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Sort of a topical throwback this week as we revisit 1989. D 474 is seen on Marlborough Street at the junction with Abbey Street. It is on route 20B which operated to the City Centre from Ardlea Road in Beaumont. This route lasted until 2011, when it was merged with the 14 to become a cross-city route to Dundrum.
Where the bus is parked in the shot is to become the location of a Luas tram stop in late 2017. The Red Line uses Abbey Street to get from Docklands to Tallaght, and the Luas Cross City line from Broombridge to St. Stephen's Green uses Marlborough Street. This location is the junction between two lines, and on Saturday 17th June 2017 the first test tram ran on this route. The full cross city tram route is due to open December 2017. 22/06/1989
My photostream is like a timeline for me. I don't like posting photos out of sequence.
But I also have a large archive of photos that I have missed posting.
Hence I am starting a Throwback Thursday album. I will aim to post a photo each Thursday from my archives. It could be 3 months old or 3 years old...
For this one, can anyone tell me where this was taken?
It is a trip back to 1988 this week for Throwback Thursday. D 543 is seen parked between duties on Fleet Street. The destination suggested it may have worked in on the 15B from Ballyroan. Over the last decade or so this part of Fleet Street has seen a lot of rebuilding with the old Irish Times building beside the bus demolished and replaced with a new structure. 1988 was also the year which marked a thousand years of Dublin. It is worth noting the bus has been adorned with the official logo to mark this, halfway down the bodyside before the company name. I am sure most families in the capital still have the milk bottle or the 50p piece that was also adorned with this. 06/10/1988
NS 3297 leads a good sized L75 into Leipsic on a bitter cold blustery winter day in 2011. There are now only 4 high hood SD40-2's left and on this day I had already shot 3 leading. Oh I wish I could go back.
Although route 25 only last appeared two weeks ago, I think it is worthy of inclusion again, only because there is so much happening in this shot. As a quick reminder, the route connects Dublin city centre with Dodsboro going via Lucan Village. In 1985, the city centre terminus was on Middle Abbey Street, as seen here.
And as can be seen here, it was a very busy street at that time. On the left can be glimpsed Arnotts department store. It holds the distinction of being Dublin's oldest and largest department store, having been founded in 1843. Beside it is the Adelphi cinema. It opened around 1938/39 and closed in November 1995. It had been taken over by Arnotts and is now the exit from the multi-storey car park. Across the road, beside the bus, is the Cameo Cinema. On this date it was showing "Porky's Revenge" and "Revenge of the Nerds". Beside the cinema is PAB Travel which still trades to this day.
Final item to note is the CIE bus stop, once ubiquitous around the city, but repainted and redesigned over the years since. One CIE stop managed to remain looking pretty much like this until 2018 before it was removed.
D 787 was delivered new in 1976 and withdrawn in 1994. 04/09/1985
This week we go back nine years to 2014 and Dublin Bus AV 186 in Lucan Village on route 25. This route started in 1940, replacing the previous tram line of the same route number which ran from the city centre. By 1991 the terminus had been extended slightly west to Dodsboro. The route ceased to operate under the C-Spine changes of Network Direct in November 2021. The road in the foreground is only served by route L52 which takes the road to the left to Blanchardstown, while the road in the background is unserved by buses.
AV 186 was new to Dublin Bus in 2001, and was the first member of the AV Class with the revised driver windscreen, which now curved in at the top instead of going straight up. It was withdrawn in 2015, and sold on to another Irish operator.
19/04/2014
This week we are going back twenty-two years to 2000 and the final year of Bombardier bus use by Dublin Bus. KC 113 is seen at the terminus for route 51A in Lower Abbey Street. This route started operating between Dublin city centre and Beaumont in 1936. It stopped running in 1942, before resuming again in 1949. Around 1988 it was extended to Beaumont Hospital after it opened. The route ceased to operate in 2009. It was always one of the numbering oddities within the Dublin bus network as the other routes in the 51 series served Clondalkin in west Dublin. The end of the 51A also saw roads like Grace Park Road and Clonliffe Road lose their bus services.
KC 113 was delivered new to CIE in 1986. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 2000, along with the other remaining KD and KC buses. This marked the end of the use of Bombardier / GAC buses by Dublin Bus, apart from a farewell run in January 2001.
