Updated: New bus services to University, Mater Dei
An updated list of direct buse services from various localities to Mater Dei Hospital and the University has been sent by Arriva to the University Students Council. The list shows many new services due to start operating from October 2.
The list was revealed by the KSU during a press conference to promote 'green, clean' travel.
The absence of many direct routes to the hospital has been one of the major sources of complaint against Arriva since it took over the operation of the bus service.
The full list of the routes is the following:
Attard 106, 202, four buses per hour.
Balzan 106, every half hour.
Birkirkara By-Pass 31 (already in service) every 10 minutes.
Birkirkara 120, 110, 106, five buses per hour.
St Paul's Bay (already inservice) X1 31, every 10 minutes.
Burmarrad (already in service) 31, every 10 minutes.
Cirkewwa (already in service) X1 every hour.
Fleur-de-Lys 120, 110, every 20 minutes.
Floriana 22, 32, 31 every five minutes
Gzira 22, 32, 110, every 20 minutes.
Hamrun 112 every half an hour.
Iklin 31 (already in service) every 10 minutes.
Lija 106 (already in service) every 30 minutes.
Marsa 120, 110, three buses per hour.
Melieha X1 (already in service) every hour.
Mosta 31 (already in service) every 10 minutes.
Msida 22, 32, 31 (already in service) nine buses per hour.
Naxxar 31 (already in service) every 10 minutes.
Paola X2, 120, 210, 213, 226, nine buses per hour.
Pembroke P&R 120, X1, 33, 34, five buses per hour.
Pembroke 120 every 30 minutes.
Pieta 22, 32 (already in service) every 20 minutes.
San Gwann 22, 32, 120, 110, six buses per hour.
Sta Venera 120, 110, every 20 minutes.
Sliema 110, 202, X2, five buses per hour.
St Julians 120, 202, X2, six buses per hour.
Swatar 110, every hour
Valletta 22, 32, 31 (already in service) nine buses per hour.
Kappara 120, every 30 minutes.
Ta' Giorni 110, every hour.
Rabat 202 (already in service) every half an hour.
Vittoriosa 213, every 90 minutes.
Birzebbuga 210, every 20 minutes.
Cospicua, 213, every 90 minutes.
Fgura 120, every 30 minutes.
Ghaxaq 135 every hour.
Gudja 135 every hour.
Senglea, 213 every 90 minutes.
Kalkara 213 every 90 minutes.
Kirkop 250 every hour.
Luqa 250 every hour
Marsascala 135, 204, two buses per hour.
Mdina, 202 (already in service) every 30 minutes.
Mqabba 250, every hour.
Qormi (Marsa park and ride) X1, X2, 120, 110, 135, 210, 213, 226, 12 buses per hour
Qrendi 250 every hour.
Safi 250 every hour,
Sta Lucija 226 every hour.
Siggiewi 209 every hour.
Swieqi X1, 120, 33, 34, five buses per hour.
Tarxien 210, 226, four buses per hour.
Ta' Xbiex 22, 32 (already in service) every 20 minutes.
Xghajra 120 every 30 minutes.
Zabbar 120, every 30 minutes.
Zejtun 135, 210, five buses per hour.
Zebbug 209, every hour.
Zurrieq 250, every hour.
KSJC disappointed that routes exclude Junior College
The Kunsill Studenti Junior College welcomed the new routes but noted that the Junior College was being excluded from them.
"Junior College students used to benefit from the direct routes travelling to Mater Dei Hospital and the University of Malta. Arriva Malta should see that Junior College students are treated equally as University students and the direct routes should also cater for the Junior College.
"Including the Junior College in the new direct route means that it would be easier for the direct routes to also accommodate passengers travelling to St Luke’s Hospital," the council said.
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Anthony Buttigieg
Sep 28th 2011, 13:23
Not sure what's going on but I am not sure if there is a direct route from Hamrun, the article states it will be route 112, Arriva's website states 122. When I called Arriva asking about a new route from Hamrun to University/Mater Dei they told me it's Route 120 that passes thorough Fleur De Lys. Will they ever get their act together??
