Throwback Thursday (287)
This week we are going back fourteen years to 2007 and AV 263 on route 45 in Bray. Route 45 first started connecting Dublin city centre with Bray, via Ballsbridge and Cabinteely, in 1927. The route had two main terminii in Bray - the Esplanade along the seafront and Oldcourt from around 1975. AV 263 is seen here heading to the Esplanade. Based on the length of the route, this had to be one of the least informative destinations on the front of a bus in Dublin. In the early 2000s Oldcourt became the main destination, with Esplanade being served much less frequently. In May 2012 the 45 was removed from the network, as its usage had dropped over the years following the much more direct, and frequent, route 145. Route 45A still lives on, operating between Dun Laoghaire and Kilmacanogue via Bray.
AV 263 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2002. It was withdrawn around 2016/2017 but stayed in Dublin and moved to Executive Express. It spent all its career in Donnybrook Depott, though was involved in the shuttles for the Tall Ships Race in Waterford in 2005.
Behind the bus is the stadium of Bray Wanderers Football Club, that also doubled for Croke Park in the 1996 film, Michael Collins.
25/07/2007
Throwback Thursday (287)
This week we are going back fourteen years to 2007 and AV 263 on route 45 in Bray. Route 45 first started connecting Dublin city centre with Bray, via Ballsbridge and Cabinteely, in 1927. The route had two main terminii in Bray - the Esplanade along the seafront and Oldcourt from around 1975. AV 263 is seen here heading to the Esplanade. Based on the length of the route, this had to be one of the least informative destinations on the front of a bus in Dublin. In the early 2000s Oldcourt became the main destination, with Esplanade being served much less frequently. In May 2012 the 45 was removed from the network, as its usage had dropped over the years following the much more direct, and frequent, route 145. Route 45A still lives on, operating between Dun Laoghaire and Kilmacanogue via Bray.
AV 263 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2002. It was withdrawn around 2016/2017 but stayed in Dublin and moved to Executive Express. It spent all its career in Donnybrook Depott, though was involved in the shuttles for the Tall Ships Race in Waterford in 2005.
Behind the bus is the stadium of Bray Wanderers Football Club, that also doubled for Croke Park in the 1996 film, Michael Collins.
25/07/2007