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A short hop back to 2012 this week. RV 560 is seen at Dublin Airport with a 16. This was in its final days in service, and was the last high-floor bus in service with Dublin Bus. Once it was withdrawn the entire Dublin Bus fleet became 100% accessible.
In the background is Terminal 2 which at the time had only been officially opened two years previously. An Aer Lingus aircraft can also be seen landing in the background. In 2019 this airline is due to undergo a rebrand, so will we lose the distinctive green livery?
Finally, from the start of December 2018 this bus area is shared with Go-Ahead Ireland who operate the 33A and 102 from here. As a consequence the 16 has seen an increase in services.
Dublin Airport, 06/12/2012
Like last year, we are going back to Skerries in 1985. KD 315 is seen parked in car park at Skerries Station on Christmas Day. Up until the early 1980s, bus services operated across the city on Christmas Day. This practice still continues in other cities around the world, including Britain, but on the island of Ireland there are no scheduled bus services on Christmas Day. With the introduction of 24-hour bus routes in 2019, maybe Christmas Day routes will soon return.
The 33 connects Dublin city with north county Dublin towns of Lusk, Rush, Skerries and Balbriggan. It can trace its roots back to bus services set up by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and which were taken over by CIE in 1958. In 2018 Go-Ahead Ireland took over the operation of the 33A between Dublin Airport / Swords and Skerries / Balbriggan.
KD 315 was delivered new in 1983 and remained in service until around 2000.
Skerries Station still has a shed where Dublin Bus outbase some of the buses used on the 33. 25/12/1985
My Dad gave me this camera he used to use around the time I was born, (45years ago)! Soon I will be using it to capture photos!
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This week we are throwing back twenty-one years to 2001 and the end of Bombardier buses in Dublin. On the 13th January 2001, Dublin Bus ran a farewell trip for the Bombarder buses. KD 114 and KD 353, the latter seen here, represented the double-deckers, while KC 100 represented the single-deckers. The tour ended in Donnybrook Garage, where KD 353 and KC 100 were handed over to the National Transport Museum based in Howth.
KD 353 is seen here at the terminus for route 8 in Dalkey. The first KD to enter service was KD 2 on the the 28th May 1981 and did so on route 8. KD 353 entered service in June 1983. The last proper KD in service had been on route 16 in December 2000, but on the day of the farewell run, the final fare-paying passenger was picked up while the tour was operating along route 11 to Clonskeagh. Bombardier buses remained in service with Bus Eireann around the country for a few more years.
Route 8 started operating between the city centre and Dalkey as a bus route in 1949 (replacing the trams). It stopped briefly between 2001 and 2005, but ended completely in 2016. Under Bus Connects, it is proposed to use the route number on a new route between the city centre and Beaumont Hospital via Clontarf.
13/01/2001
This week we are going back to 2009 and a massive public transport operation in north County Dublin. On the 21st Ausgust 2009,part of the railway viaduct was washed away. This resulted in the Belfast to Dublin railway line being closed between Donabate and Malahide. As most of the route between Drogheda and Dublin served important commuter towns, a contingency plan had to be quickly put into place. Dubliln Bus assumed responsibility for extra services between Skerries, Rush, Lusk and Dublin. The 33X went from one departure a day to a bus every ten minutes in the peak, and some weekend services. To cope with the demand, some buses were put back into service after previously being withdrawn. RV 506 was one such example, which may explain the upside down destination. It is seen here in Skerries with a 33X to Dublin. This service used the M1 motorway and Port Tunnel to get to the city, taking about an hour, end to end. When the railway line reopened in November 2009, some of the extra 33X services were maintained and it still runs today in 2017. 14/09/2009
A trip back to 2011 this week to see AV 120 on the 16A to Nutgrove. It is seen passing through Drumcondra on Dublin's northside as it heads south. AV 120 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2000. It was part of an order to operate Airlink services between Dublin City Centre and Dublin Airport. AV 116 to AV 128 were delivered in the special Airlink livery, while AV 129 and AV 130 were delivered in standard Dublin Bus livery. However all of them were delivered as dual-door buses. These were the last dual-door buses delivered until 2012 when the GT class started to arrive. Since then, every double-decker bus delivered to Dublin Bus has been dual-door. The arrival of the GT class in 2012 also heralded the beginning of the end for the AV class. AV 120 itself was withdrawn in 2013, having joined the regular fleet around 2009 when new VG-class buses arrived for the Airlink. And now in September 2019 the last of the 448-strong AV class is about to be withdrawn. The extremely similar AX-class will continue for a while, but the AV holds the distinction of being the first class of low-floor double-decker bus in the Dublin Bus fleet.
