Throwback Thursday (331)
This week we are going back thirty-eight years to 1984 and KC 68 on Hawkins Street. The bus is operating a service on route 47B to Grange Road. This route started operating between the city centre and Grange Road in 1949. The route ceased to operate in 1999, along with the 47 and 47A.
KC 68 was new to CIE in February 1984. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in the late-1990s and joined the driving school. It was subsequently sold into private ownership and awaiting restoration.
In the background is the New Metropole cinema which subsequently became the Screen cinema. Also in the background is Hawkins House. Both were demolished over the last five years with a new development currently under construction on the site.
10/05/1984
Throwback Thursday (331)
This week we are going back thirty-eight years to 1984 and KC 68 on Hawkins Street. The bus is operating a service on route 47B to Grange Road. This route started operating between the city centre and Grange Road in 1949. The route ceased to operate in 1999, along with the 47 and 47A.
KC 68 was new to CIE in February 1984. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in the late-1990s and joined the driving school. It was subsequently sold into private ownership and awaiting restoration.
In the background is the New Metropole cinema which subsequently became the Screen cinema. Also in the background is Hawkins House. Both were demolished over the last five years with a new development currently under construction on the site.
10/05/1984