A Azzopardi
Sep 28th 2011, 12:16
Ara jixxawtu jimxu daqxejn l-istudenti tal-JC ta... afaik; dawk li jaqbdu tal-Linja u jieqfu l-iMsida kulma ghandhom jaghmlu jitilghu it-telgha; u l-ohrajn ghandhom ten minutes mixja... u nimmagina din id-diretta tal-Uni xorta b'xi mod ha tghaddi minn fejn ix-xatt tal-Imsida... xi fsied zejjed... dawn zghazagh ta 16 -il sena ta!!! Meta kont JC dejjem mxejtha min B'Bajda u qatt ma dejjaqt!! Issa nibghat complaint lil Arriva ghax irrid bus li twassalni quddiem il-bieb tax-xoghol ghax niddejjaq noqghod nitla it-telgha biex nasal. :(
Jeffrey Bonanno
Sep 28th 2011, 15:50
Biex titla it-telgha mhi xejn kieku, il-problema hi biex l-istudenti jaslu l-Imsida, l-aktar min ikun se jibda fit-tmienja ta' filghodu. Hawn studenti li qabel kellhom rotta diretta ghall-JC u issa bis-servizz perfett tal-arrival, kif pinguh fil-bidu, trid toqghod taqbad tnejn jekk mhux tlieta wkoll! Trid tisbah fuq l-istage fis-sitta ta' filghodu biex forsi tasal fil-hin!! Kemm konna ahjar qabel!
Erica Ellul
Sep 27th 2011, 19:29
Yeah would do me a huge favour if I had a direct route to JC...
Joe Brincat-LL.D
Sep 27th 2011, 19:29
In and out. In the bus I heard drivers complaining. Outside I heard commuters complaining. Nowadays I can also rely on public transport when going out of Valletta after work. Naturally, livining in Marsa, there are fewer buses than before, but I am luckier than most. This morning, I went to the stops which cater for Paola, Cottonera area. There were people who had been waiting for a bus for more than 30 minutes.
I liked the comment by Noel Bartoli. On paper everything may seem an improvement. But in reality what is the true picture ? Some time back I asked whether the information that I had that Arriva was operating with 168 buses. I would have liked that someone contradicted me on this score. WE have a saving in Maltese which goes "traqqa' l-pannu bil-qargha ahmar"
Joe Brincat-LL.D
Sep 27th 2011, 19:11
I looked at the new schedule and there is some mystry which I cannot solve.
Go to item Floriana. Buses 22,32 and 31 every five minutes. Then go downhill and get to Pieta`.
Pieta` : Buses 22, 32 every 20 minutes ! How long does it take from Floriana to Pieta`. On foot 10 minutes most. How come that a bus disappears from Floriana and reappears 20 minutes later at Pieta`. And the same goes for Gzira.
Either there is a mystery or the schedule is misleading.
Joe Brincat-LL.D
Sep 28th 2011, 08:30
The mystery is becoming more complicated. If you trace back from Floriana to Valletta, 22,32 and 31 are in all 9 per hour. How do they multiply and become 12 at Floriana ? 9 at Valletta per hour cannot become 1 every five minutes in Floriana (60 divided by 5 equals 12). Or is my calculator playing games ?
Louis Saliba
Sep 27th 2011, 18:37
It rather looks as if whoever cooked up these new routes has a personal grudge against the population of the Three Cities and adjoining areas. The localities which are among the worst served are Senglea, Cospicua, Vittoriosa and Kalkara, with the new No. 213 bus scheduled tp operate passing at 90 minute intervals. During the previous transport regime, the No. 300 bus operated every hour.
