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Galway City – A successful bus network How do we continue to grow?

BRIAN CONNOLLY Bus Éireann Regional Manager - West SEÁN KYNE Bus Éireann Regional AVL Control Centre Manager - West

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Galway City Network Today…

Galway City Before 2012

• Non Clock face Timetable
• “Looped” routes
• Difficult Operations
• Cross city services
• Capacity issues
• Basic infrastructure
• Basic Technology
• One Exception – Route 409 Parkmore

Galw lway Cit ity Pla lan & Network Review

Part artnership Approach

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What it Delivered…

• Revised network building on the success of Route

409.

• Network simplicity – 8 Routes

Initially 6 Radial routes & 2 Cross City routes Now 4 Cross City & 2 Radial routes

• Clock face Timetables – 15, 20, 30 mins
• Increased frequency & enhanced weekend

services

• Serving areas of growth
• Network designed for future growth.
• Real-time Stop Information
• Double Deck Buses

80% increase in Customer Trips Increased Reliability

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Bus Eireann Galway City Network

• Eyre Square

Parkmore Shangort Rd Merlin Pk Hospital Gort na Bro Hewlett Packard Westside To Oranmore Bothar an Choiste

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AVL Control Centre

• AVL Co

Control l Ce Centre op

• peratin

ing hou

• urs

Mon

• n – Fri

ri: 05:0 :00 – 00:5 :58 Sat t – Sun: 05:0 :00 – 23:5 :58 Con Controll llers cor

• re res

esponsibili litie ies To

• provide back

ck up for driv rivers To

• provide acc

ccurate RTPI

To

• ens

ensure the the bes best po possi sible le le level el of

• f

pu punctuali lity is is ac achie ieved

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Service Expansions

• March 2012: New city

city tim timetable la launched provid idin ing a more str treamli lined servic ice Oct ctober 2012: AVL Con Control l Ce Centre la launched provid idin ing RTPI th through on

• n str

treet digit igital sign igns March 2013: In Increa eased fr frequency on

• n Rou
• ute

e 407 Sep eptember 2018: Exp xpansion of

• f AVL Con

Control l op

• perating hou
• urs to
• provide better punct

ctuali lity res esults May 2014: La Launch of

• f LE

LEAP card provid idin ing dis iscounted ed fares – cu currently up to

• 30%

Ju June e 2016: Rou

• ute

e 404 amalgamation with ith Rou

• ute

e 410, , and Rou

• ute 409 fr

frequency in increased fr from 15 mins to

• 12 min

ins Sep eptember 2018: Rou

• ute 401

401 amalgamation with ith Rou

• ute 403 and in

incr creased fr frequency to

• rou
• utes

es 401, 404 and 409. E Earlie ier start tim times wer ere la launched ed at t wee eeken ends als lso

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Passenger Journey Growth

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Passenger Journeys

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Galway City - Performance

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Galway City - Complaints

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Punctuality Performance

Pun unctualit ity per performance is is meas easured by the the NTA at t all all stop

• ps un

under the the follo

• llowing

pa parameters: If If a a bus bus op

• per

erates be between 1 1 min inute ear early ly an and 6 6 min inutes s la late e it it is is dee deemed to

• be

be op

• perating

pu punctual l ser service Route 409 409 is is meas easured on

• n hea

headway ie.

• ie. bu

buses es mus ust be be evenl enly spa spaced ou

• ut

Th The pu punctualit ity resu esults for

• r 2019

2019 ran ange be between 78% 78% in in Ja Jan n to

• 69%

69% in in Aug ug/Sept Pun unctualit ity over er the the las last t tw two

• mon
• nths is

is running at t a a sim simila ilar le level el to

• the

the sa same per period las last t year ear Pun unctualit ity fr from

• m fir

first t stop

• ps

s over er the the las last t fou

• ur

week eeks s was as 84% 84%

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Increased Journey Times Due to Congestion

• Rou
• utes 401

401 and nd 409 409 oft ften exp xperie ience sev severe de dela lays cros

• ssin

ing Bria iarhill ill Jun unctio ion dur durin ing AM and PM PM pe peak.

• ak. Fr

Friday y lunc unchtim ime te tends to to create lar arge de dela lays at at this his locatio tion als lso.

Eyre Square

Regio ional l routes effected The he rou

• ute mar

marked in n red/green als lso effects regio ional l rou

• utes 41

417, 7, 42 425, 5, 42 429, 9, 52 52 and 64 64. The he rou

• utes in

n gr grey/ y/blu lue als lso effect regio ional l routes 35 350, 0, 43 434, 4, 20 20/X /X20, 51 51 and nd X51 51 The he rou

• utes in

n pur purple le/orange als lso effect rou

• ute 41

419

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Current Bus Priority

• Th

The two two rou routes wi with the the highest perc rcentage of

• f pri

rior

• rit

ity y are re also

• the

the mo most t pop

• pular rou

routes wi with th passengers as rou routes 405 and 409 made e up 19% % and 31% % of

• f the

the tot

• tal ci

city ty re revenue resp respectively.

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Future Capacity Improvements

• All

ll of

• f the

the ser service exp xpansio ions s sinc since 2012 2012 ha have e led led to

• sub

substantial l pa pass ssenger gr

• growth. Th

Thes ese suc successe ses ha have led led to

• rece

ecent cap apacity issue issues. . Bus us Eir Eirea eann cur currently ha have 20 20 do double le dec deck vehi ehicle les ba based in in Galw alway for

• r a

a pea peak vehic ehicle req equirement of

• f 31.
• 31. Th

These se 20 20 vehi ehicle les ar are allo allocated to

• tr

trip ips on

• n a

a pr prior

• rity ba

basi sis. s. Alm lmos

• st 100

100 vehi ehicle les ar are e on

• n or
• rder na

natio ionally ly for

• r

deli delivery ne next xt year ear. . A A lar large per percentage of

• f the

these e vehi ehicle les are e do double dec deck bu buse ses. . The The pla plan is is to

• ha

have e a fu full ll do double dec deck allo llocation on

• n Galw

lway city city. Th The mod

• dal shift

shift to

• pu

public tr transport over er rec ecent yea ears can on

• nly

ly gr grow fu further in in un uniso son with ith inc increased pr prio iorit ity an and fas aster journey tim times es as as is is scheduled through ‘Bus Connects’.

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Galway BusConnects

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Galway BusConnects – 5 Routes

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Galway BusConnects – Cross City Link