Throwback Thursday (200)
So we have made it to the two hundredth Throwback Thursday and although there are over 50 years between these buses, the photograph was only taken in 2016. SG 30 is seen in Dalkey at the 8 terminus alongside RA 30. The 8 bus route could trace its origins back to the Dublin tram network and for most of its existence connected Dalkey with the City Centre, going via Dun Laoghaire and Blackrock. With the introduction of DART rail services in the mid-1980s, passengers numbers began to drop as the route paralleled the railway line. Dublin Bus cancelled the route in 2001, giving passengers one day's notice, but a successful challenge in the European courts saw the route return in 2005. However it was rerouted slightly, being taken out fo Dun Laoghaire and serving Mounttown Road instead. However it was a short-term return and in 2016 Dublin Bus along with the NTA reorganised the routes around Dun Laoghaire. The 8 was finally withdrawn this time, replaced in part by an extended 111.
SG 30 is seen with the final departure back to Dublin from Dalkey. This bus was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2014 and is one of over 650 of the type delivered to the city between 2014 and 2019. The buses were built by Wrights in Ballymena, a company which had some difficulty in 2019, but was later taken over.
Preserved RA 30 shadowed the last 8 from Dublin to mark the end of an era. This bus was delivered new to Donnybrook in 1959 before transferring to Clontarf in 1976. It was withdrawn in early 1982 and entered preservation.
On a final note it is no coincidence that SG 30 was out for the last trip with RA 30. RA 30 used to be regular on the 8 when it was in Donnybrook.
Dalkey, 11/11/2016
Throwback Thursday (200)
So we have made it to the two hundredth Throwback Thursday and although there are over 50 years between these buses, the photograph was only taken in 2016. SG 30 is seen in Dalkey at the 8 terminus alongside RA 30. The 8 bus route could trace its origins back to the Dublin tram network and for most of its existence connected Dalkey with the City Centre, going via Dun Laoghaire and Blackrock. With the introduction of DART rail services in the mid-1980s, passengers numbers began to drop as the route paralleled the railway line. Dublin Bus cancelled the route in 2001, giving passengers one day's notice, but a successful challenge in the European courts saw the route return in 2005. However it was rerouted slightly, being taken out fo Dun Laoghaire and serving Mounttown Road instead. However it was a short-term return and in 2016 Dublin Bus along with the NTA reorganised the routes around Dun Laoghaire. The 8 was finally withdrawn this time, replaced in part by an extended 111.
SG 30 is seen with the final departure back to Dublin from Dalkey. This bus was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2014 and is one of over 650 of the type delivered to the city between 2014 and 2019. The buses were built by Wrights in Ballymena, a company which had some difficulty in 2019, but was later taken over.
Preserved RA 30 shadowed the last 8 from Dublin to mark the end of an era. This bus was delivered new to Donnybrook in 1959 before transferring to Clontarf in 1976. It was withdrawn in early 1982 and entered preservation.
On a final note it is no coincidence that SG 30 was out for the last trip with RA 30. RA 30 used to be regular on the 8 when it was in Donnybrook.
Dalkey, 11/11/2016