Throwback Thursday (325)
This week we are going back forty years to 1982 and D 638 on route 42A. This bus was delivered new to CIE in 1975. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1994 and sold for scrap.
Route 42A started operating between the city centre and Kinsealy / Malahide in 1926. In 1953 it was cut back to Coolock, and in 1954 to Artane. In 1966 it was extended to Harmonstown. In 1988 it was merged into (and replaced by) the 42B, before reappearing again in 1996 as the service to Blunden Drive. In 2005 it was extended to Beaumont Hospital and in 2011 it was removed from the network again under Network Direct.
The bus is seen at the terminus on Talbot Street, and this is still used by route 42 to Malahide today.
31/03/1982
Throwback Thursday (325)
This week we are going back forty years to 1982 and D 638 on route 42A. This bus was delivered new to CIE in 1975. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1994 and sold for scrap.
Route 42A started operating between the city centre and Kinsealy / Malahide in 1926. In 1953 it was cut back to Coolock, and in 1954 to Artane. In 1966 it was extended to Harmonstown. In 1988 it was merged into (and replaced by) the 42B, before reappearing again in 1996 as the service to Blunden Drive. In 2005 it was extended to Beaumont Hospital and in 2011 it was removed from the network again under Network Direct.
The bus is seen at the terminus on Talbot Street, and this is still used by route 42 to Malahide today.
31/03/1982