Sir, - It is difficult to understand the large discrepancy between bus schedules and the actual arrival times of the vehicles at bus-stops.
Although CIE promises that numerous new vehicles will be provided "shortly", why should we have to wait for this miracle of supply when every day there are many, many vehicles parked in the centre of the city, convenient to the drivers' club? Surely these could be more strictly scheduled and crewed to fill the gaps. In fact, should the relief crews have to share the elements with their prospective passengers it might improve the "on time" performance considerably.
Is it any wonder that Dublin Bus is not performing up to financial expectations when a large proportion of the equipment lies idle for long periods? What other company could afford this luxury and be profitable?
Train commuters, particularly on the "Arrow" line, complain about the quality of the coaches provided at peak times and the scarcity of trains. Would it be too much for the brains of CIE to extract some of the sets of coaches lying idle at Heuston Station and other locations for use during these times?
Finally, why persist in pushing more "through" services into the already choked city centre? Can the planners not get away form the "tramline" concept? - Yours, etc., Leo Carey,
Beaumont, Dublin 9.