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For this visit to the past we are going to the northern extremities of the Dublin Bus network. AV 418 is seen in Balbriggan picking up passengers as it operates a 33 to Dublin. This bus was delivered new in 2005 in Wedding Bus livery. This was one of the bespoke private hires Dublin Bus used to provide and a slightly unique concept - a bus that can bring your wedding guests from church to reception to home, or wherever you wanted to bring them. When on these duties the bus would be decorated inside with flowers and garlands to make them extra special. The rest of the time the buses could be found on regular duties, but usually limited to certain routes. The 33 was not a regular for them.
This is one of the longest routes in Dublin, being approximately 35kms long and it connects towns in north county Dublin with the city. The more rural roads it traverses are not the ideal conditions for a bus painted white. From December 2nd 2018 the 33A, which operated between Balbriggan and Swords, was handed over to Go-Ahead Ireland, but the 33 is still with Dublin Bus.
The last Wedding Bus was repainted yellow in 2017. AV 418 went to Harristown Garage after its time in Summerhill and is still there.
Balbriggan, 13/12/2013
This week we are going back twenty-six years to 1998 and RH 174 parked on Eden Quay. The bus is dressed for route 77A.
The 77A started running between the city centre and Tallaght in 1972. Initially its southern terminus was at St. Maelruen's Park, but between 1973 and the mid-1990s it moved to Bawnville Road, Bolbrook, Old Bawn Road, and finally The Square Shopping Centre. In 2011, under Network Direct, the 77A was extended beyond The Square to Citywest, where it still terminates today.
RH 174 was new to Dublin Bus in 1993. It was withdrawn in 2006 and sold on to another operator in the United Kingdom, where it provided at least another decade of service for a variety of owners.
The bus is in the new "core" livery for Dublin Bus which was introduced around the end of 1997. This marked the end of two-tone green livery on Dublin Bus, as exemplified on the bus stop and the buses in the background. Green would not return as the main livery for buses in Dublin until 2021.
11/04/1998
This week we go back twelve years to 2012 and to RV 629 on O'Connell Bridge with a service on route 39.
Route 39 started running between the City Centre and Blanchardstown in 1926. Between 1972 and 2004 its western terminus moved around between Sheepmoor, Clonsilla, Coolmine and the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, In 2004 it settled on Ongar as a western terminus. In 2010, under Network Direct, the city terminus moved to Baggot Street and three years later to Burlington Road.
Route 39 also holds the distinction of being the first CitySwift route, being converted in 1993.
RV 629 was new to Dublin Bus in 1999, arriving in CitySwift livery. However, it entered service with Bus Eireann, along with RV 628, with both buses spending most of the year 2000 on services to Ashbourne, Ratoath and Drogheda. In 2001 it entered service with Dublin Bus and it was withdrawn in October 2012, before being sold on to another Irish operator.
17/05/2012
This week we are throwing back to 1993, when Dublin Bus were experimenting with a new livery. After 6 years of two-tone green with an orange stripe, they decided to try something new. So KD 223 was painted into a livery comprising of two-tone green with an orange stripe. As can be seen when compared with the RH behind, the greens were adjusted with the top green made much paler and the lower green much darker. This experiment was not a success and the buses continued to be painted in the standard livery until the end of the decade. It wasn't all green in 1993 though as City Imp and City Swift were appearing on the streets.
KD 223 is seen in Dun Laoghaire about to operate to the City Centre with a 46A. Back then the route still served Stillorgan village. 13/04/1993
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This week's Throwback Thursday might be a bit more Provincial Past, but it is a bus from Dublin Bus. RV 629 is seen on Abbey Street in August 2000. Although registered in 1999, the bus did not enter service until January 2000, and it and RV 628 went on loan to Bus Eireann for most of 2000. Bus Eireann wanted to trial double-deckers on commuter routes around Dublin and the buses operated mainly on the 103 to Ashbourne and Ratoath, but RV 628 spent some time based in Drogheda and was used on local services there to Laytown. The trial was a success and in 2001 Bus Eireann ordered 6 Volvos with East Lancs Vyking bodywork. Later these buses (DD 11-16) were joined by 17 more DDs and over a hundred Wright Geminis and used not only in Dublin, but also Cork, Limerick, Galway, Drogheda, Dundalk and Waterford.
