Throwback Thursday (461)
This week we are going back twenty-nine years to RA 230 passing through St. Stephen's Green dressed for route 15A.
Route 15A started running between the city centre and Whitehall Road in Perrystown in 1949. In 1978 it was extended to Greenhills, and around 1982 it was extended to Limekiln Farm. For a decade in the early-2000s it shared a terminus with route 19A, but that route displayed Limekiln Avenue as a destination, whereas the 15A displayed Limekiln Farm. In 2011 the city centre terminus was moved to the Grand Canal Dock area, and the destination displays were updated to show Limekiln Avenue. In 2015 the route was rerouted away from St. Stephen's Green and strated serving George's Street instead. Since 2021 it has terminated in Merrion Square.
RA 230 was new to Dublin Bus in 1995. The buses delivered that year were classified as RH like the buses delivered the previous four years, but due to differences between the batches, the 1995 buses were subsequently reclassified as RA. It was withdrawn in 2008 and sold on to another Irish operator.
The bus was one of the Wedding buses within the fleet. They could be hired by wedding parties to shuttle wedding guests between venues. The last bus was painted out of Wedding livery in 2017.
12/12/1995
Throwback Thursday (461)
This week we are going back twenty-nine years to RA 230 passing through St. Stephen's Green dressed for route 15A.
Route 15A started running between the city centre and Whitehall Road in Perrystown in 1949. In 1978 it was extended to Greenhills, and around 1982 it was extended to Limekiln Farm. For a decade in the early-2000s it shared a terminus with route 19A, but that route displayed Limekiln Avenue as a destination, whereas the 15A displayed Limekiln Farm. In 2011 the city centre terminus was moved to the Grand Canal Dock area, and the destination displays were updated to show Limekiln Avenue. In 2015 the route was rerouted away from St. Stephen's Green and strated serving George's Street instead. Since 2021 it has terminated in Merrion Square.
RA 230 was new to Dublin Bus in 1995. The buses delivered that year were classified as RH like the buses delivered the previous four years, but due to differences between the batches, the 1995 buses were subsequently reclassified as RA. It was withdrawn in 2008 and sold on to another Irish operator.
The bus was one of the Wedding buses within the fleet. They could be hired by wedding parties to shuttle wedding guests between venues. The last bus was painted out of Wedding livery in 2017.
12/12/1995