Dublin Bus- Donnybrook Garage

I love the 46a! Ok I know that sometimes Dublin Bus gets a knock but on the whole the 46a gets me to where I want to be in town and home again. This is the bus service that I used to get to school as a child so I have fond memories.
The bus drivers are great although I did experience a change over that was not timed as it should be but it is still an experience. Listening to people talk on their mobile phone is amazing it is though people don’t realise other people can hear the conversation… yes I do listen.
I had the fastest trip back from Dublin once it only took 30mins when normally it takes 45mins!
The downside is that you cannot get change and I don’t understand why — the number of times I have not got the right money and I am sure the driver would not appreciate writing a credit for 30c!
The buses are mostly clean and you do meet the nicest people who are happy to chat — ok I am happy to listen to them chatting — apart from the one lady who gave me a lecture for being a smoker.
I love the 46a

Its hard to know how to rate Dublin Bus as a service… because while it is way too expensive they have a service that is in my opinion comprehensive and efficient.
There are many drawbacks however. prices only go up, it seems the idea of lowering transport costs in this country is absurd, even when the country is as poor as it has been in 30 years… we still pay through our arses.
It is not integrated with the other services enough to allow easy transfers and interchanges.
And the service stops at 11.30 and the night link service has been cut back to only Friday and Saturday nights (Effectively killing life in the city any other night of the week)
No sorry i retract my comments at the start of this review (I could delete them but i am leaving them in for effect), when i started i had 3 stars… now its 1
Shame on you Dublin Bus — sort it out!

This is among the most infuriating buildings in Dublin, though chances are you’ll never be inside it. No, you’ll be sitting in the bus parked outside the EverReady garage.
It’s a sort of limbo lottery as the drivers switch, sometimes it’s immediate. Sometimes you have to wait for them to have a chat, a smoke, realize that the wrong guy is there, wait for the right guy to finish his tea back at the depot AND THEN wait for the three of them to have a chat, a laugh and another smoke about it. And all this before delivering you to work late and with a story nobody ever seems to believe.
Though the service is improving I have been sat here for over half an hour before.