Bus Eireann operates a bus central station for express buses as a part of the Ceannt Galway train station at the west coast of Ireland:
This bus station has almost no information to the customers:
There is a platform number but it is not referenced anywhere.
Inside the station there is a poster with the departure times from the station, but it does not list the number of the route, so you need to know the final destination of the bus to know which bus to enter. The platform is not referenced.
There are no display showing planned or realtime departures:
The only information is the destination of the bus:
Bus Eiran is providing a pilot realtime system from Siemens VDO Automotive that will display realtime information_
We tested this from Kinnegad to Galway:
The system reports with number of minutes over 30 minutes, then timestamp below 30 min.
The system reported that the bus from Dublin to Galeway was delayed on route to Kinnegad, starting at 12 minutes, then peaking at 39 minutes. Then dropping down to 18 minutes and then suddenly displaying 3 minutes, which was the correct value, the bus arrived at the stop 3 minutes later.
You need to know the route number to use the realtime system. The Siemens VDO system is provided with a fullscreen button, making it possible to display information at large screens, something that is badly needed at the Galway central bus station.