RV 629 returned to Dublin Bus and operated on some of the City Swift routes. It was one of the last Olympians to be withdrawn, surviving until October 2012, when it was sold on to a different operator.
Cafe Kylemore used to be one of the main coffee shops, / restaurants / bakeries in Ireland, competing with Bewleys, but is now a shadow of its former self. 05/08/2000
It is summer 1987 and that can only mean one thing - the Slane concert. Slane is a small village in Meath located where the road from Dublin to Monaghan (N2) meets the road from Drogheda to Navan (N51). It is well outside the Dublin Bus area. However in 1981 open-air concerts started to be held in the grounds of Slane Castle and the double-deckers from Dublin were ideal to transport the crowds from Dublin to Slane. Up until the 2000s the shuttle buses lined-up on O'Connell Street. When the street was renovated a lane of traffic was lost and the buses had to move to Parnell Square. In 2019 the buses operated by Dublin Bus went from Western Way. In recent years, private operators have run their own shuttle services, but when it was predominately Dublin Bus around 200 buses could be involved, if not more. This brought an unusual sight to the roads of Meath where all of these buses would line-up along the road at Slane to bring everyone home at night after the concert. In 1987 it was headlined by David Bowie. It was the last concert held there until 1992.
KD 217 is seen at the head of the Slane line up on O'Connell Street. It was delivered new to Phibsborough Garage around 1983 and was scrapped in the 1990s. 11/07/1987
This week we are only going back a decade, and to the north County Dublin coastal town of Skerries. AV 269 is seen about to drop off passengers while doing an evening trip on the 33 from Dublin to Balbriggan. The route can trace its origin back to the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and started around 1929/1930. The railway company also provided railway services between Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan (and to destinations further north). In 1958 the bus and rail services passed to CIE. It was only from the mid-1960s on did more and more services on the 33 get extended to Balbriggan.
AV 269 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2002 and started its career in Summerhill Garage. However, to be specific, it was initially based at the Skerries out-station, along with AV 266, 267 and 268. Thus it started its career on the 33 and was a regular on it for a number of years. It was withdrawn around 2015 and currently is in private ownership doing The Gravedigger Tour (though not during the Covid-19 lockdown).
The bus stop is worth noting as it does not have the stop number on it. This was just before every bus stop received an identifiable number that was tied into the real-time passenger information system.
Skerries 14/05/2010
with all my love, happy birthday to dear halle.
you have been so supportive of me especially when it comes to photography. always lending me a kind hand when i ask you to model for shoots.
i have learnt so so much and really couldnt have come so far without you <3
thank you <3 hope we can arrange a shoot sometime soon xx
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***Decided to merge images from my old Flickr account with my current account. Photos and descriptions from 2007-2009.
Location: New York, NY
Phil Boldman took this shot while hi-railing the NYC's Danville secondary on July 22nd, 1974. At this time, it was Penn Central and would soon be Conrail. This view was taken from MP 68 looking north towards Sheff at an old location known as "York". This location was between Sheff, Indiana and Free, Indiana. The bridge in the distance was used by the "York-Richland Elevator" and was located at MP 67.65. The NYC did have this location in the timetable as "York Switch" and "Hawkins", but only in the early days. This bridge was abandoned when Phil took this photo. The line was seeing little use and in 6 years, would be hosting Milwaukee Road trains.
Phil Boldman Photo.
7/22/1974
Looking North just south of Sheff.
2 years ago, I had a photoshoot with this doll. This doll has a bittersweet memory because I had her on the day my cat died. :|
I set the time machine to March 2023! The result is Legs, Eyes, Smile, Curves, & a 2 door coupe! See anything interesting??
A short throwback this week to 2007. EV 7 is seen on O'Connell Street with route 3 from Larkhill to UCD Belfield. The bus was brand new at the time, and marked a change from the ALX 400 which Dublin Bus had ordered from 2000. This bus was allocated to Ringsend Garage and is still there today. The route however is not. Most of it became route 1 while on the northside the bit to Larkhill became the 44. The bus stop it is calling at lists many bus routes no longer with us, including: 1 (the original route to Pigeon House), 2, 3, 11A and 121. Note the bus stop is also in blue and an older style compared to the one their today. 12/10/2007
From around 1993. Ironically I use more hair products now but not as much shampoo and conditioner. ;p
CHICAGO, INDIANA & SOUTHERN COAL DOCK & WATER FACILITIES KENTLAND, INDIANA, ca. 1912.