Perhaps somebody can enlighten us as to the reason for the enormous discrepancy between the number and frequency of the various routes listed, which appear to completely ignore the relative population figures in the areas they serve.
cettina portelli
Sep 27th 2011, 18:33
EVERY 90 MINUTES FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE THREE CITIES AND KALKARA?????
this is discrimination...pure and simple
so, we are so healthy over here that HARDLY ANYBODY needs to go to mater dei?
and are we so ignorant and stupid that NONE OF OUR CHILDREN GO TO UNIVERSITY?????
the chaos and huge amount of people having to use this bus that only departs from the 3cities and kalkara means that if this bus cannot take all the commuters wanting to use it, then we are back to square one missing our appointments and our kids are late for their lectures!
SHAME SHAME ON YOU ARRIVA FOR SUCH DISCRIMINATION.
E. Formosa
Sep 27th 2011, 18:10
What about Dingli residents ??? Don't we pay taxes and bus fares as anybody else ??!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31lpZhmXI8c&feature=youtu.be
Ghal min ser jintlaqat b'dan in-nuqqas ta servizz, ser tinzamm laqgha pubblika nhar il-Gimgha 30 ta’ Settembru fis-6.30pm (Sala, Skola Primarja), sabiex il-poplu Dingli jsemma’ lehnu mar-raprezentanti ta’ Transport Malta u Arriva Malta Ltd. li qed ikunu mistiedna ukoll !!
Graziella Camilleri
Sep 29th 2011, 00:30
Ghidilhom!!!! bqajna b'xejn ahna basta xaba paroli u wediet alxejn!!!!
A Caruana
Sep 27th 2011, 18:04
135 goes to the Airport and is operated by a mini van. Is 204 a new service - if yes with a Bus or Van? Does it go direct bypassing Paola or where is the route?
c Camilleri
Sep 27th 2011, 17:30
GREAT! So Naxxar and the majority of the North and Central areas have buses coming every 10minutes for mater dei, and those of us in the south either have none, or have one every 1hr and a half. Which means that if I have to arrive at work at 7AM at Mater Dei, I have to catch the 5.30 bus. WHAT A JOKE!
R Camilleri
Sep 28th 2011, 19:07
believe me although Naxxar has one every 10 minutes (as per website) cause it takes longer in reality, last week I had to wait 1 whole hour to get on a bus since its always full up from mosta and bugibba, because it does not go to university only but as well to valletta!!! it is like combining 49, 59, 560 ....together!!
I understand your frustration that in the south area you have none/few! however just to point out that we're in a similar problem unfortunately :( !!I don't know how I am going to get to university on time!! and also back home! hope everything will get settled for everyone!
Pauline Peterson
Sep 27th 2011, 17:17
It is no use mentioning e.g. Birkirkara, unless they tell us which streets they will be passing. Same goes for other villages, especially these big ones.
November many people go to the Cemeteries. How about on the website as part of the destination list they add Addolorata, so we can guage how long and which bus to catch to this main cemetery at least.
Marco Farrugia
Sep 27th 2011, 17:17
Route 250 - leaves every hour (suppost!)
This route serves - Zurrieq, Safi, Mqabba, Qrendi, Kirkop and Luqa.
I think this bus leaves from Qrendi, so whoever boards the bus in Qrendi, this would take 30 to 40 minutes to go through these villages and another 30 to 40 villages to Uni....
You do your maths...
Lara Azzopard
Sep 27th 2011, 17:35
The old 350 used to pass through the same route and time was never a problem, so I don't see why this new route should cause problems
Mr Rene Brincat
Sep 27th 2011, 20:07
Yes true, Ms Azzopardi.I fully agree with you.
Imbasta nikkomplejnjaw qabel qas biss niccekjaw. Jien nahseb sew qal dak ix xufier fil 1 ta' Settembru, biex min hu mghaggel jaqbad Taxi. Dan Trasport Pubbliku li jrid jadqi kemm jista jkun nies u mhux xi Taxi tigbrok minn wara il-bieb u taqta l-iqsar triq ghad destinazzjoni.
