r/Dublin • u/Whistlingradiator • Aug 28 '25

49 bus route becoming obsolete

i remember a few weeks back watching something on tiktok of a local TD in Tallaght talking about the 49 bus stopping and being replaced by another bus, i didn't think much of it as i was inebriated at the time but anyway, one of my friends mentioned it to me yesterday "have ya heard their getting rid of the 49"

cant find much info about it online, anyone any info on this?

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u/GoldheistFintan Aug 28 '25

So we are left with just the 16 in Terenure now 🙄

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u/fedupofbrick Aug 29 '25

yeah it's bollocks that if you live in the area from the Terenure Inn down to the Harolds Crossroads there's only the 16 now and they certainly aren't increasing the regularity of that. So if you live at say Corrib Road, Mount Tallant etc you are now down to one bus that is always full.

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u/GoldheistFintan Aug 29 '25

Theres so many buses going through Rathgar and onwards to Rathmines. Surely they could re route one of those down through Terenure village towards Harold's Cross. As I said the 65 used to do that.

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u/TheChrisD Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 30 '25

Only one of those buses could realistically be rerouted to serve Terenure Road instead of Rathgar — probably the 81 (15a replacement). However the end destination of that route is via Hatch St, SSG, and Merrion Sq to end up in Ringsend.