Sir, – I see that the new bus system will include changing from numbering to letters A to F, inclusive (News, July 3rd).
While Billy Strayhorn wrote Take the A Train for jazz pianist Duke Ellington in 1939 (lyrics by Joya Sherrill, 1944), it may be a while before "Take the A Bus" comes into popular use in Dublin. Somehow a revised Bagatelle song Summer in Dublin won't sound quite the same with "I jumped on the A to Dún Laoghaire", rather than the iconic 46a. – Yours, etc,
PATRICK JUDGE,
Dún Laoghaire,
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Co Dublin.
Sir, – Will I be taking D bus or deh bus? – Yours, etc,
PATRICIA O’RIORDAN,
Dublin 8.
Sir, – Why is it that Dublin City Council and Dublin Bus have orchestrated a transport network in our capital where the quickest way around is often by foot? – Yours, etc,
FEARGHAL MURPHY,
Terenure, Dublin 6W.
Sir, – Isn’t it a bit ironic that Dublin Bus’s route review was carried out by a consultant called Walker? – Yours, etc,
DONAL MOORE,
Ferrybank,
Waterford.