Throwback Thursday (459)
This week we are going back fourteen years to 2010, and to AV 393 on a snow-covered O'Connell Street with a service on route 46A to Dun Laoghaire.
Route 46A started running between the city centre and Cabinteely in 1926. Certain departures were extended to Dun Laoghaire in 1929. In 1932 the primary destination was moved to Goatstown, and in 1936 it was extended to Dun Laoghaire full time. In 1999 the Stillorgan QBC opened, and along with it the high frequency route we know now also started. In 2010 it replaced route 10 on the northside when it was extended to the Phoenix Park via the North Circular Road. It was due to be repalced by the E-Spine under Bus Connects in December 2024, but that has now been pushed back to 2025.
AV 393 was new to Dublin Bus in 2004. It was withdrawn around late-2017 / early-2018, and was sold on to another Irish operator.
2010 was a good year for snow in Dublin, with falls in January, November and December.
28/11/2010
Throwback Thursday (459)
This week we are going back fourteen years to 2010, and to AV 393 on a snow-covered O'Connell Street with a service on route 46A to Dun Laoghaire.
Route 46A started running between the city centre and Cabinteely in 1926. Certain departures were extended to Dun Laoghaire in 1929. In 1932 the primary destination was moved to Goatstown, and in 1936 it was extended to Dun Laoghaire full time. In 1999 the Stillorgan QBC opened, and along with it the high frequency route we know now also started. In 2010 it replaced route 10 on the northside when it was extended to the Phoenix Park via the North Circular Road. It was due to be repalced by the E-Spine under Bus Connects in December 2024, but that has now been pushed back to 2025.
AV 393 was new to Dublin Bus in 2004. It was withdrawn around late-2017 / early-2018, and was sold on to another Irish operator.
2010 was a good year for snow in Dublin, with falls in January, November and December.
28/11/2010