Busáras

Busáras ( pronunciation: [ bʊs ˌ a ː ɾɘs ], Irish neologism for Busgebäude ) is the central bus station in Dublin, Ireland and the seat of Bus Éireann, the company from which - given the marginal significance of the Irish railways outside the city connections - the most essential part of the national public transport is unrolls in Ireland.

The bus station is located in a central location in the northern city of Dublin, each about 5-8 minutes walk from O'Connell Street and O'Connell Bridge over the Liffey. Busáras is served by the Red Line of the Luas; Also relatively close is the Dublin Connolly railway station.

Busáras was one of the first modern buildings in Dublin after the Second World War by the architect Michael Scott (1905-1989) built in collaboration with, among others, Kevin Roche and Patrick Scott. The Baurealisierungsphase stretched from 1945 to 1953 to complete the Busáras in Dublin was to be the prototype for further throughout Ireland provided bus stations. ; he has not get this working. This may also result from the fact that Busáras met with strong protests by the public because of its modern exterior, the (apparently) functional design and for that time exorbitant total cost of about 1 million £ Irl.

Scott tried to put a lot of artistic accents in the construction of Busáras and brought materials such as brass, copper and bronze alongside mosaics and exotic woods used; on the ground floor of the station from 1959 until the early 1990s, also the venue of the small Eblana Theatres.

For bus stations rather unusual, is the outside area in which to record the buses, passengers, overall very small and requires - also by the expansion of the offer after the strong economic recovery in Ireland - from the bus drivers to the daily " peak hours " a centimeter- precise maneuvering. In the great Irish cities such as Cork and Galway to Belfast about or go on the weekdays the buses during the day often in hourly cycle from. A special feature is that the official departure times never passengers are left behind, but, if necessary, another bus is used.

At the beginning of the 21st century is the audience open area of Busáras in a very poor state; Bus Éireann is planning a renovation and modernization of more than 2 million €.