This stop on Abbey Street is now the terminus for route 33.
05/05/2000
This week we are throwing back twenty-six years to KD 153 on Eden Quay. The bus seems to be slightly confused as it is displaying route number 33B but is showing Ardlea Road (terminus for the 20B) as a destination. As the bus stop only shows 20B, it is probably safe to say it is on route 20B. This route started around 1980, initially between Ardlea Road and Bulfin Road. By 1988 it was only operating between Ardlea Road and the city centre, and in 2011 it was absorbed into a new cross-city route 14 under Network Direct.
KD 153 was delivered new to CIE in 1982. It was withdrawn in 2000.
10/02/1996
This week we are going back thirty-seven years to 1984 and D 290 on Hawkins Street. The bus is operating a service on route 62 to Kilmacud, although this Kilmacud could also be called Stillorgan. Route 62 started in 1932 and originally ran from the city centre to Goatstown, via Ranelagh and Clonskeagh. In 1962 it was extended to Kilmacud. But in 1966 it was extended further along the Lower Kilmacud Road to a new terminus at Beaufield Park, behind Stillorgan Shopping Centre. The bus continued to terminate here (and show Kilmacud as a destination) until it was merged with route 11 in 1999. The 11 stopped serving the Kilmacud terminus in 2011 when it moved to Sandyford Business District instead.
D 290 was delivered new to CIE in 1969. It spent all its life in Dublin and was withdrawn at the end of 1987.
Beside the bus is the Screen cinema. It was demolished in 2019. Hawkins House behind it is due to be demolished in 2021.
30/04/1984
Circa 2009 in Las Vegas. Makeup from the Glamour Boutique. Back when I still went by the name Toni Richards.
This week are going back nine short years to 2012 and Dublin Bus AX 478 on Fleet Street with a service on route 77X to UCD Belfield. The 77X is one of the more unusual / rare routes in Dublin, in that it currently runs once a day, in one direction, Monday to Friday. This Xpresso route started in the. mid-1990s, initially running between Westbrook Lawns in Citywest and the City Centre. Back then the route ran in both directions, in the morning and evening peak. In 2000 it was extended to UCD Belfield via the City Centre. In 2009 the return workings were dropped, resulting in the route only operating in the morning peak to UCD Belfield from Citywest.
AX 478 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2009. It is currently the oldest AX still in service with Dublin Bus, though it will probably be withdrawn within the next few months. It has spent all its life in Ringsend Garage.
10/09/2012
This week we are going back twenty-two years to KC 41 on Aston Quay, dressed for route 210. This route had one of the most complicated histories within the bus network of Dublin, and there is a good chance I have gotten some of it wrong. The route started in 1989 as a Localink route in the Clondalkin area. It had two western termini - one in Neilstown and one in Bawnogue. Its eastern terminus was at the Coombe Hospital, and this was the closest it got to the City Centre. In the mid-1990s the route was then extended to Kevin Street, with Neilstown becoming the other terminus and services ran via Bawnogue. Around 1997 the bus was finally extended to Aston Quay. But, in March 1999 it was cut back to Dolphin's Barn and the western terminus became Liffey Valley Shopping Centre. In 2008 it got a major change when the route became Liffey Valley to The Square (Tallaght), via Bawnogue and Clondalkin. The route was finally removed from the network in April 2012 during Network Direct changes. The 76 and 76A mostly replaced the 210 in the process.
KC 41 was delivered new to CIE in February 1983. It spent most of its career in Clontarf Garage. It spent its last few years in Conyngham Road Garage. All Bombardiers were withdrawn by Dublin Bus by January 2001.
Through the window can be seen the red autofare box. This was introduced in 1996 in order to reduce the number of attacks on bus drivers. Passengers placed their fare into the slot on the box. The driver had no access to the money and no change was given. The exact fare had to be given in coins only. It was rolled out to every bus in the fleet by mid-1999.
05/02/1999
This week we are going back a decade to 2015, and to AV 423 and AV 424 parked on Abbey Street.
AV 423 (at the front) has arrived with a service on route 41B. This route started running between the city centre, Swords and Rolestown in 1948, and has basically not changed since then.
