Throwback Thursday (374)
This week we are going back ten years to 2013 and to AV 173 at Beaumont Hospital on route 17A to Kilbarrack. Route 17A started in 1975, running between Finglas and Kilbarrack. At its inception, there was an idea to combine it at some point with the 17 (Dolphin's Barn to Blackrock) to create a full orbital route around Dublin, but this never happened. In 2010 it was extended west to Blanchardstown under Network Direct, and rerouted to serve Beaumont Hospital. Go-Ahead Ireland took over the operation of the route in 2018, but in 2022 the route was replaced by new routes N4 and N6 under Bus Connects. The N6 covers the old 17A route between Kilbarrack and Ballymun (including Beaumont Hospital), while the N4 covers the section between Glasnevin Avenue and the Blanchardstown Centre.
AV 175 was new to Dublin Bus in 2000. It was withdrawn in May 2016 and sold on to another Irish operator.
Beaumont Hospital was founded in 1987.
23/03/2013
Throwback Thursday (374)
This week we are going back ten years to 2013 and to AV 173 at Beaumont Hospital on route 17A to Kilbarrack. Route 17A started in 1975, running between Finglas and Kilbarrack. At its inception, there was an idea to combine it at some point with the 17 (Dolphin's Barn to Blackrock) to create a full orbital route around Dublin, but this never happened. In 2010 it was extended west to Blanchardstown under Network Direct, and rerouted to serve Beaumont Hospital. Go-Ahead Ireland took over the operation of the route in 2018, but in 2022 the route was replaced by new routes N4 and N6 under Bus Connects. The N6 covers the old 17A route between Kilbarrack and Ballymun (including Beaumont Hospital), while the N4 covers the section between Glasnevin Avenue and the Blanchardstown Centre.
AV 175 was new to Dublin Bus in 2000. It was withdrawn in May 2016 and sold on to another Irish operator.
Beaumont Hospital was founded in 1987.
23/03/2013