Throwback Thursday (445)
This week we are going back eleven years to 2013 and to AV 390 at Rockbrook terminus of route 61.
This was the second route 61 to operate in Dublin, starting in 2011 under Network Direct. Running from the city centre to Whitechurch via Ranelagh and Dundrum. It was a replacement for routes 15B, 16A, and 48A. In the peaks, certain departures were extended to and from Rockbrook, to the south of Whitechurch. Throughout the rest of the day, this area was served by route 161 which runs from Dundrum to Rockbrook. The actual terminus of the 61 (and 161) was beyond Rockbrook, where the bus went down Tibradden Road and terminated near the junction with Whitechurch Road, as seen in the picture here. Route 61 ceased to operate in November 2023 under Bus Connects changes. Route 161 still serves Rockbrook, although the bus stops in the photograph have been removed.
AV 390 was new to Dublin Bus in 2004. It was withdrawn in late-2018 and sold on to another Irish operator.
09/08/2013
Throwback Thursday (445)
This week we are going back eleven years to 2013 and to AV 390 at Rockbrook terminus of route 61.
This was the second route 61 to operate in Dublin, starting in 2011 under Network Direct. Running from the city centre to Whitechurch via Ranelagh and Dundrum. It was a replacement for routes 15B, 16A, and 48A. In the peaks, certain departures were extended to and from Rockbrook, to the south of Whitechurch. Throughout the rest of the day, this area was served by route 161 which runs from Dundrum to Rockbrook. The actual terminus of the 61 (and 161) was beyond Rockbrook, where the bus went down Tibradden Road and terminated near the junction with Whitechurch Road, as seen in the picture here. Route 61 ceased to operate in November 2023 under Bus Connects changes. Route 161 still serves Rockbrook, although the bus stops in the photograph have been removed.
AV 390 was new to Dublin Bus in 2004. It was withdrawn in late-2018 and sold on to another Irish operator.
09/08/2013