Throwback Thursday (61)
A trip back to 2008 this week and to a bus route that existed then, and now, but didn't exist for a number of years in between. RV 460 is seen approaching Dun Laoghaire with a 7A to Mackintosh Park. This route ceased three years later in 2011, with Mackintosh Park only being served by route 59. However in November 2016 changes were introduced to route 7, with the old route to Loughlinstown Park becoming the 7A and the new routing to Cherrywood becoming the 7. RV 460 went on to have a career after Dublin Bus with Dualways. It holds the distinction of being the bus that trialled dot-matrix destinations for Dublin Bus. Nowadays buses use LED destinations but the last dot-matrix destination survived until the start of 2017. 12/03/2008
Throwback Thursday (61)
A trip back to 2008 this week and to a bus route that existed then, and now, but didn't exist for a number of years in between. RV 460 is seen approaching Dun Laoghaire with a 7A to Mackintosh Park. This route ceased three years later in 2011, with Mackintosh Park only being served by route 59. However in November 2016 changes were introduced to route 7, with the old route to Loughlinstown Park becoming the 7A and the new routing to Cherrywood becoming the 7. RV 460 went on to have a career after Dublin Bus with Dualways. It holds the distinction of being the bus that trialled dot-matrix destinations for Dublin Bus. Nowadays buses use LED destinations but the last dot-matrix destination survived until the start of 2017. 12/03/2008