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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D 599 went into service in 1975 and was withdrawn in 1991.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
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 It had been withdrawn by 1996.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
From my cruise in April 2012. Had a hair strand on my lips and my wife caught me with this candid shot.
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
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.
This week we are going back thirty-four years to D 608 in Swords with a service on route 43. This is the third route to use the number 43. The original route 43 operated between 1925 and 1939 connecting the city centre with Killester. The second route 43 went to Mount Merrion between 1940 and 1966. The Swords version started in 1986, operating to / from the city centre via Kinsealy. Originally terminating at the main stop in Swords as seen here, it was extended to Swords Business Park in the early 2000s where it still operates to this day.
D 608 was delivered new to CIE in Dublin in 1974. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1993 when it was sold for scrap.
Ryans Bar in the background is no longer standing, having been cleared to provide better views of Swords Castle behind it.
22/02/1987
**Picture was actually taken in February and not July as the label says.**
Twenty years old and out for a full day of girl fun! Sure I looked a bit nervous but still managed to trudge on and do what I wanted. Visited a salon in the morning for a make over and wig styling, then found a nice park to take some photos at , and then went shopping at the mall! I know these feminine button up the back rompers/playsuits aren't in style now but a lot of women were wearing them back then!
This week we are going back twenty-six years to MA 9 on Fleet Street in Dublin's Temple Bar. The bus is dressed for service on route 150. This route started in 1994 under the City Imp brand, replacing route 50 which operated to Willington Roundabout. The 150 had its terminus at nearby Rossmore and ran via Crumlin to the City Centre. In 2011, when the route was no longer City Imp but part of the regular network, the route replaced route 121 through the Liberties and along Kildare Road under Network Direct.
MA 9 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1993. The bus had an Alexander body with a Mercedes chassis.
The bus is in an all-over ad for the Tilebusters shop in Tallaght. The final store closed in 2002.
This part of Fleet St was once very busy with buses, but now none use it at all. The buses have been replaced with tourists heading into Temple Bar.
13/08/1995
This is from the spring of 2013. I just did a Star Wars marathon with a lot of friends yesterday so this seemed appropriate.
Hard to believe this was a little more than 6 years ago, and only a couple years after I decided I'd start taking pictures of the trains I spent so much time watching during college (rather than, y'know, actually studying anything).
I had ventured up from Bellingham to Vancouver to visit friends and check out the city's preparations for the 2010 Winter Olympics, and found this pair of geeps that had just positioned some heavyweight CP varnish in the yard at Waterfront Station, presumably for railroad executives in town for the Olympics. This was shot through the glass of the walkway from Waterfront Station to the SeaBus ferry slip, so, pardon the reflection.
This week we are going back twenty-five years to 1998 and KC 173 at Connolly Station, dressed for route 27B. This GAC bus was delivered new to CIE in 1986. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus during 2000 and moved to Bus Eireann's school fleet, based out of Tralee in County Kerry. It was withdrawn after 2002.
Route 27B started running between the city centre and Castletimon in 1971. In 2004 it was extended to Harristown (via Swords Road), following the opening of the bus garage there.
KC 173 is parked on what was known as "The Ramp" which led up to Connolly Station. This was demolished in the early-2000s to make way for the Luas tram stop which is level with Amiens Street.
12/01/1998
This week we are going back twelve years to 2011 and RV 596 on Townsend Street at the terminus for route 44. The DUTC started running this route between the city centre and Enniskerry in 1936. From the early-1970s it had a terminus on Hawkins Street before moving to Townsend Street in 2002. In 2012 it replaced route 3 on the northside and was extended to Larkhill, becoming a cross-city route. Also that time it was taken out of Ballyogan, the via point on the destination in the picture. In 2014 it was extended further again in Dublin City University.
RV 596 was new to Dublin Bus in 1999. It was withdrawn in 2012 and sold on to another Irish operator.
The building beside the bus was College House. It was built in 1974, and became known as one of the more less attractive buildings in Dublin city centre. It was demolished in 2019 and currently a new building is under construction on the site.
02/02/2011
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
This week we are going back ten years to VT 8 on route 46A. St. Patrick's Day is a good day to see buses on diversion, as the parade through the centre of Dublin closes off main arteries for bus services. With O'Connell Street closed for the parade, a lot of the bus routes (such as the 46A) are diverted onto Gardiner Street on their journey across the city. The 46A started running between the city centre and Dun Laoghaire in 1936. In 2010 it was extended to the Phoenix Park, replacing route 10 under Network Direct changes. It is still running between the Phoenix Park and Dun Laoghaire today.
