Conyngham Road Garage Volvo hybrod VH 1 operating recently revised route 26, operating between Merrion Square to Liffey Valley via Chapelizod, every 15 minutes.

Since the introduction of the C spine along this corridor, the 26 have every bus type known to Dublin Bus seen on it.

Driving change on the number 13 to Harristown, class leader VH 1, a Volvo B5LH hybrid with Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 body, one of three while the company assessed various hybrid types from different manufacturers.

Not usually seen on the cross city, so a nice night time treat & worth sharing here.

VH1 - 192-D-16986 operates from Conyngham Road Garage.

Conyngham Road Garage Volvo hybrid B5H, VH 2, 192D16985, usually allocated to Lucan routes 25/25A/25B seen wandering on cross city route 151 between Docklands & Lucan.

Seen here at the northside terminus at East Road, Dublin 3 about to operate the 1320 to Foxborough.

The curves & swerves can make some interesting bus shots from Dublin's Westmoreland Street to Aston Quay, as Dublin Bus hybrid AH 2 demonstrates.

AH2

191-D-44404

The Alexander Dennis ( ADL ) Enviro400H features a Cummins

four-cylinder, 4.5 litre iSBe engine, BAE Systems’ HybriDrive

technology and the latest generation of Lithium-ion batteries.

Dublin Bus already has 100 conventional diesel Enviro400 buses from Alexander, the EV class.

Three types of different double decker hybrids are being road tested by Dublin Bus in 2019, the ADL Enviro AH class, the Wrightbus integral Streetdeck WH class & the Wrightbus Volvo B5H, classed VH class.

Beidh aonach amárach / There's a fair tomorrow

- the drive towards a cleaner tomorrow, today, going hybrid.

Dublin Bus,

Conyngham Road Garage,

VH2, (192-D-16985).

One of the demo hybrids initially on trial with Dublin Bus before the Enviro400ER was ultimately selected.

Volvo B5H with Wrightbus Gemini bodywork, this is VH2, 1 of 3 in its class, seen operating a cross city route 13 from Harristown to Grange Castle in Ballymun.

Usually allocated to routes 25/A/B, some of these "VH " class hybrids have been appearing on the 13 lately.

Of the three demo hybrids types ( VH. WH & EH ), this VH is the longest, especially the rear overhang, total length 11.444 meters.

All three demo hybrids types are allocated to Conyngham Road Garage.

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