The 16A used to run from Nutgrove on the southside to Dublin Airport on the northside. It was merged with the 16 (Ballinteer to Santry) in 2012 under Network Direct, with the route going from Ballinteer to Dublin Airport.
Drumcondra, 11/09/2011
A short hop back this week to 2014, but an important one. DM 1 is seen on South Great George's Street with a 9 to Charlestown. The bus is a Wrights Gemini 3 with a B5TL engine and was on loan to Dublin Bus as a demonstrator. It had entered service just two days previously and stayed for six months. The bus was used to evaluate its fuel saving abilities, through its lighter weight. At the same time Dublin Bus received a second demonstrator, DM 2, which was an electric hybrid. I think it is safe to say DM 1 was a successful trial as Dublin Bus have received Gemini 3's every year since 2014, and by the end of 2018 will have a fleet of over 400 SGs (their fleet designation). The Dublin Bus version do not have the side glass panels on the staircase like DM 1.
After its time with Dublin Bus, DM 1 returned to the UK and is currently in service with East Yorkshire, registration BX14 SYT. 14/06/2014
This week we are going back twenty-six years to 1998, and to ML 2 at The Square in Tallaght. The minibus is operating a service on route 201 to Kilnamanagh.
Tallaght gained three local routes in the late-1980s, and these were numbered T01, T02 and T03. These routes served the various housing estates around Tallaght. When The Square shopping centre opened in 1990, the routes started serving calling there. Around that time they were also renumbered 201, 202 and 203. The 201 connected Killinarden and Kilnamanagh, In the 1990s it had a few changes, moving western terminus to Jobstown and eastern one to Aylesbury and later Kiltipper. In the early-2000s it started operating between Citywest and Bohernabreena, and this was its final form until the route was withdrawn around 2009.
ML 2 was one of thirty-five ML Class minibuses delivered to Dublin Bus between 1994 and 1995. Some of these buses did not last long with Dublin Bus, and transferred to Bus Eireann in Waterford and Cork. ML 2 was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in the early-2000s and had been sold on to another operator by 2003.
13/06/1998
A trip back in time this week of twenty-six years to 1990. KD 1 is seen at a bus rally in the Phoenix Park. This was the first of 366 KD buses delivered to CIE between 1980 and 1983. These buses were built in Shannon by Bombardier and an extra one was built for and shipped to Baghdad. KD 1 itself was built in Hamburg in Germany by FFG. The last KD was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 2000. KD 1 was based in Donnybrook Garage and that is reflected in the scrolls for route 8 in the photograph. This was the first route to have a KD operate on it. In light of recent sporting events, the ad for the World Cup in Italy is quite topical. Phoenix Park 30/06/1990
It is the year 2000 and GAC Bombardier KC 197 is still in service, but not for much longer. The bus entered service in 1982 five years before Dublin Bus was incepted, and eight months later all Bombardier buses had been withdrawn by Dublin Bus.
KC 197 operated out of Clontarf Garage and is seen here operating route 53. This is one of the shorter routes in Dublin, operating from the City Centre to Dublin Port via East Wall. Journey time is under half an hour. The bus is seen here at a terminus on Abbey Street. The bus stop has the 51A on it, and the 53 traditionally operated from Beresford Place. Today the route goes from Talbot Street, and this terminus is used by the 33, 41/A/B/C. Abbey Street, 07/03/2000
DeGrazia wrote in a journal the “desert is spiritual, mysterious and religious. It is a big dream around a dream. Walk away from people into the desert, and soon you will find a deadly silence, loneliness, a vast emptiness. It is almost frightening. Then suddenly, like magic, you are not alone. Around you is felt a stirring of life, you have a feeling of a living desert, a very old desert.” Happy Throwback Thursday!