Ara qabel stajna mhux nikkomplejnjaw ghax b'monopolju ghal dejjem ma kien jiccaqlaq xejn. Biex kienu introducew id-diretti ghal mater dei il-gvern (mit taxxi li nhallsu ahna) kien qed ihallas sussidju gholi hafna.
tony abela
Sep 27th 2011, 17:07
Route 135 has been in operation since the first day Arriva started the service. It by-pass Zejtun through President Anton Buttigieg Street. It then connects to X-Bus at the Airport.
Nothing new as far as this route goes.
Mr Rene Brincat
Sep 27th 2011, 20:09
Imma issa mhux se jkun hem bzonn ninzlu l-ajruport nistennew l-X imma nibqghu fil-135 sal Mater Dei.
Fran Abela
Sep 27th 2011, 17:03
Frans H. Said - your answer to people who do not agree with you is 'shut up' - very polite.
Joe Camilleri
Sep 27th 2011, 16:25
Many of the routes announced here are already in service in a shakey way. Its funny to say , say 4 busses an hour. It should be 1 bus per 15 minutes. at present, it happens that you see 2 or 3 busses with same number following each other and then a gap of 45 minutes or more.
Bus 106 serves Attard, Birkirkara Balzan. If one goes by past experience, its obvious that the small bus 106 will not even serve the people of Attard. One has to keep in mind that students going to the Juniour college have to use the same bus 106.
Alistair Busuttil
Sep 27th 2011, 16:21
i have this feeling that after three years we will pay dearly for this service much more than now
tony abela
Sep 27th 2011, 16:20
On paper it appears pretty good. But what is exactly covered by these routes? For instance Route 135 covers Marsascala, Zejtun, Ghaxaq and Gudja. I imagine that then one has to take an X-Bus from the Airport. Route 210 appears to start from Birzebugia, Zejtun to Tarxien and Qormi Park & Ride. Again then I imagine one has to take one of the X-Buses to Mater Dei and University.
If the KSU or Arriva has called this a 'Direct Bus Service', they better go back to the Kindergarten School as they surely do not understand the basics in the English Language.
A Caruana
Sep 27th 2011, 18:05
Tony - i also am confused by these 2 numbers as stated for Marsascala, cant make sense of them as yet.
Noel Bartoli
Sep 27th 2011, 16:13
can Arriva explain why they do advertise 'new additional routes' but they do not advertise / update their website when they remove some. I just learnt thanks to the above article and getting confirmation from Arriva, that route 106, which had a 'service' every 15minutes is now down to every 30 minutes. Come on lets be fair!!!
Mr Rene Brincat
Sep 27th 2011, 20:16
U int tippretendi li bl-istess numru ta' karozzi u xufiera jibqghu izidu biss, mela ix xarabanks jitkattru?
U meta nehhew rotot qalu fuq il website ukoll, ezempju iz zewg numri li kienu jduru l-inhawi tas-Swieqi u l-Ohra li kienet iddur Hal-Qormi.
Kull rotta li ser iziedu xi haga ohra trid iccedi. Anzi ghal-anqas inaqqsu il-frekwenza ahjar milli inehhu ir-rotta ghal-kollox. U barra min hekk, kull min jikkoplejnja qisu f'Malta tezisti biss il-Belt u l-Mater Dei u ir rotot kollha tat tlett numri jigru vojta min villagg ghal iehor.
Maria Grech
Sep 27th 2011, 16:06
It seems that the people of Mgarr are very healthy and have very healthy families and friends, so please have an Mgarr friend so you will never get sick as we people from Mgarr do not need to go to hospital.
.
BY THE WAY - THIS ARTICLE IS ALSO SAYING THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE STUPID AND THAT UNIVERSITY IS NO WITHIN OUR REACH
C Muscat
Sep 27th 2011, 15:35
I would like to know when arriva are going to honour what they say!!!
Maria Gatt
Sep 27th 2011, 15:32
u l- Mgarr bil- karozzin jew karettun sejrin l- isptar ??!!