This photograph was taken in 1912 in Kentland, Indiana of Chicago, Indiana & Southerns (later NYC > PC > CR) coal docks along their Illinois Division. It was located where Ethan Allen Industries is now, or whatever that is, 1 mile north of Kentland, Indiana. This is the original photo unedited taken by Wilmer Boldman and used with permission from his grandson Phil Boldman.
View is looking north.
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This week we are going back seven years to a city terminus that had a relatively short life. GT 101 is seen at the 15A terminus in Dublin's docklands. The destination and the timetable called it Grand Canal Dock. On the destination in brackets, it clarifies the location as Benson Street. However this is not quite accurate. The location is actually Britain Quay. The 15A and the 15B started coming down here in December 2011 following the Network Direct changes. Prior to that it was the terminus of the 74 and 74A from January 2009. Benson Street was meant to be the terminus for the 15A/B, and bus bays were marked out on the road there. However, the last twenty years has seen the docklands area as one large, continuous building site as old dockyard buildings are replaced by modern, multi-storey offices. Benson Street was the location for one of these construction sites for an extended period, thus not making it practical for the buses to go down that far. In fact, the area around Britain Quay became a building site in 2016 and the 15A and 15B moved to a temporary terminus on the Ringsend Road in November 2016. A terminus that was so temporary that both routes still operate from there today. Now no bus route serves this part of Dublin's south quays.
Route 15A started in 1949, running between the city centre and Whitehall Road. It was later extended to Limekiln Farm in the 1970s and still runs there today.
GT 101 was one of eight Wright Geminis delivered new to Dublin Bus in the second half of 2013. It is still in operation with Dublin Bus today. 05/10/2013
It is the tenth of March and the tenth Throwback Thursday. And we are going back twenty years to 1996.
KC 9 is seen at the 44A terminus on Mount Prospect Avenue in Clontarf. This route, along with similar route 30, was replaced on the 17th March 1996 by City Imp route 130. This was the era of when some of the city bus routes were being replaced with more frequent minibus services under the brand of City Imp.
The 44A was one of those numbering oddities within Dublin Bus as the 44, 44B, and 44C all operated on the southside while the 44A was confined to the northside.
09/03/1996
This week we are going back a decade to 2013 and AV 388 at the route 161 terminus at Rockbrook / Tibradden.
Route 161 started in 1999 as part of the changes that saw the removal of routes 47/A/B from the network. Initially it operated from Nutgrove Shopping Centre to Rockbrook via Whitechurch. In 2011 the terminus was moved from Nutgrove to interchange at the Luas stop in Dundrum. The 161 was not a very frequent route and when Go-Ahead Ireland took it over in 2019 it was only operating in the peak hours during the week. The Go-Ahead Ireland version of the route still only operates Monday - Friday, but operates throughout the day between 7am and 7pm (approximately). Dublin Bus used to operate the route down Tibradden Road to this point in the photograph near Marlay Park, but Go-Ahead only go as far as Rockbrook itself.
AV 388 was new to Dublin Bus in 2004. It was withdrawn around 2018 and moved to another Irish operator in 2019.
09/08/2013
This week we are going back a decade to AX 451 on Lorcan Avenue with a service on route 27B to Eden Quay.
Route 27B started running between the city centre and Castletimon (where Lorcan Avenue is located) in 1971. In 2004 the route was extended north, through Santry and on to terminate at Harristown garage. Buses still loop around Castletimon, with this bus stop on Lorcan Avenue being served by buses going in both directions.
AX 451 was new to Dublin Bus in 2006. It was withdrawn around December 2018, and was sold on to another Irish operator.
Under Bus Connects, it is proposed to serve the full length of Lorcan Avenue with new route A1.
06/06/2014
It is the last (or second last) year of the millennium and RV 403 is standing in the rain on Abbey Street. The bus is seen after arriving with a 43 from Swords. The 43 route number was first used in 1925 when the DUTC launched their first bus route. It ran between the city centre and Killester. The route was subsequently merged into the 54 and 54A around 1939. The number was resurrected in 1985 for the current route which runs to Swords via the Malahide Road and Kinsealy. Whereas the 41 and 41C terminate in west Swords, the 43 terminates on the eastern side in Swords Business Park. Also, unlike the 41s which operate out of Summerhill Garage, this route operates from Clontarf Garage. Over the years it has had termini on Beresford Place, Abbey Street and Eden Quay. Currently it uses Talbot Street.
