Throwback Thursday (57)
Thirty years ago today in 1987, Irish Rail, Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann came into being. The three companies replaced CIE as the main transport operators in Ireland, although they were subsidiaries of CIE. The three companies created their own identities by modifying the current CIE liveries. Dublin Bus added an orange stripe to the two-tone green livery that had initially appeared on the KD class and rolled it out onto the rest of the fleet. This livery lasted until the AV arrived in 2000. D 442 is seen on Burgh Quay four months after Dublin Bus created in the new livery but without the new company logo. This took a bit longer to appear as a number of options were considered. The bus is on route 62. 10/06/1987
*Update* Thanks to poster shilltpo on the Irish Road Passenger Transport Forum for following info: "I suspect the 62 was OPO at that stage but DF 442 wasn't converted for OPO operation. The route scroll looks more like 52 rather than 62 which suggests that the bus was on the 47B perhaps which was mostly D operated at that stage. The VIA Rathmines also would suggest the 47B over the 48A."
Throwback Thursday (57)
Thirty years ago today in 1987, Irish Rail, Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann came into being. The three companies replaced CIE as the main transport operators in Ireland, although they were subsidiaries of CIE. The three companies created their own identities by modifying the current CIE liveries. Dublin Bus added an orange stripe to the two-tone green livery that had initially appeared on the KD class and rolled it out onto the rest of the fleet. This livery lasted until the AV arrived in 2000. D 442 is seen on Burgh Quay four months after Dublin Bus created in the new livery but without the new company logo. This took a bit longer to appear as a number of options were considered. The bus is on route 62. 10/06/1987
*Update* Thanks to poster shilltpo on the Irish Road Passenger Transport Forum for following info: "I suspect the 62 was OPO at that stage but DF 442 wasn't converted for OPO operation. The route scroll looks more like 52 rather than 62 which suggests that the bus was on the 47B perhaps which was mostly D operated at that stage. The VIA Rathmines also would suggest the 47B over the 48A."