This week we are going back a decade to July 2010 and RV 582 at the 14 terminus in Dundrum.
The 14 is a route that can trace its origins back to the tram days when it connected the city centre with Dartry. From the 1950s the bus route operated from Phoenix Park to Churchtown, being extended to Ballinteer in the 1990s. It was further extended to Dundrum in the 2000s, to provide some interchange with the recently opened Luas Green Line (This photograph was taken from the Dundrum tram stop). Under Network Direct in 2011 the 14 was merged with the 14A and 20B to become a cross-city route from Beaumont to Dundrum. In August 2020, the terminus is due to switch to the other side of the road due to the main street becoming one way.
RV 582 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1999 and withdrawn in 2012. It then emigrated to the United Kingdom where most recently it has been doing school bus duties with Fowler's Travel near Peterborough. 29/07/2010
This week we are going back forty years to 1982 and D 638 on route 42A. This bus was delivered new to CIE in 1975. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1994 and sold for scrap.
Route 42A started operating between the city centre and Kinsealy / Malahide in 1926. In 1953 it was cut back to Coolock, and in 1954 to Artane. In 1966 it was extended to Harmonstown. In 1988 it was merged into (and replaced by) the 42B, before reappearing again in 1996 as the service to Blunden Drive. In 2005 it was extended to Beaumont Hospital and in 2011 it was removed from the network again under Network Direct.
The bus is seen at the terminus on Talbot Street, and this is still used by route 42 to Malahide today.
31/03/1982
It's Thursday and time for a throwback! In Gothenburg it's finally plus degrees again which means that it is raining again instead of snowing - sad, yes - but at least no more sliding to work on icy roads! Yay! So what better time to post a sunny throwback to lazy days at the pool?
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This week we are back in Dun Laoghaire, this time to see KC 87 on the 111 in 1990.
At this time the 111 was only four years old. It was one of a number of routes designed to connect in with the new electric DART train service. These DART feeder services included the the 88 in Howth, the 102 in Sutton, the 101 in Harmonstown, the 103 in Killester, the 90 at Connolly, the 52 at Sydney Parade, the 113 and 114 in Blackrock and the 111 in Killiney. The 111 connected Dun Laoghaire with Loughlinstown Park going via Sallynoggin. Over the years the route saw its frequency cut-back as the DART feeder concept slowly faded away. By 2009 it was a peak-hours only service, Monday to Friday. However, in 2015 a reorganisation of the Dun Laoghaire network took place, and the 111 went through a remarkable transformation. The 111 was rerouted to run from Brides Glen Luas stop to Dalkey, via Loughlinstown, Sallynoggin and Dun Laoghaire, as well as regaining an all-day timetable. Until 2018, the new timetable was Monday-Saturday, but when Go-Ahead Ireland took over the route, it became a seven-day operation.
KC 87 was delivered new to Dublin in 1983.
Finally, this area around Dun Laoghaire station has changed a lot over the last thirty years, with the buildings in the background replaced by an apartment and office block, the bus stops and shelters and have also been replaced, and most of the buses that park here now are operated by Go-Ahead Ireland. The 46A is the only Dublin Bus route to stop here.
Dun Laoghaire, 17/04/2020
A festive Throwback Thursday from 1985. KD 90 is seen parked in the yard at Skerries Station. It is dressed for route 33 and the picture is taken on Christmas Day.
It has hard to imagine now, but up until the early 1980s there were bus services provided for part of Christmas Day. No doubt the main impetus was to bring people to and from church, but it also allowed people to travel around the city and visit friends or relatives.
At the time this photograph was taken, KD 90 was about four years old. Although the 33 was operated out of Summerhill Garage, close to Dublin City Centre, there was an outstation here at Skerries for a few buses. This meant buses could start or finish here and not have to run empty back to Dublin, 35 kilometres away.