RV 403 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1998 and was withdrawn in 2008. It then moved to the UK and was in service on their school duties until at least 2018, working in the Birmingham and Daventry areas.
Although this livery had been around for around 2 years at this point, it is worth noting the bus stop is still in Dublin Bus green. 06/02/1999
..to a couple months ago. Forgot to post this neat consist that was on the point of a LINGAL manifest, caught in Burlington, Ia.
July 1994 finds a one month old AD 22 at the terminus of route 3 within the grounds of UCD Belfield. This bus was one of seventy members of the class that were delivered during 1994, though some did not enter service until 1995. Initially it was based in Donnybrook Garage but had moved to Phibsboro Garge by 1996. In 1999 it spent some time in Waterford while Bus Eireann were waiting for other buses to arrive there. It then returned to Donnybrook Garage in Dublin before ending its career as a school bus for Bus Eireann in Cork in the early-2000s. This was a bus that got around.
The bus was delivered in unbranded CitySwift livery for service in Donnybrook but received all the branding for when it entered service on the 39 in Phibsboro. Donnybrook only had one CitySwift route, the 46a, and it was unsuitable for single-decker buses.
The route 3 ran from Larkhill to Sandymount, with certain departures extended to / from UCD Belfield. The route was initially operated by Ringsend Garage but transferred to Donnybrook Garage for a while in the 1990s and early-2000s before going back to Ringsend. The route itself passed Ringsend Garage. In 2012 the route was removed from the network during the Network Direct changes with a new route 1 taking over most of the 3 route from Sandymount to Collins Avenue. The section from Sandymount to Belfield fly-over was replaced by the 47.
This terminus in UCD Belfield now home to some ducks and swans as a lake was built here during the 2010s. 23/07/1994
On the 8th December 1988 Dublin Bus introduced the Nipper into the heart of Dublin. The idea was to run a number of minibuses around the City Centre, connecting the main shopping districts. It was hoped that this would encourage people to leave their cars behind and thus reduce traffic in a congested city. The route was to run for just over two weeks up until the 24th December, but due to popularity it ran into January, covering the January Sales. Starting in O'Connell Street, the route served D'Olier Street, Dame Street, South William Street, St. Stephen's Green, Westmoreland Street and back to O'Connell Street. It was operated by 6 members of the MB Class (MB 6-11) which had recently been delivered to Dublin Bus and would then enter normal service in Donnybrook Garage in 1989. The route's success saw it return in 1989, 1990 and 1991. For a more detailedhistory check out DublinBus Stuff: www.dublinbusstuff.com/Nipper.html
MB 6 is seen crossing onto O'Connell Bridge from O'Connell Street on the second day of operation with a good load on board. 09/12/1988
On a side note this is my 100th Throwback Thursday and I just want to thank everyone for sticking with me each week. Even I didn't think it would last this long!
Sherry with her boyfriend (was not me) on vacation...No bra and long legs...I am sure that boyfriend had a lot of fun playing with her!
This pic is from deep in the archives and is me a long long time ago....so long ago look at my Lady Di haircut which my then G/F liked lol.
It is 1998 and a low-emissions trial is taking place with Dublin Bus. The previous year saw five low-floor single-deckers delivered to Dublin Bus. These in themselves were a novelty as they represented some of the first wheel-chair accessible buses in the fleet. The W-Class minibuses were another example. VL 1-5 were operated out of Donnybrook Garage and were mostly confined to routes 1,2 and 3. Passengers could identify which services they were on by the departure times in the timetable being written in red.
VL 6 arrived in 1998, and unlike the other 5, used natural gas as a power source. The trial was run in conjunction with Bord Gáis and the bus was used in service on routes 1,2 and 3. Whereas the other VLs survived with Dublin Bus until 2009, this one left the fleet in 2000. 19 years later, in early-2019, a number of buses have been on trial in Dublin and Cork to test alternative fuels to diesel that could reduce emissions. At least one of these trial buses involved natural gas.
Route 2 was a shortened version of route 3, providing extra capacity on the southside and only going as far as Parnell Square on the northside. It was merged into the new route 1 under Network Direct in 2012. O'Connell Street, 09/05/1998
This was taken quite a few years back as I do remember the night out with friends and this dress I had bought for the occasion.