AV 424 (at the back) has arrived with a service on route 41A from Swords Manor. This route has a more complicated history. The first version of this route ran between the city centre and Walsh Road in Drumcondra, between 1929 and 1939. The second version of the route started in 1948, and was used for services between the city centre and Dublin Airport. The route ceased to operate in 1998, being a weekend only route for its final few years. The route number was revived around 2001, for services between the city centre and Swords Manor that went via Glen Ellan. In 2005, route 41C was extended from River Valley to Swords Manor via Glen Ellan, which meant route 41A became a morning peak working that only operated from Swords Manor. In 2018 the route ceased to operate completely.
AV 423 and AV 424 were new to Dublin Bus in 2005. Both were withdrawn in 2019 and sold on to operators in the United Kingdom.
03/07/2015
This week we are going back thirty-one years to 1990 and KD 348 passing through College Green on route 10. This route started in 1940, operating between the Phoenix Park and Donnybrook. Around 1970 it was extended south to Belfield. This route has probably been used by a lot of people over the years, either heading to Dublin Zoo in the Phoenix Park on the northside, or to go study at University College Dublin in Belfield on the southside. However, in 2010 the route was removed from the network by Network Direct. Route 46A replaced it on the northside, and route 39A on the southside.
KD 348 was delivered new to CIE in 1983. It was withdrawn around 1999/2000. Over the years it wore many different all-over advertisements. Here it is advertising Lee Cooper jeans. It also advertised PMPA Insurance and Telecom Eireann CallCards.
05/08/1990
This week we are going back twenty-nine years to 1992 and MW 2 on College Street. The bus is operating a service on route 83. This route started in 1936, running between Dublin city centre and Kimmage. By the late-1980s the route was in decline and a decision was taken to revitalise the route. In April 1992 the City Imp brand was launched on the 83. The regular buses were replaced by mini-buses in a bright yellow/red livery. The frequency of the route was increased to every 8 minutes in the peak and 12 minutes in the off-peak. Also between Kimmage and Rathmines "Hail n' Ride" was introduced, where passengers could board the bus anywhere along the road as long (at or away from bus stops) as long as it was safe for the bus to stop. The City Imp concept was rolled out to other routes around the city but the 83 was the only one to keep its original route number. Around 2000 these routes had become successful again, and the minibuses on the 83 were replaced by standard buses, with the route losing its City Imp identity. In 2003 the route was merged with the 134 and extended north to McKelvey Avenue in Finglas. A year later it was extended further to Harristown Garage. In 2021 it still operates from Harristown to Kimmage via the city centre.
MW 2 was one of ten MW class minibuses delivered to Dublin Bus in 1990, originally for Localink services. They lasted in service around a decade and most went on to find careers elsewhere.
This location on College Street is now the Trinity tram stop on the Luas Green Line. 06/05/1992
This week we are going back thirty-nine years to 1983 and C 80 on Townsend Street. The bus is dressed for route 47B to Grange Road. This route started in 1949 but ceased in 1999, and ran via Whitechurch Estate. It, along with routes 47 and 47A, were replaced by a combination of routes 15C, 16, 116 and 161.
C 80 was new to CIE in 1965. In 1985 it transferred to Dundalk and joined the schools fleet. It was withdrawn in 1992 and scrapped by 1994.
23/11/1983
This week we go back twenty-seven years to 1996 and AD 30 at Heuston Station in Dublin. It is operating a service on route 90, which connected Heuston Station, the City Centre and Connolly Station. This route started in the mid-1980s, being part of the DART Feeder service, although buses met trains at the station to bring people into the city centre on an ad-hoc basis for many years. In the mid-1990s it was rebranded Stationlink after the AD Class buses arrived, and the Railink when it was upgraded to double deckers around 1999. The route was suspended in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and has not returned (nor is it likely to).
AD 30 was new to Dublin Bus in 1994. It operated for a year or so in plain-white livery until Stationlink was applied. It was withdrawn in 2004 and moved to the Bus Eireann school fleet, and was based in County Cork. It was withdrawn around 2013.
For many decades this was the location in Heuston Station were buses loaded, with passengers having to walk out onto the road to get on the bus. Around 1998 the station underwent a renovation and the buses were moved to a new dedicated area at the front of the station. This was later modified in the early-2000s to accommodate the tram stop for the Luas Red Line.
