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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.
This week we are going back fourteen years to 2007 and AV 263 on route 45 in Bray. Route 45 first started connecting Dublin city centre with Bray, via Ballsbridge and Cabinteely, in 1927. The route had two main terminii in Bray - the Esplanade along the seafront and Oldcourt from around 1975. AV 263 is seen here heading to the Esplanade. Based on the length of the route, this had to be one of the least informative destinations on the front of a bus in Dublin. In the early 2000s Oldcourt became the main destination, with Esplanade being served much less frequently. In May 2012 the 45 was removed from the network, as its usage had dropped over the years following the much more direct, and frequent, route 145. Route 45A still lives on, operating between Dun Laoghaire and Kilmacanogue via Bray.
AV 263 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2002. It was withdrawn around 2016/2017 but stayed in Dublin and moved to Executive Express. It spent all its career in Donnybrook Depott, though was involved in the shuttles for the Tall Ships Race in Waterford in 2005.
Behind the bus is the stadium of Bray Wanderers Football Club, that also doubled for Croke Park in the 1996 film, Michael Collins.
25/07/2007
This week we are going back eleven years to 2011 and RV 469 at the route 78A terminus on Aston Quay. This bus was new to Dublin Bus in 1999 and withdrawn in November 2011. It was sold on to Movies on the Move and became a catering vehicle.
Route 78A started in 1957 running between the city centre and Cherry Orchard Hospital on the Ballyfermot Road. Around 1985 it reached Balgaddy and 1997 it moved terminus again to Quarryvale. The following year it extended into Liffey Valley Shopping Centre after in opened. In November 2011 the route was merged into an extended route 40. In October 2022 the 40 was split in two and new route G2 under Bus Connects which basically is old route 78A (with an extension to Spencer Dock).
The bus may no longer be with Dublin Bus, nor the route, but SuperValu in the background is still there in 2022.
18/10/2011
This week we are revisiting 1994 where we see RH 52 parked at Connolly Station. It is on the former "ramp" which went from the front door of the station down to ground level at Amiens Street. This was used throughout the day by the 90 bus which ran from the front of the station to Heuston Station, but was also used as a place to park buses between duties. The ramp was demolished in the early-2000s to make way for the Luas and is the site of the Luas Connolly stop on the Red Line.
The 31B is a route that is still with us today. It currently runs to Howth Summit via Sutton but twenty years ago the terminus was in Howth Village. The route today has far fewer departures than it did in 1994.
RH 52 had an interesting career as it survived until 2015, spending the last few years as the Uniform Bus. It was used to transport bus driver uniforms between garages. 14/06/1994
This week we are going back twenty-seven years to 1996 and the last few days of a bus route in Dublin. RH 158 is seen parked on Marlborough Street dressed for route 44A. This route first started running between the city centre and Mount Prospect Avenue in 1936. It and route 30 ( to Dollymount) were merged into new route 130 in late-March 1996. The new route 130 was also operated by City Imp mini-buses. 44A was one of the few route numbering oddities within the bus network of Dublin city. The 44 ran to Enniskerry and the 44B ran to Glencullen, both south of the city. While the 44A terminus on Mount Prospect Avenue was within the northside suburb of Clontarf.
RH 158 was new to Dublin Bus in 1993. It became part of the driving school in 2006 and was withdrawn in 2008 before being sold on to another operator in Ireland.
In front of the bus is a van belonging to Telecom Eireann, the state-owned phone provider. It was privatised in 1999 and became Eircom.
09/03/1996
This week we are going back twenty-six years to 1995 and KD 14 on Marlborough Street. The bus is dressed for route 27B to Castletimon. This route started serving that part of Dublin in 1971. It started serving Beaumont Hospital in the late 1980s/early 1990s and around 2005 it was extended further north to the new bus garage at Harristown. Proposals to merge it with the routes 79/79A under Network Direct in the 2010s came to nothing, as did a subsequent plan to extend it to Heuston Station.
KD 14 was delivered new to CIE in Dublin in September 1981 and spent most of its career in Clontarf Garage. It spent some time in Donnybrook and Ringsend Garages over its life. The bus was withdrawn after 1996.
