not for work, shopping or medical needs; currently the cap is set at 5 km), most private companies that run commercial services suspended them until further notice. Public Service Obligation routes - that is, routes contracted with the NTA - saw so-called "Saturday Plus" schedules introduced Monday-Friday from 1 April. They are simply Saturday schedules with extra trips in the mornings where the Saturday schedule started noticeably late, and keeping those routes that don`t run on Saturdays running. However, the companies that are taking the biggest blows are those whose existence relies on school services and tourism-oriented hires. This photo was taken during exercise and well within the 5 km radius from my current residence. Autor: TranslatorPS
29 Mai 2021 - Galway, Eyre Square East, R336. 407: Eyre Square → Bóthar an Chóiste
Along with the conversion of the entire state-sponsored city network in Galway to hybrid buses, it`s very likely that some widescale fleet movements will take place. One can assume that it`s nearly the end of the road for the 2008 single-deckers (since the contract stipulates a maximum fleet age of 14 years), and one of the smaller cities probably awaits the 2012 units. Double-deckers are far more interesting - Galway has a number of deckers made in 2018 and 2019, which will probably find their way to the other larger cities - Limerick and Cork. The catch is that the next city to be converted to hybrid buses after Galway is indeed Limerick, where the PVR is similar to Galway - it may turn out in the end that a whole lot of quite useful diesel buses from the last 5 to 7 years will find themselves without regular work.Galway, Eyre Square East, R336. 407: Eyre Square → Bóthar an Chóiste
Along with the conversion of the entire state-sponsored city network in Galway to hybrid buses, it`s very likely that some widescale fleet movements will take place. One can assume that it`s nearly the end of the road for the 2008 single-deckers (since the contract stipulates a maximum fleet age of 14 years), and one of the smaller cities probably awaits the 2012 units. Double-deckers are far more interesting - Galway has a number of deckers made in 2018 and 2019, which will probably find their way to the other larger cities - Limerick and Cork. The catch is that the next city to be converted to hybrid buses after Galway is indeed Limerick, where the PVR is similar to Galway - it may turn out in the end that a whole lot of quite useful diesel buses from the last 5 to 7 years will find themselves without regular work.Galway, Eyre Square East, R336. 407: Eyre Square → Bóthar an Chóiste
Wraz z konwersją całej państwowej sieci miejskiej w Galway na pojazdy hybrydowe, najprawdopodobniej będą miały miejsce szeroko zakrojone roszady taboru. Dla solówek rocznik 2008 jest to już raczej prawie koniec drogi (umowa przewiduje maksymalny wiek taboru liniowego na poziomie 14 lat), dla tych z rocznika 2012 pewnie czeka jakieś mniejsze miasto. Wozy piętrowe to już ciekawsza kwestia - w Galway jest kilkanaście piętrusów z roczników 2018 i 2019, które najprawdopodobniej znajdą pracę w innych większych miastach - Limericku i Corku. Sęk w tym, że po Galway następne miasto do hybrydyzacji to właśnie Limerick, gdzie ilość wozów w ruchu jest podobna do Galway - może się koniec końców okazać, że wiele całkiem jeszcze użytecznych diesli z ostatnich 5-7 lat straci regularne zatrudnienie. Autor: TranslatorPS