Dublin Bus is to scrap its real-time data app from Might 16
Amy Donohoe
Dublin Bus is to scrap its real-time data app from subsequent week. Prospects are suggested the app might be faraway from each the Apple and Google app shops on Tuesday, Might 16.
Following that, the Dublin Bus app will now not show real-time bus data from Tuesday, Might 23.
As a alternative, the Nationwide Transport Authority has launched the brand new TFI Dwell app which permits clients to entry real-time departure and journey planning data throughout the Transport for Eire community.
The TFI Dwell app would be the solely dependable supply of up-to-date data. Based on Dublin Bus, key options of the brand new TFI Dwell app embody:
The flexibility to view real-time departure data for Dublin Bus, Go-Forward Eire, Iarnród Éireann, Luas and Bus Éireann.
The choice to pick your origin and vacation spot to seek out the most effective route to your journey.
A search device for route-specific timetables and maps.
It can save you your favorite journeys, departures, and timetables for fast entry on the go.
In the meantime, the delay in introducing contactless funds on Dublin buses has been described as “baffling”.
Addressing Dublin Metropolis Councillors earlier this week, Anne Graham, chief govt of the Nationwide Transport Authority, stated contactless fee on buses in Dublin continues to be “years” away.
Ms Graham informed councillors the “present system on our bus service is just too previous to truly cope with contactless funds, so we do want new gear”.
Nonetheless, Fianna Fáil TD Cormac Devlin stated the delay is “baffling”, and Dublin is now “lagging behind” different European cities who settle for contactless fee on public transport.
He added that with the ability to faucet a financial institution card would encourage vacationers to make use of public transport within the metropolis and cut back boarding occasions for passengers.
