Throwback Thursday (300)
For our 300th Throwback Thursday I thought I would go back to the start. The very first picture in this series was posted in 2016 and showed a bus in Bray Station, so here is a photograph of Dublin Bus GT 87 at Bray Station in 2016. Route 185 started in 1995, and was a direct replacement for route 85. It mostly operated between Bray and Enniskerry (Shop River). The change to 185 coincided with a reorganisation of local routes in Bray and the introduction of minibuses onto those routes. Around 2004 the 185 started serving the Palermo estate in Bray too. In 2018 Go-Ahead Ireland took over the 185 and it became two routes: Bray - Palermo and Bray to Shop River via Palermo. The route also switched from double-decker buses to single-deckers. Under Bus Connects, the 185 will be replaced by the L14 and L15.
GT 87 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2013. It is still with Dublin Bus, however it is now in the new Transport for Ireland (TFI) green and yellow livery. The TFI logo on the side of GT 87 has since been updated to a new style one. GT 87 was built by Wrights (on a Volvo chassis) in Ballymena and back in 2016 Dublin Bus was still receiving buses from that company, but of the SG class. The last SG was delivered in 2020, after Wrights were brought out of administration. However, starting in 2021, Dublin Bus have been receiving new hybrid buses from Alexander Dennis, the SG being the last fully diesel bus to be bought by TFI.
A lot has changed in the five years since this picture was taken, and since Throwback Thursday has started. Who knows what the next five years will bring? Thanks as always for looking at my photographs. 22/10/2016
Throwback Thursday (300)
For our 300th Throwback Thursday I thought I would go back to the start. The very first picture in this series was posted in 2016 and showed a bus in Bray Station, so here is a photograph of Dublin Bus GT 87 at Bray Station in 2016. Route 185 started in 1995, and was a direct replacement for route 85. It mostly operated between Bray and Enniskerry (Shop River). The change to 185 coincided with a reorganisation of local routes in Bray and the introduction of minibuses onto those routes. Around 2004 the 185 started serving the Palermo estate in Bray too. In 2018 Go-Ahead Ireland took over the 185 and it became two routes: Bray - Palermo and Bray to Shop River via Palermo. The route also switched from double-decker buses to single-deckers. Under Bus Connects, the 185 will be replaced by the L14 and L15.
GT 87 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2013. It is still with Dublin Bus, however it is now in the new Transport for Ireland (TFI) green and yellow livery. The TFI logo on the side of GT 87 has since been updated to a new style one. GT 87 was built by Wrights (on a Volvo chassis) in Ballymena and back in 2016 Dublin Bus was still receiving buses from that company, but of the SG class. The last SG was delivered in 2020, after Wrights were brought out of administration. However, starting in 2021, Dublin Bus have been receiving new hybrid buses from Alexander Dennis, the SG being the last fully diesel bus to be bought by TFI.
A lot has changed in the five years since this picture was taken, and since Throwback Thursday has started. Who knows what the next five years will bring? Thanks as always for looking at my photographs. 22/10/2016