Many of you will be reading this article about Dublin Bus on a Dublin Bus. It’s bus Inception… well, kind of.
We’re not entirely sure we understood that movie…
To celebrate Dublin Bus’ #MadDashHome featuring Baz from 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy, we’ve got 10 amazing facts about the service that we would like to share.
119 million journeys were taken on Dublin Bus last year.
It’s unclear how many of these journeys were taken with donkeys.
Only in Dublin would a man try and board a bus with a donkey. Why didn’t he ride it instead? pic.twitter.com/211Hv7OBK8 via @paultrainerpt #fb
— Simon Palmer (@SimonPRepublic) May 27, 2013
Dublin bus traveled 57 million kilometers during that time period making 16,883 trips per week.
Surely you got to sit at the front on the top deck during at least one of those journeys?
The Dublin Bus control room helps co-ordinate 110 routes, including 19 high-frequency ones that criss-cross the city
No matter where you’re going in Dublin, you can probably get there by bus.
A large group of Dublin Bus passengers filled out a survey on their usage habits. The results were both strange and brilliant.
Over 60 per cent of people spend their time on the bus browsing the internet.
That free wi-fi definitely comes in handy when you want to avoid human interaction.
12 per cent of people use Dublin Bus to get a little bit of extra sleep
They should install futons.
31 per cent of people missed their stop because they were sleeping
These numbers don’t add up! Some of you sleepy heads are telling fibs.
23 per cent have admitted to having a crush on a fellow bus passenger
We wonder which route has the most beautiful people on it? Answers below please…
Coincidentally 23 per cent of us have said hello to someone we didn’t know
Seems like there is no fear of rejection with Dublin Bus passengers.
90 per cent of passengers always say thank you to their driver
Isn’t that just lovely.
Dublin Bus has been a part of the fabric of the streets and lives of the capital since 1987
And long may it continue to be.
Find out more at @dublinbusnews or by using the #MadDashHome hashtag.
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