Throwback Thursday (303)
This week we are going back seven years to VT 7 on Leeson Street. The bus is operating a service on route 46A from Dun Laoghaire to Phoenix Park via the city centre. The 46A started operating in 1926 between Dublin city centre and Cabinteely. In 1936 it reached Dun Laoghaire.In the late 1990s the route became 'super charged' when it joined the CitySwift network and the Stillorgan Road Quality Bus Corridor became operational. The route started the new millennium as one of the most frequent in the city. In 2010 it became a cross city route when its northern terminus became the Phoenix Park, after it absorbed the northern half of route 10 under Network Direct.
VT 7 was one of twenty Enviro 500 tri-axle buses delivered to Dublin Bus in 2005. When these buses arrived their presence on the streets were certainly noticeable as this was a class of bus more associated with Hong Kong than with Europe. These buses were initially allocated to just the 46A (and some of the other 46 family of routes) but in 2007 another fifty arrived and the class started to appear on some of the busiest routes around the city. VT 7, along with the rest of the other first twenty VT buses, was withdrawn in 2018. It was sold to the UK and is now used on school services by Sussex Coaches. 28/10/2014
Throwback Thursday (303)
This week we are going back seven years to VT 7 on Leeson Street. The bus is operating a service on route 46A from Dun Laoghaire to Phoenix Park via the city centre. The 46A started operating in 1926 between Dublin city centre and Cabinteely. In 1936 it reached Dun Laoghaire.In the late 1990s the route became 'super charged' when it joined the CitySwift network and the Stillorgan Road Quality Bus Corridor became operational. The route started the new millennium as one of the most frequent in the city. In 2010 it became a cross city route when its northern terminus became the Phoenix Park, after it absorbed the northern half of route 10 under Network Direct.
VT 7 was one of twenty Enviro 500 tri-axle buses delivered to Dublin Bus in 2005. When these buses arrived their presence on the streets were certainly noticeable as this was a class of bus more associated with Hong Kong than with Europe. These buses were initially allocated to just the 46A (and some of the other 46 family of routes) but in 2007 another fifty arrived and the class started to appear on some of the busiest routes around the city. VT 7, along with the rest of the other first twenty VT buses, was withdrawn in 2018. It was sold to the UK and is now used on school services by Sussex Coaches. 28/10/2014