Victoria Vella
Sep 27th 2011, 15:31
Cirkewwa and Mellieha X1 every hour
For Mellieha residents pick up point ------ Mellieha Bay or Belle View.
It seems Arriva still consider residents of Gozo and Mellieha as 'Ta wara il- muntanji'. and consequently
we rarely make use of the services offered at Mater Dei and our young people do not attend University.
Before the arrival or to be more precise the non arrival of Arriva,
we had two buses to Mater Dei and uni, the 145 and the 450 .
Bus 31 from Bugibba is only an option in case of an emergency otherwise it is too much of a hassle to travel to bugibba and change buses there. I tried it last Tuesday and it took me two and a half hours to travel from Mellieha to Mosta first by Bus no 11 and then by the no 31.
C Vassallo
Sep 27th 2011, 15:26
Hadd ma semma l-fattur li biex jizdiedu rotot godda, ha tonqos l-efficjenza fir-rotot ezistenti.
Charles Vella
Sep 27th 2011, 15:18
Grumble grumble grumble... Typical Maltese! Pffffttt!
FRANS H SAID
Sep 27th 2011, 15:15
But the pig-headednes and stubborn approach has still not re-intsalled the old routes 49 and 58 thus leaving a large slige of SPB - Bugibba without adequate service, unless first going to Wardija is acceptable.
Ms D Galea
Sep 27th 2011, 15:03
How stingy of Arriva! How about providing a free taxi service on demand as well ?
Louis Saliba
Sep 28th 2011, 00:21
@ Ms D Galea
Nobody is asking for a free taxi service. People only want services at least equivalent to what they had before in the matter of routes and time-tables. And if you consider pseudo-sarcastic remarks such as yours as witty, I would suggest you think again.
Mr Carmel Farrugia
Sep 27th 2011, 14:55
From reading the comments it seems that what is needed is not a public transport system but a taxi system paid by the public.
FRANS H SAID
Sep 27th 2011, 15:17
You are very funny. In the recent past we did not have any taxi service but routes that had been developed through experience. The only reason for this mix-up is because El Supremo wanted to make life a misery for his dream of grandeur. The idea to reduse the Floriana terminus was wrong and before it is re-arranged, the people will not be happy. Unless you are well served, in which case, good luck to you.
tony abela
Sep 27th 2011, 16:25
Do you use Public Transport? I am sure you don't and never did.
In Paris one is guaranteed that he has a Metro Station every 500 meters apart from the extensive network by public buses.
At Zejtun a person who lives at the lower part of the town has to walk at least 1 kilometer to get a bus from the only Bus Stop which is near the HSBC Branch.
Considering the area of Paris to that of Zejtun, yes it is right to expect a Public Service which picks you from few meters from your doorstep.
S. Briffa
Sep 27th 2011, 14:54
Nothing seem to please the Maltese nation...we are such an exceptional island!!! When this Arriva story is over what will we find next or we be waiting for the next elections!!!
Vera tal genn!!!
Noel Bartoli
Sep 27th 2011, 15:33
seems that you dont use the service!! what people are after is a reliable service, which so far has failed badly on a number of routes
S. Briffa
Sep 27th 2011, 16:48
I use the buses as I don't drive and how --always did!!!
Many mentions London Paris transport, I have lived in villages in Belgium and England and buses where every half hour, Saturday no buses apart from they stop early!!!! So no one knows it all really and in the whole of Europe there are elderly living too, the problem here we will never get used to drastic changes (never), nothing will satisfy really!!! No matter what people say this island will never change!!
Insibu ix-xaghra fl-ghagina that is our way !!!
Maria Cutajar
Sep 27th 2011, 14:48
Vera unfair e ha nghidlek, mela hawn lokalitajiet ghandhom 5 buses kull siegha u Marsaxlokk qas wahda! X'nuqqas ta rispett u arroganza! Bhal li kieku ahna ma naghmlux parti minn Malta wkoll. Hafna studenti juzaw id-diretta kuljum ghal universita. Apparti minn hekk hafna nies fosthom anzjani juzawha ghall-isptar. Ma nistghux nibqghu sejrin hekk hadd ma jaghmel xejn. Xi haga trid issir immedjatament!
