Throwback Thursday (306)
This week we are going back twenty-four years to RV 351 on Abbey Street at the terminus for route 39. The bus was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1997. It was withdrawn in 2008 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom. It was still working away there as recently as 2019.
Route 39 started operating between Dublin city centre and Blanchardstown in 1926. In 1993 it was transformed when it became the first CitySwift route, operating to Clonnsilla. Originally single-decker buses were used on the route, but due to the popularity of the frequent service, double-deckers like RV 351 were brought in. In the early-2000s the CitySwift concept started to fade away. From 2010 Network Direct saw the route operate from Baggot Street / Burlington Road to Ongar.
Construction work on the Luas Red Line around 2002/2003 saw all buses vacate Middle Abbey Street. Tram lines now occupy the opposite side of the road from that which RV 351 is on. Penny's is still there though.
18/11/1997
Throwback Thursday (306)
This week we are going back twenty-four years to RV 351 on Abbey Street at the terminus for route 39. The bus was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1997. It was withdrawn in 2008 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom. It was still working away there as recently as 2019.
Route 39 started operating between Dublin city centre and Blanchardstown in 1926. In 1993 it was transformed when it became the first CitySwift route, operating to Clonnsilla. Originally single-decker buses were used on the route, but due to the popularity of the frequent service, double-deckers like RV 351 were brought in. In the early-2000s the CitySwift concept started to fade away. From 2010 Network Direct saw the route operate from Baggot Street / Burlington Road to Ongar.
Construction work on the Luas Red Line around 2002/2003 saw all buses vacate Middle Abbey Street. Tram lines now occupy the opposite side of the road from that which RV 351 is on. Penny's is still there though.
18/11/1997