Throwback Thursday (447)
This week we are going back nine years to 2015 and to EV 96 at the route 142 terminus on Charlotte Way.
Route 142 started as a peak-extra that operated between Portmarnock and Palmerston Park in 2007. It reached the city centre by going via Malahide and the Dublin Port Tunnel. In 2013 it was extended south via Milltown and Bird Avenue to terminate at the old route 11B terminus within UCD Belfield. This peak-hour service was operated by Harristown Garage, but in 2014 a shorter version of the route was introduced between the peaks, operated by Donnybrook Garage. This version ran from UCD Belfield to Portobello, terminating on Charlotte Way as seen here. The off-peak route was suspended in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and has yet to return. The peak 142 still operates.
EV 96 was new to Dublin Bus in 2008 and is still in service today. It is one of one hundred Enviro 400s delivered to Dublin Bus between 2007 and 2008.
The bus stop on Charlotte Way was suspended in 2024 due to the construction at the site beside it, which was formerly home to the Garda Headquarters.
20/08/2015
Throwback Thursday (447)
This week we are going back nine years to 2015 and to EV 96 at the route 142 terminus on Charlotte Way.
Route 142 started as a peak-extra that operated between Portmarnock and Palmerston Park in 2007. It reached the city centre by going via Malahide and the Dublin Port Tunnel. In 2013 it was extended south via Milltown and Bird Avenue to terminate at the old route 11B terminus within UCD Belfield. This peak-hour service was operated by Harristown Garage, but in 2014 a shorter version of the route was introduced between the peaks, operated by Donnybrook Garage. This version ran from UCD Belfield to Portobello, terminating on Charlotte Way as seen here. The off-peak route was suspended in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and has yet to return. The peak 142 still operates.
EV 96 was new to Dublin Bus in 2008 and is still in service today. It is one of one hundred Enviro 400s delivered to Dublin Bus between 2007 and 2008.
The bus stop on Charlotte Way was suspended in 2024 due to the construction at the site beside it, which was formerly home to the Garda Headquarters.
20/08/2015