Maria Cutajar
Sep 27th 2011, 14:46
Vera unfair is-sistema l-gdida, mela hawn lokalitajiet ghandhom 5 buses kull siegha u Marsaxlokk qas wahda! X'nuqqas ta rispett u arroganza! Bhal li kieku ahna ma naghmlux parti minn Malta wkoll. Hafna studenti juzaw id-diretta kuljum ghal universita. Apparti minn hekk hafna nies fosthom anzjani juzawha ghall-isptar. Ma nistghux nibqghu sejrin hekk hadd ma jaghmel xejn. Xi haga trid issir immedjatament!
Mr Joe Cardona
Sep 27th 2011, 14:25
Mela Marsaxlokk ma jezistix ghal Arriva u Transport Malta.
Nahseb taghmel aktar sens li it-210 li titlaq minn Birzebbuga qabel tmur lejn iz-Zejtun tghaddi wahda minn Marsaxlokk bhal kif kienet tghaddi l-antika.
Nispera li dan is-suggeriment jinghata ATTENZJONI.
Maria Cutajar
Sep 27th 2011, 14:47
Naqbel mieghek perfettament!
Mark-anthony Fenech
Sep 27th 2011, 14:58
biex tkun kważi mimlija sakemm tasal saż-Żejtun imbagħad...
Angela Bell
Sep 27th 2011, 14:21
So St Pauls is still without a hospital bus. The Number 31 goes from Qawra Bus Station a 30 minute walk from St Pauls and the link up bus 129 which is supposed to be every 30 minutes (St Pauls to Qawra Bus Station )sometimes only comes to St Pauls every 90 minutes, no good if you have a hospital appointment or lecture at a certain time.
Plus buses 41 and 11 are still standing room only, even 7.30 in the evening you cannot board a bus in St Pauls as the full bus sails past!!!
Mr M Borg
Sep 27th 2011, 16:58
We are told that we can board Bus 11 from Sliema to go to Chirkewwa when this Bus leaves Valletta with standing passengers.
The whole system is one big mess !!
Mr Carmel J. Caruana
Sep 27th 2011, 14:20
"31 (already in service) every 10 minutes" What a joke!!!! - When does a joke become a blatant lie?
Mr M Borg
Sep 27th 2011, 14:06
Arriva failed to point out that all the buses from Sliema . that is bus -110- 202- X2 pass through the Sliema Front and the Ferries. There is nothing new with these routes. All of them are already in service !!
What about all those who live in the Savoy area ? Do they still have to take a 15-20 mins walk in the rain to catch a bus ?
Why is Arriva persisting in ignoring all of central Sliema ??
alfred seguna
Sep 27th 2011, 14:05
If I am not mistaken the bus to Mater Die from Fleure de Lys is 125 and not 120.orrect me if I'm wrong.
Noel Bartoli
Sep 27th 2011, 14:01
Arriva can add a thousand new route on paper, we are after getting the actual service!!! What difference did the last additioanl routes do ? Dahk fil-wicc!!
Maria Cutajar
Sep 27th 2011, 13:56
It is very ufair that whilst a lot of locations have 5 buses every hour, Marsaxlokk doesn't even have one direct bus to university or mater dei. Something has to be done cause this really shows lack of respect. Just like other locations there are many university students that use the bus daily. Also, many people especially the elderly use the bus to go to hospital. Indiffrence cannot be the answer, something has to be done! As far as I am concerned we still make part of Malta!
