Throwback Thursday (316)
This week we are going back thirty-seven years to 1985 and D 752 on Aston Quay. The bus is dressed for route 56A. This route started operating around 1982 between the city centre and Ballymount. Around 1985 it was extended to Fettercairn and in 1990 to The Square in Tallaght, where it remains to this day. Walkinstown Avenue shown on the bus was the terminus for route 56, which ceased to operate around 1985, having started in 1956. Since 2018, the 56A (operated by Dublin Bus) also holds the distinction of being the only bus route to pass the bus depot for Go-Ahead Ireland in Ballymount.
D 752 was delivered new to CIE in 1976. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1994, having spent all its life operating out of Ringsend Garage.
25/01/1985
Throwback Thursday (316)
This week we are going back thirty-seven years to 1985 and D 752 on Aston Quay. The bus is dressed for route 56A. This route started operating around 1982 between the city centre and Ballymount. Around 1985 it was extended to Fettercairn and in 1990 to The Square in Tallaght, where it remains to this day. Walkinstown Avenue shown on the bus was the terminus for route 56, which ceased to operate around 1985, having started in 1956. Since 2018, the 56A (operated by Dublin Bus) also holds the distinction of being the only bus route to pass the bus depot for Go-Ahead Ireland in Ballymount.
D 752 was delivered new to CIE in 1976. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1994, having spent all its life operating out of Ringsend Garage.
25/01/1985