Throwback Thursday (116)
A jaunt back thirty years this week to 1988. D 502 is seen on O'Connell Street with a 3 from Larkhill to Sandymount. The bus had been delivered new to Ringsend in April 1973 where it spent the rest of its career until withdrawn in 1990.
The route has had a varied career over its life.Operated by Ringsend Garage until 1994 when Donnybrook took over, the route returned to Ringsend in 2006. In 2012 Network Direct abolished the route, but the new route 1 covered most of the old 3. The 1 terminated in Santry on the northside instead of Larkhill.
The bus is still in CIE branding even though Dublin Bus had been created a year before. 29/03/1988
Throwback Thursday (116)
A jaunt back thirty years this week to 1988. D 502 is seen on O'Connell Street with a 3 from Larkhill to Sandymount. The bus had been delivered new to Ringsend in April 1973 where it spent the rest of its career until withdrawn in 1990.
The route has had a varied career over its life.Operated by Ringsend Garage until 1994 when Donnybrook took over, the route returned to Ringsend in 2006. In 2012 Network Direct abolished the route, but the new route 1 covered most of the old 3. The 1 terminated in Santry on the northside instead of Larkhill.
The bus is still in CIE branding even though Dublin Bus had been created a year before. 29/03/1988