Maria Cutajar
Sep 27th 2011, 13:56
It is very ufair that whilst a lot of locations have 5 buses every hour, Marsaxlokk doesn't even have one direct bus to university or mater dei. Something has to be done cause this really shows lack of respect. Just like other locations there are many university students that use the bus daily. Also, many people especially the elderly use the bus to go to hospital. Indiffrence cannot be the answer, something has to be done! As far as I am concerned we still make part of Malta!
Fran Abela
Sep 27th 2011, 13:55
I am really worried that so many buses are needed to go to Mater Dei. Are the majority of the Maltese sickly people - if so the Minister concerned should carry out a survey as to why so many people are going to Mater Dei. I also urge Arriva to introduce a bus service from Kemuna to Mater Dei and the University. Joking apart I do feel that the Cirkewwa routes needs to be seen to. Too few buses and too long a journey. Also a direct route from Sliema to Cirkewwa (without stopping at Bugibba) needs to be introduced even at a higher fare as we used to pay before the new service.
FRANS H SAID
Sep 27th 2011, 15:19
No, the majority of Maltese go to outpatients and to visit relatives and friends. If you are one of the lukky people, shut up and learn about the problems and tribulations of others.
Maria Cutajar
Sep 27th 2011, 13:51
It is really unfair that some routes have up to five buses per hour and we don't even have a direct bus from Marsaxlokk to university and Mater Dei. You should be ashamed cause this is discrimination. We still make part of Malta. Here we have many university students that use the bus on a daily basis. Apart from which lots of people use it to go to hospital. Indifference isn't an answer. Something has to be done cause this is really a lack of respect!
Gary Jameson
Sep 27th 2011, 13:49
Where are all the buses coming from bearing in mind that a lot of the smaller (feeder routes) are operated by minivans hired in by Arriva and there are a load more route changes scheduled for 30 October.
cettina portelli
Sep 27th 2011, 18:44
i wouldnt be surprised if the people of the 3cities and kalkara will be magnanimously provided with a minibus for this service! can you imagine the amount of people who would want to use this bus from here?... AND ITS ONLY SCHEDULED TO RUN EVERY 90MINUTES!
im absolutely disgusted!
Nicholas Grech
Sep 27th 2011, 13:46
It will start operating on October 2nd when students classes start on October 3rd, can anyone else see the huge risk they are taking, which will probably cost the University students the first day at University. with all tha faults that Arriva has, it does seem that a another tragedy is on its way.
John Spiteri
Sep 27th 2011, 13:44
I have no faith in the arriva timetable. I have never caught a bus that arrives on time or departs on time. The first 31 to leave Qawra bus terminus should be at 5.20. It has never happened. The first stop is suppose to be by buggiba square fom the other side of the road. It only happened once.
The route for the 31 is too long. There are no direct services to Valletta from St Pauls Bay and no direct services from Vallettta to Bulebel industrial estate. There is the number 126 from poala square to bulebel, which is a waste of time, as it is always empty when I see it pass the estate. It dosent make sense to catch the 91 to poala square and change to the number 126 to bulebel. I might as well walk it.
The 29 and number 30 were better routes than the new one, as I have to walk from hompesch road, Fgura to bulebel, adding an extra 15 mins to my journey. M y journey from St pAuls to BUlebel use to take an hour in the early morning. Now it takes up to 2 hours at times!!
FRANS H SAID
Sep 27th 2011, 15:22
Stop Moaning. This is what El Supremo wants. What do you expect, that he admits the whole idea was a fiasco? That he re installs the majority of stops in the Floriana terminus? That alighting and boarding would be nearer the City Hole?
R Camilleri
Sep 27th 2011, 13:38
For Naxxar bus 31 is not enough! Have to wait almost an hour to manage to get on a bus since almost all of them will be full up! Apart from having the bus leave from Bugibba and pass from mosta before naxxar, which would already make the bus full, it goes as well to valletta. Therefore people who want to go to Valletta would also take this bus. I don't know how I am going to arrive at university on time! The bus was always being full up last week in which university students didn't use the bus service. Te previous bus service having the route 560 was only every hour, but it was great as I always managed to get up on it and always arrived on time.
