Throwback Thursday (457)
This week we are going back twelve years to 2012, and to VG 16 with a service on route 142 to Rathmines, as the sun rises over Malahide.
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. The off-peak route was suspended in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and has yet to return. The peak 142 via Malahide still operates.
VG 16 was new to Dublin Bus in 2008, and it is still in service today. It lost its Dublin Bus livery in 2022 and gained Transport for Ireland livery instead.
14/11/2012
Throwback Thursday (457)
This week we are going back twelve years to 2012, and to VG 16 with a service on route 142 to Rathmines, as the sun rises over Malahide.
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. The off-peak route was suspended in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and has yet to return. The peak 142 via Malahide still operates.
VG 16 was new to Dublin Bus in 2008, and it is still in service today. It lost its Dublin Bus livery in 2022 and gained Transport for Ireland livery instead.
14/11/2012