Again, Translink are not fit for service. The numbers in red is by how many minutes that bus is delayed. If there is one thing that epitomises this country it’s this shite.

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  2. Wtf is actually going on, been waiting for a 12 for an hour and a half!

    Is this all to do with the accident earlier?

    Edit: should point out there’s no info on the app and drivers are just walking past the queues ignoring folk

  4. Here’s the thing, we keep putting this on Translink – but really it’s DfI who manage the roads.

    Translink’s buses are stuck in the traffic like everyone else.

  5. My bus home from work is timetabled to be at Adelaide Street for 16.30. In the period before the new station opened, it was there on time like clockwork. Since then, it’s back to regularly being between 15-30 minutes late. Last week it was fun being on the 16.30 bus, being passed by the 17.00 bus.

    They also seem to have scheduled 3 buses to arrive at Adelaide Street for picks ups at the same time and there is nowhere near enough room for them. They also block in people parked in the spaces in front of the Housing Executive. Absolute shambles.

  7. I’ve been waiting for a bus for over an hour from Saintfield Rd. As bad as the service is, it would be better if they published accurate information about cancellations. Who is being held accountable?

  8. There were two accidents on the motorways around the city. Cause chaos.

  9. Why does everyone blame translink for delays when those are the fault of our shitty road infrastructure which compounds the main problem of there just being too many vehicles on the road? Buses physically cannot move because our roads are chokingly full 24/7. It’s not like they’re just sitting there deciding to be delayed because fuck yis all.

    We don’t have enough buses yes and that’s up to Stormont to provide the funding. But the attitude people have with cars in this country is part of the problem. I’m on an 11b bus now at peak time and it’s half empty. How many people are going up the shankill that could have easily gone without the use of their car that between petrol and the extortionate parking charges in Belfast city centre is most likely costing them near at least triple the amount of money as a £4 day ticket (or even less if you have a ylink card or smartpass which everyone aged 16-23 and 65+ qualifies for)?

    Or better yet how many people are in cars or even getting on buses that live at most a 10-15 minute walk into the city centre? I get it’s cold and miserable and all and some people aren’t as able bodied etc. but for many the option is there and you get the added benefit of being healthy. Plus in alot of cases it takes the same time as driving in anyway thanks to aforementioned traffic issues

  10. Sat waiting for an 11 on Sunday and the scheduled one just didn’t show up, another one appeared but was only going halfway up the route so had to get my partner to collect me from there, which kinda defeats the purpose of using public transport!

  11. Translink’s fictional timetable is head melting at the best of time but in fairness traffic was chronic in town today – took the Mrs 45mins to get from Great Victoria Street to the bottom of the Castlereagh Rd… Next to impossible to keep a bus service on schedule in that.

  12. The assembly is always on about wanting people to travel on public transport more. Maybe people would if the buses were (A) even slightly reliable and (B) ran more services.

  13. It is a vicious cycle! Unreliable buses cause cars cause unreliable buses

    I think every bus should have GPS location, and make it publicly available information along with the routes so that apps like Google maps would be able to tell you exactly where your bus is, how long it will take to arrive, and route plan around that.

    The worst part about your bus being 10 mins late is not that you have to wait 10 minutes, it’s that you have to spend those 10 minutes clueless whether you will be there for an hour or if it will come at all.

    Reliably 10 minutes late is reliable with the wrong time on the time table.

  14. I used to get the bus to work… Sitting on a packed bus with people coughing and sneezing all over the place for 20 minutes was bad enough. Journey times kept increasing so I decided to cycle instead.

    On cold, wet, winter days I still much prefer to cycle than get on the bus. For those who aren’t as fit, consider getting an e-bike (quite expensive but getting cheaper all the time).

    So what’s the advantage of cycling?

    1. It’s pretty fast – faster than the bus these days
    2. It’s consistent – it always takes pretty much the same amount of time to get to work
    3. I cycle right to the office instead of getting a bus to the city centre and then walking to the office
    4. I get 2 x workouts on the days where I go to the office

    Obviously some people will be put off by safety concerns but check your possible routes to see if you are near any good cycle routes/greenways etc.

    And finally if you do decide to get on the bike, make sure you get a decent helmet, waterproof jacket and trousers and get good lights to make sure you are always visible.

    Good luck out there – ditch the bus and get on the pedals!

  16. Just putting this out there, but maybe we should all use public transport more often, and plan our lives and activities around it more. As another poster pointed out, our steadfast refusal to consider a world/life without cars is the problem here.
    Bring on the down votes.

  17. The whole country is a joke. Public services are a shambles, we drink and bathe in our own sewage, there is no money for anything, except comunity groups and secterian shite. City centre nightlife is a poor mans temple bar, with as except without all the nice different cultures and nationalities. WTF am I even doing here!

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