Deborah Balzan
Sep 27th 2011, 13:19
As much as I appreciate the initiative to restart the village routes to university and mater dei, I see the same reckless planning of routes. Not only are they illogical but they are the most inefficient.
My home town is fgura, making 120 bus my only choice to get home after a day at university. Instead of grouping us with places which are also in the south, arriva has decieded to group us with Birkirkara, St Venera, St Julians, San Gwann and Kappara, which are literally on the other side of the island.Eventhough the 300 was every hour ( and hence less frequent) , it seems it'll take me over an hour to get home with this so called 120 if it ever works.
In our old bus , 300, there was enough pushing and shoving as is, and now with the added destinations I'm sure this situation isn't going to get any better.
All I can say is that I am disappointed yet again by this new service. It is always a mistake for people to plan bus routes if they've never even caught one.
Hopefully all this will be resolved, if not, let God give me the patience to live with it.
Deborah Balzan
Sep 27th 2011, 15:14
adding on to my worries, is the fact that places like Qormi, which have 12 BUSES AN HOUR need to be added to our ONLY route.
Ms Martina Baldacchino
Sep 27th 2011, 13:08
why is the website not being updated?? the most crucial outsource of information nowadays....
Fran Abela
Sep 27th 2011, 13:57
Ms. Baldacchino is quite right. In this century of IT the website should be updated immediatelyt the new routes are operating.
Mr A Spiteri
Sep 27th 2011, 12:57
Dal bravu jaf kemm hu kbir hal-qormi ???
jaf kemm hemm boghod min ta farsina sal park & ride ???
mela min karozza kull kwart gejna wahda kull sija u wara li iddum tistenna biex tmur l isptar trid terga titlef il hin tinzel il park & ride , morru orqdu
L. Zammit
Sep 27th 2011, 12:51
... longing for the day when the 'every hour' frequency in any Maltese transport service is eradicated once and for all!!
C Demanuele
Sep 27th 2011, 12:46
what about the promised direct route from Gharghur to Valletta via Mater Dei?
the morning tour is very relaxing but taking an hour without traffic to get to work is very annoying. with traffic it's a two hour frustration.
Mark Abdilla
Sep 27th 2011, 12:45
Mux hekk....u ta Had-Dingli nibqaw b'xejn! Ma nistax nifhem kif l-Arriva ma jaqbdux u jhallu it-202 titlaq minn Dingli minflok ir-Rabat...ha jaqdu iktar nies u hadd m'hu ha jbati minnha
B. Pollacco
Sep 27th 2011, 14:19
twila bizzejed :| mux diga tidhol bkara al zewg stages quddiem xulxin
Romina M. Bongailas
Sep 27th 2011, 15:05
Exactly well said. Till I get to Rabat I need an extra 20/30mins depending which Bus no. i manage to get (if it turns up in the first place).
Mr Joe Camilleri
Sep 27th 2011, 12:45
All this is just USELESS.
We want our old routes back and ASAP
Joseph Debono
Sep 27th 2011, 12:37
Bus wahda mic-Cirkewwa kull siegha hija ftit. Qabel kien ikollna l 145 u l 450 u wahda minnhom kienet titlaq ma kull vapur li jasal.
A Ellul
Sep 27th 2011, 12:27
Arriva should first make sure it has enough buses to operate new routes. This morning I waited from 7:25am-8:30am before a bus route 54 turned up in Attard (this route supposedly runs every 30 mins) - a gentleman on the same bus stop had been waiting since 6am!! Shame on you Arriva!!
Noel Bartoli
Sep 27th 2011, 14:09
when they launched route 54 they said its every 30 minutes, but when I contacted Arriva since their leaflets were contradictory, they confirmed that it’s on the hour from Valletta
B. Pollacco
Sep 27th 2011, 14:23
yesterday i boarded an "old/modern" king long bus...had to notice the seats to realise that it wasn't the one's which are usually used