The remains of the Dolphin's Discs shop is beside the bus. This music shop had a number of outlets around the city, including two of them just around the corner on Talbot Street. The final shop closed in 2012.
This part of Marlborough Street is now home to the tram tracks of the Luas Green Line. 22/04/1995
Happy new year out there!
I moved to Iceland recently to finish my bachelor, so hopefully i can experiment with some landscape photos soon.
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
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
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.
Three of the Volvos (62208, 62210 & 62225) carried Alexander ALX300 bodies, as illustrated by Barbie-liveried 62210 as she passes through Caersalem Lights in early October 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 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 twenty-three years to the year 2000 and RH 132 at Dublin Airport. The bus is on a service on route 16A to Nutgrove Avenue. This route started in 1955 between Beaumont and Lower Rathfarnham. In 1985 it reached Santry and during 1999 reached the airport. The route ceased to operate in 2012 under Network Direct changes.
RH 132 was new to Dublin Bus in 1992. Originally delivered in two-tone green, it received CitySwift livery in 1997, which in some ways as the start of the decline of the CitySwift brand. Previously CitySwift routes had new buses done to a higher spec with individual seats for example. But here, an older bus was just repainted, and kept its standard bench seats. The bus regained standard fleet livery in the early-2000s as the CitySwift concept faded away. In 2005 it joined the Dublin Bus driving school, before being sold on to another Irish operator in 2006. It was destroyed by fire in 2011.
It is interesting to note that back in 2000 the city buses were still serving bus stops near the main entrance to the terminal building at Dublin Airport. Nowadays they serve a stop some distance away, on the opposite side of a multi-storey car park. It is also worth noting that one Bus Eireann route calls here too, the service to Belfast. Dublin Airport is a major hub for Bus Eireann routes now, except they no longer run a route to Belfast.
14/04/2000
This week we are going back to 1985 and D 723 on Marlborough Street. This VanHool McArdle AN68 bus was delivered new to CIE in 1974. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1994.
Route 28 started operating between the city centre and Edenmore in 1965. Another version of the route operated between 1938 and 1963, terminating in the Fairview / Clontarf area. The Edenmore route stopped in 1996 when it was replaced by routes 42A and 42B.
The Dolphin's Discs shop is beside the bus. This music shop had a number of outlets around the city, including two of them just around the corner on Talbot Street. The final shop closed in 2012.
This part of Marlborough Street is now home to the tram tracks of the Luas Green Line.
26/11/1985
This week we are going back twenty-five years to 1998 and RH 136 on Marlborough Street. The bus is laying over between duties 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.
RH 136 was new to Dublin Bus in 1992 and was withdrawn in 2005 and moved to a UK operator the following year.
The bus was also recently repainted into the new Dublin Bus livery when the picture was taken. Around 2003 Dublin Bus started experimenting with a new livery, before finally settling on a new blue / yellow one. That blue / yellow livery is currently being phased out, but is currently the Dublin Bus livery with most longevity.
Finally the bus is displaying the Irish for city centre - "An Lár". This was a very common destination for decades, but in early-2000s was replaced by a new translation - "Lár na Cathrach".
28/06/1998
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)
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 are going back seventeen years to 2008, and to RV 421 on D'Olier Street with a service on route 117 to Kilcross.
Route 117 was one of the peak-hour routes that started in 1999 in conjunction with the opening of the Stillorgan Quality Bus Corridor (QBC). The route ran between Kilcross and the city centre, going via Ballyogan and Corneslcourt. In 2005 the route was extended to serve the new development at Belarmine. In 2009 the route was one of many cut from the network in order to reduce costs during the financial crisis.
RV 421 was new to Dublin Bus in 1998. It was withdrawn in 2009 and sold on to an operator in United Kingdom.
01/05/2008
This week we are going back thirty-three years to 1990 and KD 362 parked on Eden Quay. The bus is dressed for route 8, a bus route which dates back to 1949. Connecting Dublin city centre with Dalkey (going via Blackrock), this route was also the last tram route to operate in Dublin city. In 2001 the route was suspended, but following an appeal to the European courts, it returned in 2005. It ran for the last time in November 2016.
