Busaras

An entrance facing Connolly & Luas is certainly welcome – this whole area is set to become a major transport hub and such an entrance would acknowledge this.

The flooring inside is in bits and is in dire need of the renovation mentioned; what it is to be replaced with is of course is the key.

Suppose one could be cynical and say that CIE can’t be trusted etc – but with all of the hype around the proposed renovations, here and in the media, it’s unlikely they’ll make a botched job.
There are many eyes watching…

It would be far better to see busaras restored.Alterations are thin end of wedge.
Are all metal elements not actually bronze?
Where do An Taisce stand on this.At the risk of confusing the matter I think we should be told

Lets hope they don’t use the smae contractor who did the floor in Connolly station. Its terrible!. Not just for the choice of material but also the quality of workmanship. The floor in Heuston St looks great!!!

I have always liked that black and white flooring which is in many of the main stations around the country. As far as I know it is in
Limerick, Kent Station Cork, Pearse, Heuston and Galway. Have not been to Connolly in a while and cannot remember if it was there aswell but it is a pity to hear the new flooring is of poor quality. I hope it is not replaced in the stations it is still in.

In Connolly they put in grey tiles in the main concourse. They are similar in size to ordinary kitchen tiles. The surface is uneven with many of the tile broken. They always appear to be very dirty. I only hope that they may re-lay the floor when completing the Luas works!!!!

And as for the tiles on the main platforms in Connolly – once a bit of rain gets on them they are absolutely lethal – you think they would have gone for non slip ones.

I too have a faint fondness for the old B&W tiles – ahh nostalgia

I suppose it is a sort of nostalgia thing, but I would not like to see them badly faked. I am suprised at the amount of public areas such as train stations and bus terminals which do not have non-slip floors. You would think that they would be terrified of someone sueing them etc etc.

Yeah Connolly really is a minefield when it rains – so far I’ve managed to avoid slipping but there’s been several close calls.

i guess this is all a sequencing problem: it will get better when the macken street bridge and the port tunnel are ready, in the mean time its a disaster.

I didn’t see the plans but I’m sure that if they were anything other than minor ones there would have been a lot of noise.

Re The current number of buses using Busaras, Notjim is totally correct when he says that the situation will have to be looked at.

I don’t know how anyone could have designed Luas to go down Store Street given the existance of a Bus Station where most buses must pass the exit, enter, exit and pass the entrance.
Combine this with the Central Police Station for the North City and it enters the land of Fr Ted.

But being more positive, it seems to me that most of the Bus traffic from Busaras seems to be servicing Leinster Commuters/Shoppers i.e. the hinterland more than National Traffic.

Bus Eireann have already moved the Ratoath service to Beresford Place, I think that this is the way to go.

There are many underused Streets in Dublin that with a few decent bus-shelters could accomodate many of these buses and it would even be possible to open a waiting room if a small retail unit were taken for tickets and a shop and toilets as well.

Any ideas on which services would be prime targets for a move or which streets could accomodate them?

From Irish Times, 16th March, 2006.

Exterior upgrade planned for Busaras
Edel Morgan

Bus

I would welcome the stone and metal joinery being cleaned but I am concerned that the embarkation area may be tinkered with; I agree that the 3 original IFSC blocks do not look new and shiny which is a good thing; I think they reflect their first 16 years very well and compare very well to any other building of their age.

I wouldn’t be a fan of the two clunky pavilion wings either, but the main bow facade works exceedingly well and still looks very fresh I think.

Agreed that Bus

@phil wrote:

I have always liked that black and white flooring which is in many of the main stations around the country. As far as I know it is in
Limerick, Kent Station Cork, Pearse, Heuston and Galway. Have not been to Connolly in a while and cannot remember if it was there aswell but it is a pity to hear the new flooring is of poor quality. I hope it is not replaced in the stations it is still in.

I have to agree with you there. The black and white tiling has a lovely sense of character about it. The problem is time has taken its toll on their integrity.

I particularly like it in Kent Station, the way the tiling goes with the curvature of the station. It’s is terazzo as in Busaras isn’t it?

I love the B&W tiling CIE used in all thise places. Real childhood memories of walking along platforms there. Here’s an old pic from Heuston (I wonder was the same Swedish firm responsible for the tan and orange also respoinsible for the B&W tiling??);

Yeah, nostalgia certainly has something to do with my admiration of them aswell, but I also feel they are of very good quality, and were layed down very well. I had not noticed them wearing down too badly as Althuisic was saying above though.

God! Is the black & white tiling starting to be replaced in all the major stations now?

Connolly has light orange tiles as you walk down towards platforms 6 & 7 – I was just looking at them when getting a train at the weekend – not as nice.

God! They’ve only been there for the past eight years!

🙂