Throwback Thursday (366)
This week we are only going back a short hop to four years ago, and GT 22 on route 40 at Liffey Valley. The 40 reached Liffey Valley in November 2011, under Network Direct. Prior to that it had operated since 1925 between the city centre and Finglas. Route 78A was merged into it through Network Direct making it a cross-city route from Finglas to Liffey Valley. Then in November 2022, the route was split again, with the city centre to Liffey Valley part becoming route G2 under Bus Connects, and the 40 again becoming the city centre to Finglas route.
This bus stop has been the bus terminus at Liffey Valley since the shopping centre opened in 1998. However, work started in 2022 on a new bus interchange at the front of the shopping centre, that is also close to the bus stops on the N4 road (served by the C-Spine and other routes). This, combined with road works in the shopping centre that turned the roundabout in the background of the photo into a signalled junction, has seen the old bus terminus just become a single, regular bus stop. Although currently it is still serving as the bus terminus until the new one opens in early-2023.
GT 22 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2012. It was one of 160 such buses delivered between 2012 and 2013, and it is still in service with Dublin Bus. 26/01/2019
Throwback Thursday (366)
This week we are only going back a short hop to four years ago, and GT 22 on route 40 at Liffey Valley. The 40 reached Liffey Valley in November 2011, under Network Direct. Prior to that it had operated since 1925 between the city centre and Finglas. Route 78A was merged into it through Network Direct making it a cross-city route from Finglas to Liffey Valley. Then in November 2022, the route was split again, with the city centre to Liffey Valley part becoming route G2 under Bus Connects, and the 40 again becoming the city centre to Finglas route.
This bus stop has been the bus terminus at Liffey Valley since the shopping centre opened in 1998. However, work started in 2022 on a new bus interchange at the front of the shopping centre, that is also close to the bus stops on the N4 road (served by the C-Spine and other routes). This, combined with road works in the shopping centre that turned the roundabout in the background of the photo into a signalled junction, has seen the old bus terminus just become a single, regular bus stop. Although currently it is still serving as the bus terminus until the new one opens in early-2023.
GT 22 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2012. It was one of 160 such buses delivered between 2012 and 2013, and it is still in service with Dublin Bus. 26/01/2019