The ad on the side of the bus is for CDL coal distributors. These were taken over by Bord na Mona in 1995.
Skerries, 25/12/1985
A trip back to the last century this week as we see KC 117 at Dublin Airport. This bus was one of four buses (KC 116-119) that was done up for the express service between the airport and Bus Aras, the central bus station in Dublin. Later the route was extended to Heuston Station. The buses differed from regular members of the KC class by having no middle doors and better seats They entered service on the route around 1986 and remained in service until 1999. In their last few years KC 116 and KC 117 were painted in the new Airlink livery, the brand applied to the route with the arrival of the AD class buses in 1994. KC 118 and KC 119 rejoined the normal fleet in 1994, and had a centre door fitted as well as being painted into Dublin Bus livery. In 1999 the route gained some RV double-deckers, low-floor double-deckers in 2000 (AV Class) followed by newer ones in 2009 (VG Class). To date those are the newest buses the route has received.
This week (in 2020) National Express started three new services between Dublin Airport and the city centre under the brand name Dublin Express. Aircoach have also been providing a similar service for twenty years. Dublin Airport, 06/03/1999
A short hop back to a long route in 2011. RV 503 is seen at the Eden Quay terminus of route 65 to Blessington. This is the longest route operated by Dublin Bus, covering approximately 40km. The other contender for this title is the 33 to Balbriggan on the northern edge of County Dublin. However that was based on one bus a day which went via Portrane, but it now terminates in Skerries. The 65 currently has three southern termini: Blessington, Ballymore Eustace and Ballkyknockan. The latter is served twice a day, Monday to Friday, making it one of the more unusual routes in Dublin. Currently in 2018 the 65 departs from underneath Tara Street station on Poolbeg Street. 01/02/2011
A four pack of emd local power leads H-GALGFD through Colona, Illinois. This local set would take the manifest up to Ebner siding and tie it down.
It is 1986 and D 653 is seen on one of the shorter bus routes in Dublin. Route 53 connects Dublin Port with the City Centre via the residential area of East Wall. In the past it was a busier route, used by the dock workers in Dublin Port. There was a 53A too which took a more direct route and avoided East Wall. Over time the routes became less popular. Part of this decline can be attributed to the frequent route 151 (started in 2007) which has a terminus on East Road and the Luas tram line to the Point Depot (started in 2009). Under Network Direct the 53A was abolished and the 53 was extended to the Irish Ferries terminal. For a while Dublin Bus also ran a 53B from Heuston Station to this ferry terminal but this was a commercial contract which terminated in 2017.
D 653 was delivered new to Dublin in 1975 and withdrawn in 1994. It is seen on East Road as it climbs over one of the railway yards for the port. In 2019 this is the only remaining yard operated by Irish Rail in the port, the rest having been sold for development. 13/05/1986
It is a grey day in February 2010, and AV 217 is seen in Drumcondra. It is operating route 40A from Parnell Street to Charlestown via Finglas. The 40 family of routes are synonymous with Finglas, although the 40B is a bit of an outlier as it goes to Toberburr near St. Margarets. The 40A served some of the estates in Finglas off Cardiffsbridge Road before terminating in the village. In 2009 the route was extended to the new development at Charlestown. By the end of 2011 the 40A had been absorbed into the new cross-city 40 which ran from Finglas to Liffey Valley. The 40 itself was extended to Charlestown in 2017.
Whitworth Road in Drumcondra runs beside and above the railway line served by trains to Docklands Station. It is a busy bus route with the 40s all serving it. In the past the 13 to Ballymun also went this way. It is also heavily used by Bus Eireann. 12/02/2010
This isn’t a Corvette. It’s the Equus Throwback.
Okay, so it is a Corvette, sort of.
But this Corvette has been restyled, and given a little bit more grunt by Equus Automotive, creator of the Bass770.
The retro-inspired Throwback is a limited model, with only 25 planned by the Detroit-based company, which utilises the ‘Vette as a basis to create a “significantly upgraded” muscle car.
