Throwback Thursday (417)
This week we are going back a decade to 2014 and to EV 85 in Howth on route 31A. CIE started operating the first version of route 31A in 1958, taking it over from the Great Northern Railway (Ireland). It operated between Dublin city centre and Strand Road in Sutton. That route ceased to operate in 2005. In 2012 the route was resurrected under Network Direct, this time terminating on Shielmartin Road but going via Howth village and Howth Summit. The route lasted until June 2021 when it was abolished under Bus Connects. New route 6 replaced the 31A in the Shielmartin Road area, but new route 6 terminated at Howth Station, with Shielmartin Road becoming a via point instead of a terminus.
EV 85 was new to Dublin Bus in 2008. It is still in service today, although now in Transport for Ireland livery.
In the past the Hill of Howth tram used to cross the road just behind the bus on a bridge. The path behind the bus shelter leads up to a foot path built on the old tram route that leads up to Howth Summit.
16/01/2014
Throwback Thursday (417)
This week we are going back a decade to 2014 and to EV 85 in Howth on route 31A. CIE started operating the first version of route 31A in 1958, taking it over from the Great Northern Railway (Ireland). It operated between Dublin city centre and Strand Road in Sutton. That route ceased to operate in 2005. In 2012 the route was resurrected under Network Direct, this time terminating on Shielmartin Road but going via Howth village and Howth Summit. The route lasted until June 2021 when it was abolished under Bus Connects. New route 6 replaced the 31A in the Shielmartin Road area, but new route 6 terminated at Howth Station, with Shielmartin Road becoming a via point instead of a terminus.
EV 85 was new to Dublin Bus in 2008. It is still in service today, although now in Transport for Ireland livery.
In the past the Hill of Howth tram used to cross the road just behind the bus on a bridge. The path behind the bus shelter leads up to a foot path built on the old tram route that leads up to Howth Summit.
16/01/2014