Portlaoise (Bus), 16-04-2019
The relatively rare event of a new bus service starting in Laois today - albeit a replacement for the rerouted JJ Kavanagh 735, who have found it unsustainable to continue diverting their trunk Limerick - Dublin service via the villages on the R445. The model of providing local services as part of long distance routes is dyng in the face of motorway use - through passengers want speed, while local passengers prefer easy access buses to high floor coaches.
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Martley's 10-LS-6876, James Fintan Lawlor Ave Portlaoise, 16-04-2019
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The diversion via the station allowed me to catch another view of the Scania before I went in to work. THe serive runs through to Kilminchy, serving the prison, hospital and the housing. It is a pity that no stop has been put in to service the housing estates on the western edge of the town.
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