The Corvette’s supercharged V8 can be tuned to an output of 746kW and 1114Nm. Equus says it’s capable of a 2.5-second run to 97km/h (60mph), and has a top speed of 354km/h.
Equus Autmotive’s goal with the Throwback was to inspire a sense of nostalgia in muscle car fans while providing a car with modern-day usability.
“The Throwback model uses unique styling language in its outer skin to create a breathtaking vision of the ultimate Corvette. Equus takes the customer down memory lane to an era when Corvettes were synonymous with performance and class.
“The Throwback can be personalized for the design orientated drivers or for the fastest paced performance centric customer, always emphasizing the original love of an icon, desire for innovation and uncompromised quality.
“Just as companies like Brabus and Alpina focus on European brands, Equus Automotive is focused on providing American Sports car lovers the ultimate interpretation of todayʼs designs.
This week we are going back thirty-two years and a look at a future that could have been MD 1 is seen on Marlborough Street after arriving with a service on route 32. MD 1 was one of two demonstrators evaluated by Dublin Bus in late 1988 as it considered what new buses to purchase to modernise its fleet. The bus was an MCW Metrobus with a Cummins engine. The bus was used in all Dublin Bus garages during its time in Ireland. When it returned to the UK it was sold to Stevenson's. MCW were obviously keen to get the contract to supply buses to Ireland as they painted the bus up in Dublin Bus livery. The second demonstrator was a Leyland Olympian and it came in an all white livery. However, between 1990 and 1999, 640 Olympians entered service with Dublin Bus, compared to 0 Metrobus's. The streets of Dublin could have looked very different if the order had gone the other way.
Route 32 can trace its origins back to the Great Northern Railway (Ireland), and passed to CIE in 1958. It mainly operated between Dublin and Portmarnock, with some services to Malahide operating as route 32A. In November 2012, routes 32 and 32A were merged into just the 32 and operates from Dublin to Malahide via Portmarnock.
23/12/1988
To mark the end of the year we are going back 29 years to 1991. KD 348 is seen on Parnell Square dressed for route 40A to Cappagh Hospital. Route 40A started running to Finglas in 1932, seven years after route 40 started. The 40A terminus was on Cappagh Road, whereas the 40 terminated on Plunkett Road. Up until the early-2000s a number of departures on the 40A were extended to / from Cappagh Hospital. In 2011 the 40A was taken off the bus network when it was merged with the 40 and 78A to become the new cross-city route 40.
The bus is in an all-over ad for Telecom Eireann Callcards. I am sure for a certain generation of people these must seem like a very arcane item, whereas other people may recall them with great fondness. Introduced in the late 1980s the cards were a way for people to make calls on public phones without having to carry a lot of loose change around with them. In some ways they served as the prototype to phone credit that people use on their mobile phones nowadays. The cards were very popular during the 1990s, and even became collectible items with their varied designs and denominations. However, with the arrival of the mobile phones in the late 1990s, the cards along with public pay-phones became a thing of the past. Telecom Eireann also became a thing of the past in 1999 when it was privatised and first rebranded as Eircom, and later as Eir.
KD 348 was one of 366 double-deckers delivered to CIE in the 1980s by Bombardier. It was delivered new in 1983 and was withdrawn around 1999. 31/12/1991
It is February 1984 and C 160 only has a few days left in service. This Leyland Leopard with bodywork by Metal Sections Limited was delivered new to CIE in 1966. It was first allocated to Ballina (in County Mayo) when new in 1966. In November 1971 it transferred to Clontarf Garage in Dublin where it continued to work for the next 13 years. With the arrival of the new Bombardier KC Class in February 1984, the final C's were withdrawn and C 160 moved to Dundalk. It took up a new career there as a school-bus which it continued for over a decade before it was finally preserved. Over 50 years after it entered service, this bus is still with us today.
C 160 is seen on Lower Gardiner Street at the terminus for the 27. This route connected the City Centre with Coolock via Fairview and Bonnybrook. In 2011 the route was merged with the 77 become a long cross-city route from Clare Hall to Jobstown. 22/02/1984
Hallowe'en 1998 and it is raining at Dublin Heuston Station. KD 240 is with a 91 to the City Centre. This route ran on an adhoc basis, providing extra capacity to the 90 but not going all the way to Dublin Connolly. KD 240 was based at Conyngham Road and was delivered new between 1982/83.
