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This is from the spring of 2013. I just did a Star Wars marathon with a lot of friends yesterday so this seemed appropriate.
This week we are going back eight years to 2014 and a number of peak-morning buses on Kildare Street. DT 5 is seen on route 37 to Wilton Terrace while DT 8 is seen on route 41X to UCD Belfield. Both buses are part of the fleet of ten delivered to Dublin Bus in 2003. These were outliers in the fleet as the other 648 ALX400s had a Volvo chassis. The full DT fleet was withdrawn by the end of 2017. Both buses here were sold to private operators in Ireland. In the background is VT 38, one of 70 tri-axle Enviro 500s delivered between 2005 and 2007. Currently only ten members of the VT fleet are in service, but one of them is VT 38 which is in the latest TFI livery.
Currently, route 37 runs all day between Blanchardstown Shopping Centre and Wilton Terrace (but the DT was doing an extra morning service on it). The 41X is a limited-stop Xpresso service that runs between Swords and UCD Belfield, going via the city centre. Route 66X no longer runs as it was replaced during the Bus Connects changes in November 2021 along the C-Spine. The X25 and X26 now runs from Maynooth to UCD Belfield.
When this picture was taken, stop 747 on Kildare St was one of the stops in the city with the most routes serving it (around 22 at this time). Most of these were Xpresso routes that only operated in the morning.Today that number has been reduced to about 15.
30/09/2014
This week we are going back thirty-five years to 1986 and KC 16 on route 90. The bus is seen at the eastern terminus of the route at Connolly Station. It connected the two main stations in Dublin, Connolly and Heuston in the west. The route travelled along the quays and also provided connections to Bus Aras and Tara Street Station. The route was initially planned as one of the DART feeders to coincide with the introduction of that rail service in 1984. It was however delayed until February 1986. In 2005 the route was extended further east to the IFSC, merging with the short-lived 90A. In 2009 the Luas Red Line opened and this tram route provided another connection between Connolly and Heuston stations. This naturally took passengers from the 90 and the route was cut back to operate just in the morning peak. The route has been suspended since June 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The bus is parked at the entrance to Connolly Station, at the top of the ramp that used to rise up from Amiens Street. This was removed in 2003 in order to become the tram terminus for the Luas Red Line, with the 90 serving a stop on Amiens Street instead.
KC 16 was delivered new to CIE in 1983. It was withdrawn in May 1996.
24/03/1986
Among our first glamour models from Mexico back in 2011, Alejandra stunned us with her confidence and grace. In this gallery, our photographer captured her in a beautiful natural light setting making every blonde hair sparkle.
Celebrating giving this holiday season, our supporters can enjoy a throwback gallery of Alejandra in addition to our regular updates.
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***Decided to merge images from my old Flickr account with my current account. Photos and descriptions from 2007-2009.
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Like I said before I've stumbled on some old photographs which I have retouched recently!! This is one of my favourite of my little sister and cousin . Sometimes I wish they were still this age .
Used to wear the green headpiece before I swapped to the white one. The green one is cute but I'm short and the white one gives me much needed height!
The outfit is older too, but nothin' wrong with simplicity!
In September 2015, Swansea University opened its new Bay Campus a few miles east of the city centre. Hundreds of students required transport for the first time and despite the best of plans by the University, First Cymru was faced with unprecedented demand for some of its services.
Four Volvo B10BLEs were therefore loaned from First Bristol / Somerset & Avon until five new Alexander Dennis E20D MMCs (67091-5) were delivered in late October. The hired vehicles were allocated to city services to release others for the University network. Service 36 (City Centre-Manselton-Clase-Morriston) was a popular allocation because it can easily accommodate longer vehicles.
Alexander ALX300-bodied 62225 was the only example of the three to carry the current corporate livery, and is captured on Rheidol Avenue, Clase in mid September 2015.
This week we are only going back nine years to EV 21 on Abbey Street with a service on route 31B to Howth Summit. This route started in 1988, originally running to Howth Station via Carrickbrack Road and Howth Summit. In the early 2000s it was cut back to just Howth Summit, operating via Strand Road in Sutton, as well as Carrickbrack Road. The route ended in June 2021 when the Bus Connects network started its roll-out. The 31B, and the similar 31A, were replaced by new route 6.
EV 21 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2007. It was initially based out of Clontarf Garage, but in 2016 the Enviro 400 joined the Dublin Bus tour fleet and lost most of its roof for its new duties. In the background is former Dublin Bus RV 522 in the livery of its new owners - Irlanda Tours.