11/05/1996
This week we are going back thirty-one years to RH 78 in Maynooth, on route 67A. This route started operating between the city centre and Maynooth, going via Celbridge around 1988. It ceased to operate in 2010 when it was merged into the regular route 67, which saw all departures extended to/from Maynooth. In 2021 the 67 became route C4 under Bus Connects. The current terminus is further up the Straffan Road, closer to the railway station.
RH 78 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1991. It was withdrawn in 2005 and later sold on to an operator in the UK.
20/07/1991
It may be an BNSF light power move rolling eastward through Riverside, Illinois, but most of the units still display their Burlington Northern heritage. (Scanned from color negative film)
“The cholla, cut about four inches long, is sanded and sealed with wax. The tops of some of the cholla I dye in color. Then I bed them in cement. The finished floor produces a feeling of walking in a strange magic place. You see it; you feel it in your feet–texture on your toes, so to speak, a magic rug.” Happy Throwback Thursday!
This evening was hard. I thought and talked about her a lot. If I don't, I feel like I'll forget her. This is why I had her name put on me permanently. So I'll never forget.
For the first time in a while we are going back in time to the 1980s. To be precise it is 1988 and D 554 is seen parked between Abbey Street and Strand Street. This was used for many years as a place to park buses between duties. When the Luas tram works started in the early 2000s, Dublin Bus were forced to clear out of here and park their buses elsewhere around the city.
There is also a connection between the Luas tram and the route the bus is on. The 86 was introduced in 1958 after the Harcourt Street railway line was shut. It was designed as a replacement for the lost train services and ran between the city centre and Shankill. It survived up until the early 2000s but was only a shadow of its former self by then. It had one departure a day between Sandyford and Shankill. The Harcourt Street line itself was revived in the early-2000s as part of the Luas Green Line. 29/03/1988
Boy do I wish I had more of these types of photos from Phil Boldman. This one comes from Kentland, Indiana, sometime in the 1940's. Wilmer Boldman took this photo of these 3 men as they stopped here. Pictured are left to right:
O. V. Sparks, NYC daylight operator at "KN" tower.
Thomas Boldman, NYC Track Inspector.
Man at right is someone that was riding with Thomas, maybe a dispatcher, superintendent or new official who needed to see the property. He is unidentified.
This is the best "old" photo I have ever seen of Kentland tower. Operator Sparks and Boldman both lived in town.
This photo is looking north on NYC's Egyptian line. The double-track seen here ran from Morocco to Sheff. Seen past the 3 men is KN tower, the PRR (nee-PCC&StL Ry) diamonds, the Seymour Street (route 24 crossing), the freight depot at right, the semaphore, beyond the signal at left was the small pumphouse shack, across from that at right in the distance was the NYC passenger depot and the building at left of the tracks in the distance looks like a house. Washington Street did in fact cross there at this time, but was long removed by the time I moved there. It also appears that there is a large man standing in the N/E quadrant of the diamonds at right who is looking this way. The coal tower was too far away to see. Looks as though it is noon time by the shadows and cold outside. Trees are empty so it could be early spring. By the 3 mens expressions, it was either very sunny or windy or both.
Kentland was the only location between Morocco and Sheff on the double track section that had interlocked crossovers. There was a trailing point crossover on the north side of the plant (just past the 24 crossing) and a facing point crossover on the south side of the plant (just in photo, at the 3 mens feet).
The "Egyptian" was going south by here at 12:15 am and north at 4:40 am. Looking at the schedule for the Egyptian, it's no wonder I haven't found any photos of it here.
New York Central "KN" tower
Kentland, Indiana
ca. 1940
Wilmer Boldman photo, Phil Boldman collection.
It is Good Friday in 2013 and AX 529 is seen on Sundrive Road in Kimmage. The bus is operating a short working on route from Palmerstown Village to Appian Way in Ranelagh. The full 18 continues on to Ballsbridge and Sandymount Village. This is one of the orbital bus routes in Dublin, and can trace its origins back to the trams. Back then it held the distinction of being the only orbital tram route (meaning it did not serve the city centre). In March 2019, Go-Ahead Ireland took over the operation of this route from Dublin Bus on behalf of Transport for Ireland.
AX 529 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2006 and operated out of Donnybrook Garage. It subsequently transferred to Ringsend Garage late-2013.
Sundrive Road, 29/03/13