Throwback Thursday (176)
May 1993 and RH 4 is seen on Abbey Street at a time of great change. 1993 was when Dublin Bus started CitySwift services. The idea was the run single-deck buses at higher frequencies, basically offering a turn-up and go service. The first route to be converted was the 39 which was to run between Abbey Street and Clonsilla via Blanchardstown. However it was not smooth transition to CitySwift. Immediately prior to its introduction there was a week-long strike which started on the 23rd May. Therefore this day, the 22nd May, was probably the last day of double-decker operations on the 39...for about two years. CitySwift was so successful that the single-decker buses could not cope and double-deckers had to be brought in.
RH 4 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1990. It was one of eighteen Leyland Olympians buses initially ordered by Dublin Bus, but eventually there were 640 Olympians. It was withdrawn in 1999 and may subsequently have gone to Croatia.
The bus is in an all-over ad for Irish Kidney Association, advertising organ donor cards. Abbey Street, 22/05/1993
Throwback Thursday (176)
May 1993 and RH 4 is seen on Abbey Street at a time of great change. 1993 was when Dublin Bus started CitySwift services. The idea was the run single-deck buses at higher frequencies, basically offering a turn-up and go service. The first route to be converted was the 39 which was to run between Abbey Street and Clonsilla via Blanchardstown. However it was not smooth transition to CitySwift. Immediately prior to its introduction there was a week-long strike which started on the 23rd May. Therefore this day, the 22nd May, was probably the last day of double-decker operations on the 39...for about two years. CitySwift was so successful that the single-decker buses could not cope and double-deckers had to be brought in.
RH 4 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1990. It was one of eighteen Leyland Olympians buses initially ordered by Dublin Bus, but eventually there were 640 Olympians. It was withdrawn in 1999 and may subsequently have gone to Croatia.
The bus is in an all-over ad for Irish Kidney Association, advertising organ donor cards. Abbey Street, 22/05/1993