Throwback Thursday (407)
2010 finds AV 401 on Hawkins Street dressed for route 51B. This Volvo ALX400 was new to Dublin Bus in 2005 and was withdrawn around the end of 2018. It was then sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.
Route 51B started running between the city centre and Bawnogue in 1981, but moved to Dunawley around 1998. The year before, in 1997, it became a CitySwift route, replacing the 51 as the main bus route to Clondalkin. The business park at Grange Castle became its terminus in 2004 and remained so until the route was absorbed into the new, cross-city route 13 in October 2011 under the Network Direct revisions. 08/11/2010
Throwback Thursday (407)
2010 finds AV 401 on Hawkins Street dressed for route 51B. This Volvo ALX400 was new to Dublin Bus in 2005 and was withdrawn around the end of 2018. It was then sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.
Route 51B started running between the city centre and Bawnogue in 1981, but moved to Dunawley around 1998. The year before, in 1997, it became a CitySwift route, replacing the 51 as the main bus route to Clondalkin. The business park at Grange Castle became its terminus in 2004 and remained so until the route was absorbed into the new, cross-city route 13 in October 2011 under the Network Direct revisions. 08/11/2010