Throwback Thursday (378)
This week we go back nine years to 2014 and Dublin Bus AV 186 in Lucan Village on route 25. This route started in 1940, replacing the previous tram line of the same route number which ran from the city centre. By 1991 the terminus had been extended slightly west to Dodsboro. The route ceased to operate under the C-Spine changes of Network Direct in November 2021. The road in the foreground is only served by route L52 which takes the road to the left to Blanchardstown, while the road in the background is unserved by buses.
AV 186 was new to Dublin Bus in 2001, and was the first member of the AV Class with the revised driver windscreen, which now curved in at the top instead of going straight up. It was withdrawn in 2015, and sold on to another Irish operator.
19/04/2014
Throwback Thursday (378)
This week we go back nine years to 2014 and Dublin Bus AV 186 in Lucan Village on route 25. This route started in 1940, replacing the previous tram line of the same route number which ran from the city centre. By 1991 the terminus had been extended slightly west to Dodsboro. The route ceased to operate under the C-Spine changes of Network Direct in November 2021. The road in the foreground is only served by route L52 which takes the road to the left to Blanchardstown, while the road in the background is unserved by buses.
AV 186 was new to Dublin Bus in 2001, and was the first member of the AV Class with the revised driver windscreen, which now curved in at the top instead of going straight up. It was withdrawn in 2015, and sold on to another Irish operator.
19/04/2014