Throwback Thursday (523)
This week we are going back forty-two years to 1984, and to D 377 on O'Connell Street dressed for route 12.
Route 12 started running between Cabra and Palmerston Park, going via the city centre, in 1939. It replaced a tram route on the southside that dated back to 1879. The route ended around 1985, with route 13 being extended to Palmerston Park.
The bus destinations read from top to bottom "Ranelagh, Phibsborough, and Cabra" suggesting a northbound routing, but it is in fact going southbound.
D 377 was new to CIE in 1970. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1987.
27/03/1984
Throwback Thursday (523)
This week we are going back forty-two years to 1984, and to D 377 on O'Connell Street dressed for route 12.
Route 12 started running between Cabra and Palmerston Park, going via the city centre, in 1939. It replaced a tram route on the southside that dated back to 1879. The route ended around 1985, with route 13 being extended to Palmerston Park.
The bus destinations read from top to bottom "Ranelagh, Phibsborough, and Cabra" suggesting a northbound routing, but it is in fact going southbound.
D 377 was new to CIE in 1970. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1987.
27/03/1984