Throwback Thursday (115)
A lot has changed in this picture from 2012. On St. Patrick's Day of that year, a fire in a building on Benburb Street/Queen Street resulted in the Luas Red Line closing in the city centre. Trams could only run from Saggart/Tallaght to Heuston Station. As a result Dublin Bus had to provide extra buses between Connolly and Heuston to cater for the demand. Most garages had to provide buses, often doing a trip on the shuttle after arriving into the city from their usual routes. DT 4 is one such bus that was based out of Harristown. It usually operated extra duties on other routes in the peaks. The bus was withdrawn in 2017 and was sold to Ashbourne Connect. Behind it is a Donnybrook VT on a short 145 to the Belfield fly-over at UCD. This bus is still with Dublin Bus, but has lost its dot-matrix destination for a LED one. Heuston, 22/03/2012
Throwback Thursday (115)
A lot has changed in this picture from 2012. On St. Patrick's Day of that year, a fire in a building on Benburb Street/Queen Street resulted in the Luas Red Line closing in the city centre. Trams could only run from Saggart/Tallaght to Heuston Station. As a result Dublin Bus had to provide extra buses between Connolly and Heuston to cater for the demand. Most garages had to provide buses, often doing a trip on the shuttle after arriving into the city from their usual routes. DT 4 is one such bus that was based out of Harristown. It usually operated extra duties on other routes in the peaks. The bus was withdrawn in 2017 and was sold to Ashbourne Connect. Behind it is a Donnybrook VT on a short 145 to the Belfield fly-over at UCD. This bus is still with Dublin Bus, but has lost its dot-matrix destination for a LED one. Heuston, 22/03/2012