Throwback Thursday (274)
This week we are going back twenty-six years to 1995 and to RH 143 on Eden Quay. The bus is in an all-over ad for AIB (Allied Irish Banks). The bank is one of the largest banks in Ireland and was founded in 1966 after the merging of three other banks. During the financial crash in 2010 the bank was nationalised by the Irish government, who still retain a majority stake in it in 2021.
RH 143 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1992. It was withdrawn in 2006 and sold to an operator in the UK. It spent most of its working life in Dublin operating out of Donnybrook garage. It received this all-over ad in 1994 and remained in it into 1996. While painted like this it did spend some time operating out of Phibsborough Garage.
Route 84 connects Dublin with towns in north Wicklow such as Greystones, Kilcoole and Newcastle. It started running to Kilcoole in 1936 and Newcastle in 1946, and is still operating to this day. However, journeys to the city centre are operated by limited stop route 84X. The northern 84 terminus was moved to Blackrock in 2012, after having been moved from the city centre to UCD in 2010 during the first phase of Network Direct. 08/04/1995
Throwback Thursday (274)
This week we are going back twenty-six years to 1995 and to RH 143 on Eden Quay. The bus is in an all-over ad for AIB (Allied Irish Banks). The bank is one of the largest banks in Ireland and was founded in 1966 after the merging of three other banks. During the financial crash in 2010 the bank was nationalised by the Irish government, who still retain a majority stake in it in 2021.
RH 143 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1992. It was withdrawn in 2006 and sold to an operator in the UK. It spent most of its working life in Dublin operating out of Donnybrook garage. It received this all-over ad in 1994 and remained in it into 1996. While painted like this it did spend some time operating out of Phibsborough Garage.
Route 84 connects Dublin with towns in north Wicklow such as Greystones, Kilcoole and Newcastle. It started running to Kilcoole in 1936 and Newcastle in 1946, and is still operating to this day. However, journeys to the city centre are operated by limited stop route 84X. The northern 84 terminus was moved to Blackrock in 2012, after having been moved from the city centre to UCD in 2010 during the first phase of Network Direct. 08/04/1995