EV 21 is turning off Marlborough Street onto Abbey Street. In the foreground is the Luas Red Line. Today the Luas Green Line crosses the Red Line at this point as it heads south along Marlborough Street.
19/08/2012
Former Santa Fe GP20 3069, showing no patches whatsoever, sits in Mapleton, IL along the KJRY. This unit had been assigned to the now-departed Decatur Junction Railway but now resides here.
This week we are throwing back thirty-four years to D 521 on Parnell Square dressed for route 35. This route started running between the city centre and Finglas in 1952. Initially its terminus was on Ballygall Road, but in 1975 it moved to McKee Road. The route ceased to operate around 1990 when the 19A was extended to McKee Road (The 19A itself was later replaced in part by route 9).
D 521 was delivered new to CIE in 1973. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1991.
14/04/1988
This week we are going back 37 years to 1985 and KD 38 on a diverted route 3. This route started running between Whitehall / Larkhill and Sandymount Tower in 1940. In 1972 it was extended to St. John’s Church, near Sydney Parade station, (although the older destination still lingered on as seen here) and in 1990 certain departures were extended to and from UCD Belfield. The route ceased to operate in 2012 when it was replaced by route 1 under Network Direct. The route usually operated via O’Connell Street but for whatever reason it was diverted via Gardiner Street on the day the picture was taken. Not sure if it was connected, but the day before U2 and REM played a concert in Croke Park.
KD 38 was delivered new to CIE in 1981. It had been withdrawn by 1996.
The ad on the side is for British airline Dan Air, founded in 1953. It was sold to British Airways in 1992 for £1.
The Holyhead Bed&Breakfast is still open on Gardiner Street in 2022.
30/06/1985
For Throwback Thursday this week we are going back to a scene that is no longer with us. KD 167 is seen arriving at Dun Laoghaire harbour. Although the display is showing 46A, it is in fact arriving to bring ferry passengers from the Holyhead car-ferry into Dublin City Centre. Beside it is the old harbour building that was attached to the original harbour railway station. This building was demolished a few years ago. The ferry also originally moved a few metres to a new port building when it became the HSS service. This service too has ceased. The bus service too ceased too when the HSS started as the new building was close to the railway station. 21/04/1992
One of the best days ever, a wonderful afternoon along the Crystal River in the Elk Mountains of Colorado. Hard to believe that was nine years ago, I need to get out there more often.
Amtrak F40PH or as Llanuza says "PH40" #347 leads an inbound across the South Branch bridge and is about to duck under 18th St. March, 1990.
Going back eleven years this week to a snow covered UCD Belfield. AV 139 is seen arriving with a service on peak-only Xpresso route 66X. This route started around 1989 as a CitySpeed route between Maynooth or Leixlip and the city centre. Around 2000 it was extended to the college UCD Belfield, and was rebranded as Xpresso. For a period in the 1990s the route operated throughout the day as an express route between Middle Abbey Street and Maynooth. In 2021 the route ceased under Bus Connects when it was replaced by new express peak-only routes X25 and X26.
AV 139 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2000. It was withdrawn in 2014 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.
December 2010 was probably one of the whitest December's in Ireland in more recent times. 01/12/2010
Happy new year out there!
I moved to Iceland recently to finish my bachelor, so hopefully i can experiment with some landscape photos soon.
He's reading a newspaper. Not a cellphone, or a tablet, or a laptop. A good old fashioned newspaper. Respect.
Well, not really....
WC GP40-2 3027 sits in the west end of Brantford yard after being set off by a westbound freight on June 23rd, 2006
This week we are going to the 1995 and D 837 on O'Connell Street with a service on route 16. to Grange Road. This bus route started operating between Whitehall and Terenure in 1939. In 1955 it started running between Santry and Grange Road. In 2001 the southern terminus moved to Ballinteer and in 2012 the route was merged with the 16A to run from Dublin Airport to Ballinteer.
D 837 was delivered new to CIE in 1979. It was withdrawn by Dublin bus two months after this photograph was taken, in September 1995, and sold for scrap.
Beside the front of the bus is Clerys Department Store. It opened in 1853 and closed in 2015. The site is currently being redeveloped.
14/07/1995
Fifty years ago this month a new type of bus took to the streets of Dublin. The Leyland Atlantean D Class was a bit different from the buses that had gone before it, in that it had a front door entrance, and a rear-engine. The class reached a total of 840 members, spread over two types. No subsequent class of bus has reached such high numbers, the AV/X coming closest with 648 members. Also the D Class operated in cities across Ireland, not just Dublin.
