Throwback Thursday (101)
It is December 1995 and RH 239 is making its way around St. Stephen's Green as it operates a 46A to Dun Laoghaire. At this time all the southbound traffic used this side of the park. When the Luas opened in the early 2000s and stopped traffic using the western side, the southbound traffic was diverted away from the park. The route in the picture was then used by northbound traffic. A contraflow bus lane was maintained from Hume Street and thus the 46A used this side of the park in both directions. In 2014 the route in the picture was reopened to buses (with a slightly different road layout) and the 46A goes this way once more without having to use Hume Street.
The bus in the picture was relatively new at the time, and initially was part of the RH Class. However it was later decided to reclassify them as RA Class as they were slightly different from the first 175 RH buses. Later on a further variation would result in the RV Class. In total there was 640 buses between all three, with the last one withdrawn in December 2012.
In 1995 the 46A served Stillorgan village but in the 2000s the route was taken out, in order to improve punctuality and journey times, and stayed on the Stillorgan By-Pass instead. 12/12/1995
Throwback Thursday (101)
It is December 1995 and RH 239 is making its way around St. Stephen's Green as it operates a 46A to Dun Laoghaire. At this time all the southbound traffic used this side of the park. When the Luas opened in the early 2000s and stopped traffic using the western side, the southbound traffic was diverted away from the park. The route in the picture was then used by northbound traffic. A contraflow bus lane was maintained from Hume Street and thus the 46A used this side of the park in both directions. In 2014 the route in the picture was reopened to buses (with a slightly different road layout) and the 46A goes this way once more without having to use Hume Street.
The bus in the picture was relatively new at the time, and initially was part of the RH Class. However it was later decided to reclassify them as RA Class as they were slightly different from the first 175 RH buses. Later on a further variation would result in the RV Class. In total there was 640 buses between all three, with the last one withdrawn in December 2012.
In 1995 the 46A served Stillorgan village but in the 2000s the route was taken out, in order to improve punctuality and journey times, and stayed on the Stillorgan By-Pass instead. 12/12/1995