One thing to note in this photo is the ticket machine beside the bus. Free standing ticket machines were, and still are, rare for Dublin Bus. The other notable location that had a ticket machine was Dublin Airport, and there is still one there today. The one in Heuston is no longer there, with most people using Leap cards nowadays. However back in 1998 the vast majority of users were paying cash to the driver. These machines that allowed you to buy a ticket before boarding the bus were a curiosity of their time.
31/10/1998
It is the first day of August 1999 and the 47B, along with the 47 and 47A, has only 6 weeks of existence left. RH 91 is seen at the terminus on Grange Road which the route shared with the 16. The 47 group of routes connected the City Centre with Whitechurch, Tibradden and Rockbrook, though not necessarily the most direct way. The 47B for example served Leinster Road and Zion Road in Rathmines and Rathgar. Eventually the routes were replaced by the 15C, 116 and 161 in the suburbs, though the 47 number did reappear in the early 2000s on a very different routing. The final day of the 47/A/B was the 11th September 1999. The 16 was also subsequently extended from this terminus along Grange Road to Kingtston in Ballinteer.
RH 91 was delivered new to Dublin Bus, appropriately, in 1991. It was withdrawn in 2006 and is currently preserved, in the livery as seen here, although the orange line above the top deck is complete.
The ad on the side of the bus by Aer Rianta states 'The spirit of Duty Free lives on". This was the first day of no Duty Free across the European Union, it having ended at midnight on the 30th June 1999. The concept of Duty Free had begun in Shannon Airport in 1947, and spread across the world. Its abolition was expected to lead to increased travel costs...
Grange Road 01/08/1999
This week we are going back to 1988 and to D 720 on Aston Quay with a 79 to Ballyfermot.Route 79 to Ballyfermot began in 1949. The original terminus was on Kylemore Road before being extended to Cherry Orchard Avenue in 1985. In the early 1990s it was then extended to Spiddal Park where it still terminates today. The early 2000s saw it share a lot of its routing with the 79A which operates to Parkwest.
D 720 was delivered new to Limerick in 1975. It moved to Dublin in 1986 and operated out of Conyngham Road Garage until 1993, when it was withdrawn. It was sold for scrap in 1994.
11/11/1988
I set up this account to upload photos from our trip to Australia 9 years ago, a trip for my 40th birthday! It is oddly reassuring to see that my hair was thinning even then!!!this was taken the day before my birthday. A week after we returned we left London for good.
I wonder where we'll be for my 50th?
Slightly different Throwback Thursday this week as we are commemorating the end of a route. On Friday 11th November 2016 the 8 will run for the final time as part of changes to bus routes in the Dun Laoghaire. This is not the first time Dublin Bus has tried to get rid of the 8. An attempt was made in 2001 but thanks to a successful European Court case it returned in 2005. But this time in 2016 it will be the last run of the 8. The 8 also holds the distinction of being the last tram route to run in Dublin, back in 1949
RH 45 is seen at the Eden Quay terminus of the route 24 years ago. The bus is in an all-over ad for the First National Building Society. 22/11/1992
This week we are going twenty-five years to RH 130 at the terminus of route 13A on Kildare Street. The first 13A started around 1977, and ran from Ballymun to Beechwood Avenue. In 1980 it moved terminus to Poppintree, and the route ceased around 1983/1984. It returned to the network in 1994, running between Poppintree and Kildare Street. In 1997 it moved its southern terminus to Merrion Square. In 2004 it moved its northern terminus to Harristown, and in 2009 it started serving Ikea (near Ballymun). The route ceased in October 2011, as part of the changes brought in under Network Direct.
RH 130 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1992. In 2006 it lost part of its roof and joined the Dublin Bus tour fleet. It was withdrawn in 2014 and sold for scrap. During its career it was one of the few RH Class members to receive CitySwift livery.
21/09/1996