D 599 went into service in 1975 and was withdrawn in 1991. Although the first D Class had a nice navy/cream livery, they spent most of their lives in this tan livery, which did not weather well. D 599 is seen on O'Connell Street with a 19 to Glasnevin. 17/11/1987
A trip back thirty-six years this week to a very different Dublin Airport, with a slightly unusual bus route.
KD 314 is seen on the departures road (at what would become Terminal 1 around thirty years in the future) at Dublin Airport. In the background is the car park and an office block. Today in 2019 that view is slightly different as a multi-storey car park has been built on some of that carpark, while the rest of it is the bus and coach area. The 41B of today passes through there, while no bus routes use the departure road. Also behind the office block today is the large Aer Lingus hangar which was built around 1990. That office building was also the Aer Lingus headquarters in 1983 but they subsequently relocated in the 2000s.
The 41B is an unusual route in some respects. It runs between Dublin City Centre and Rolestown, a small village near the Dublin / Meath border on the road between Swords and Ashbourne. Currently it has about 5 departures during the week in both directions, 4 on a Saturday and 3 on a Sunday. This is a frequency it has broadly maintained since the 1950s. And the departure times have been broadly similar too. However, currently only two buses during the week go via the Airport, whereas a few mored did back in 1983.
KD 314 was delivered new to Summerhill Garage in 1983 and remained in service until October 2000.
Finally the ad on the side mentions "Paddy & red". This of course refers to Paddy's Whiskey and red lemonade. 01/10/1983
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
It is 1999 and a next evolution of double-deck bus for Dublin is about to arrive. DA 2, or 99 D 53451, was a DAF Alexander bus on loan to Dublin Bus from London, along with similar DA 1. It was being evaluated along with other types of low-floor double-decker buses. Up to this point the only low-floor buses within the Dublin Bus fleet were either minibuses (W Class) or the midi-buses (WV Class), the latter of which only started to arrive in 1999. In 1999 Dublin Bus received its 640th and last Olympian. From the following year it started to get Alexander ALX400 bodied buses like DA2 here, but with Volvo engines. In 2012 the entire Dublin Bus double-decker fleet became low floor, improving accessibility across the city for wheelchair users, people with prams and everyone else. DA 2 along with DA1 were with Dublin Bus for approximately the last six months of 1999. They then returned to London and ended their days with Arriva as DLA 124 (DA 2) and DLA 125 (DA1). This bus was withdrawn prior to 2014.
It is seen in Dun Laoghaire on the 46A from the city centre. 08/08/1999
This week we are going back thirty-nine years to 1982 and the last days of an era. CIE's RA 126 is seen on Inns Quay with a service on route 24 from Marino to Heuston Bridge. This bus was delivered new to CIE in 1962. This rear-entry, half cab double-decker bus was one of the last to enter service in Ireland (The final type was the R900s between 1964 and 1965). However, the RAs were the final type to be in service. RA 126 was withdrawn, and scrapped, shortly after this picture was taken. The final day of operation for the RAs was in April 1982. RA 126 initially entered service in Summerhill Garage and moved to Conyngham Road in 1967. Behind RA 126 is the most modern type of bus in Dublin at the time, a KD Bombardier.
Route 24 started in 1938 running between Marino and Parkgate Street initially, though it was quickly extended to Bulfin Road. In the 1970s it was cut back to Sean Heuston Bridge. In 1990 it was extended to Drimnagh but the route was completely replaced by City Imp route 123 in 1994.
Finally it is worth noting the bus is heading westbound on the north quays of the River Liffey. In August 1982 the direction of travel on the north and south quays were reversed and it has remained that way to this day in 2021. 18/02/1982
Throwback to nearly 11 months ago when I spotted what is now my Nova. The Beetle was my favourite spot but the Nova was my best spot.
It was a car I first spotted in October 2014 and I absolutely loved it, I said to my mate I want that car as it was my dream Nova being a 3 door, low mileage, 1 owner car but never did I think that in a few years time I would own it. I did tell the previous owner about that first encounter and showed her the photos, she said it was obviously meant to be! Its only covered 700 miles since I bought it and besides the rusty wing being binned and a new set of centre caps fitted it hasnt changed at all from this picture. The car puts a smile on my face everytime I drive it, it is really nice to go back to basics and drive something without any mod cons or electrical assisted anything. Going from driving my Nova to my Fiesta does make me appreciate it a bit more but given the chance I would drive the Nova all the time if I wasnt worried about putting the mileage on it!
2017 has been a great year for me and I am very excited to see what 2018 brings. Happy New Year to all my followers!
“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!
As much as I try to always have my camera when taking photos, sometimes you just end somewhere without it. So when I saw this pier and the sunset I had to take a photo with my only camera available, my phone.
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