On the other hand, the same cannot be said of VT 8. This Enviro 500 was one of twenty delivered to Dublin Bus in 2005. A further 50 were delivered in 2007. The first twenty were all withdrawn in 2018, and inroads have been made into the final 50 in recent years (although there are still a handful in service). VT 8 was sold on to Ensignbus in the UK initially, before ending up with Travelmasters of Sheerness.
The ad on the side of the bus is for AIB mobile banking. At the time this was a relatively new concept (doing banking through a phone app), unlike now where it is almost the default practice.
17/03/2012
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.
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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This week we are going thirty-nine years to 1984 and KC 12 on Ormond Quay. The bus is dressed for route 70 to Dunboyne. The Dublin United Tramways Company started operating this route in 1934. It passed to CIE in 1945 and Dublin Bus in 1987, and hasn't really changed much over the years (apart from by-passing Blanchardstown). It is one of the few Dublin city services that goes beyond the city and county of Dublin. Dunboyne, in County Meath, is just under 20kms from Dublin city centre.
KC 12 was new to CIE in 1983. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus around 2000.
02/03/1984
I know I’ve only just got back so it’s not really that old but here’s one from a evening out last week 💋💋💋💋💋
Dancing Queen??? I set the time machine for June 2015! Legs for days was what I was told several times! Care to guess the city or location where this picture was taken??
***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 .
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
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 only 11 years, to the final days of a bus route in Dublin in Autumn 2010.
Dublin Bus AW 18 is seen at the terminus of route 4A at Stradbrook, near Deansgrange, in the south-eastern part of the city. Route 4A started in November 2007, running between Harristown (on the Northside of Dublin) and Stradbrook (on the Southside) via the City Centre. It was a derivative of route 4 which ran between Harristown and Blackrock and together they provided extra capacity along the Rock Road on the Southside, and the Ballymun Road on the Northside. However, under Network Direct it was decided to merge both routes into one, with the 4 extended to Monkstown Avenue via Stradbrook. This extension was also planned to replace part of the 46A route, which was removed from Monkstown Farm. These changes took place in September 2010, giving the 4A a lifespan of two years, 10 months.
AW 18 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2000. It was one of twenty bendy-buses delivered that year, as a trial to see if that type of bus could work here. After spending time on a number of routes (trying to find some they could be suitable on as the narrow streets of Dublin provided a challenge), they settled down on route 10 eventually. In 2006 they migrated to the new route 4, so were also naturally allocated to the 4A in 2007. The end of the 4A also marked the end of the AW Class, and over the following months they started to be withdrawn with them all gone by early-2011. A few of them went on to have careers in the United Kingdom. AW 18 itself was scrapped in the UK.
15/09/2010
This week we are going back twenty-four years to Dublin Bus KD 9 on Burgh Quay. The bus is at the terminus of route 7. This bus route started running between the city centre and Dun Laoghaire in 1949. It ceased in 1951 (with route 7A taking over) before returning around 1980 and extended to Ballybrack. In 1988 it moved to Loughlinstown Park, and in 2004 also started serving Cherrywood. In 2016 the route was changed to solely serve Brides Glen.
KD 9 was delivered new to CIE in 1981. It was withdrawn by 2000, along with the rest of the KD Class.
The ad on the side of the bus is for Argos. They arrived in the Republic of Ireland from the UK in 1996, and getting the Argos catalogue was always a big deal. In some ways it was the analogue version of Amazon.
07/09/1998
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
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
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 we are going back twenty-seven years to 1996 and RH 106 on Eden Quay. The bus is dressed for route 56A. This route started around started running between the city centre and Ballymount around 1982. By 1985 it had been extended to Fettercairn and reached The Square in Tallaght in 1990.
RH 106 was new to Dublin Bus in 1991. It was finally withdrawn in 2006 and sold on to another operator in the United Kingdom. However, it eventually ended up doing open top tours in San Francisco.
The bus is in an all-over ad for Chef Ketchup. It was repainted into this ad in 1996 and remained like this for a couple of years. The Chef brand was established in Ireland in 1921 and is now owned by Valeo Foods Group.
27/07/1996