KD 362 was new to CIE in 1983. It was one of the last Bombardier's to be withdrawn, lasting until around 1999/2000.
The bus spent many years in a variety of all-over ads. Here it is in one for Johnson & Johnson, highlighting its baby skincare range. Although this bus spent all its life in Dublin, it did go on a six week holiday to Cork while in this all-over ad during 1990. It had only recently returned when this picture was taken. And shortly after this photo was taken, it temporarily transferred from its life-long home depot of Donnybrook, to the northside depot of Phibsboro. All of these movements were to increase the visibility of the ad.
19/05/1990
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 going back ten years to 2012 and EV 78 on Abbey Street. The bus is operating a service on route 32B to Portmarnock. This route started in 1967, operating between the city centre and Baldoyle. From 1975 its terminus in Baldoyle moved to Abbey Park. Around 1999 it was extended to Portmarnock, but still operated via Abbey Park. In November 2012 the route ceased to operate under the Network Direct changes. Route 32 itself ended in 2021 when it became the H2 under Bus Connects.
EV 78 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2008. Although members of the EV Class started to be withdrawn in 2021, EV 78 is still in service in 2022. It was also the first member of the EV Class to be repainted into the TFI green / yellow livery.
02/02/2012
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 fifteen years to 2007 and RV 466 on Amiens Street with a service on route 130 to Castle Avenue. This Volvo Olympian bus was new to Dublin Bus in 1999. Initially it was in CitySwift livery but was repainted in the early-2000s. It was withdrawn in 2009 and later sold on to another Irish operator.
Route 130 started in 1996, initially as a City Imp minibus route. The 130 was the merging of two routes, the 30 and the 44A. Route 30 ran from the city centre to Dollymount via Clontarf and started in 1938. Route 44A started in 1936 and ran from city centre to Mount Prospect Avenue via Haddon Road and Castle Avenue. The 130 started with mini-buses, before getting midi-buses around 2000. However within a couple of years double-decker buses started to take-over and have remained ever since.
02/12/2007
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
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
Throwback Thursday is going back thirty-one years this week to 1985.D 647 is seen on Marlborough Street while oeprating route 44A to Mount Prospect Avenue. A decade later this route was merged with the 30 to form the 130. This stretch of road is now home to tram rails as part of Luas Cross City. 09/09/1985
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.
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
A little leopard high heel heaven from 2007
Sensible Shoes?...Not exactly, after 4 hours of trotting around downtown Kansas City. Some girls never learn.
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It is 35 years ago and the northern extreme of the Dublin City bus services. D 472 is seen departing Balbriggan heading south for Dublin (despite what the destination says) with a working on the 33. The 33 can trace its routes back to the bus services operated by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland). When the company was absorbed by CIE (and the UTA) in 1958, some of its bus routes fromDublin joined the city services. The 33 was one of them, and holds the distinction of being the furthest north those services go. Balbriggan is located near the county border with Meath.
D 472 was delivered new to Summerhill in 1973 and was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1990. The 33 is still operated by Dublin Bus by the end of 2018 the 33A should be operated by Go-Ahead Ireland.
Finally, Balbriggan is also my hometown, and the 1983 was the year I was born. 26/06/1983
This week we are throwing back thirty years to 1991 and KD 156 on O'Connell Street. The bus is operating a service on route 11B to UCD Belfield. This route started operating southbound from the city centre around 1970. In the 1980s it was extended north, first to Griffith Avenue and then to Wadelai Park. The route ceased to operate in 2011, under Network Direct changes. This route had its own terminus within the college complex at Belfield, being located on the Clonskeagh side near the sports center. Currently it is being used by route 142.
KD 156 was delivered new to CIE in 1982. It was withdrawn by March 1996 and went on to join the Dublin Bus driving school. It was withdrawn in the early-2000s but was not scrapped until around 2019.
The bus is an all-over ad for Skips by KP Snacks. The bus was painted into this ad in 1991 and remained in it until 1994. Skips were first made in 1974 and still on sale today.
31/12/1991