Throwback Thursday (485)
This week we are going back thirty-one years to 1994 and to AD 25 on O'Connell Street with a service on route 3 to Whitehall.
Route 3 started running between Whitehall and Sandymount in 1940. In 1947 it was extended to Larkhill, and in 1972 it was extended from Sandymount Tower to St. John's Church. In 1990 certain departures were extended to UCD Belfield. The route ceased to operate in 2012 under Network Direct. It was replaced on the northside by routes 1 and 44 and on the southside by routes 1 and 47.
AD 25 was new to Dublin Bus in 1994. It was withdrawn in 2004 and joined the Bus Eireann school fleet in Cork. It was withdrawn in 2011. The bus was delivered in CitySwift livery as seen here, but had the branding removed before entering service. It was later repainted into Dublin Bus two-tone green livery, and later again into the blue and cream livery. It spent its final years in Bus Eireann livery.
It is worth noting that "White Hall" on the destination blind is incorrectly spelt as two words rather than one.
05/06/1994
Throwback Thursday (485)
This week we are going back thirty-one years to 1994 and to AD 25 on O'Connell Street with a service on route 3 to Whitehall.
Route 3 started running between Whitehall and Sandymount in 1940. In 1947 it was extended to Larkhill, and in 1972 it was extended from Sandymount Tower to St. John's Church. In 1990 certain departures were extended to UCD Belfield. The route ceased to operate in 2012 under Network Direct. It was replaced on the northside by routes 1 and 44 and on the southside by routes 1 and 47.
AD 25 was new to Dublin Bus in 1994. It was withdrawn in 2004 and joined the Bus Eireann school fleet in Cork. It was withdrawn in 2011. The bus was delivered in CitySwift livery as seen here, but had the branding removed before entering service. It was later repainted into Dublin Bus two-tone green livery, and later again into the blue and cream livery. It spent its final years in Bus Eireann livery.
It is worth noting that "White Hall" on the destination blind is incorrectly spelt as two words rather than one.
05/06/1994