Paul Belfast Limerick
Another Unusual Sighting!
The start of 2023 has revealed some unusual sightings on Limerick City Services.
Route 306 is one of two not-so-busy routes on the network and it could possibly be withdrawn without any loss of connectivity if there was some creative rerouting of Route 303 on the northside and Route 301 on the southside.
In recent years, my only recollection of seeing a double deck bus on it would have been when I saw PAD128 operate a few turns on Saturday, 7th May, 2022.
However, with the arrival of 20 new Electroliners at Roxboro Depot in 2023, the smart money seems to be on the remaining 6 single-deck VWLs cascading to other depots, so Routes 305, 305A and 306 will most-likely convert to double-deck operation.
NTA/BÉ (Roxboro) Wright Gemini 3 Volvo B5TL VWD53 (152-L-1774) was seen on Route 306, a few hundred yards from its southern terminus at Edward Street, Limerick on Friday morning, 6th January 2023.
Another Unusual Sighting!
The start of 2023 has revealed some unusual sightings on Limerick City Services.
Route 306 is one of two not-so-busy routes on the network and it could possibly be withdrawn without any loss of connectivity if there was some creative rerouting of Route 303 on the northside and Route 301 on the southside.
In recent years, my only recollection of seeing a double deck bus on it would have been when I saw PAD128 operate a few turns on Saturday, 7th May, 2022.
However, with the arrival of 20 new Electroliners at Roxboro Depot in 2023, the smart money seems to be on the remaining 6 single-deck VWLs cascading to other depots, so Routes 305, 305A and 306 will most-likely convert to double-deck operation.
NTA/BÉ (Roxboro) Wright Gemini 3 Volvo B5TL VWD53 (152-L-1774) was seen on Route 306, a few hundred yards from its southern terminus at Edward Street, Limerick on Friday morning, 6th January 2023.