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It is 1998 and KD 238 is at Dublin Airport. The bus is not going on its summer holidays, but rather it is operating route 230. This route connected Dublin Airport with Swords, Malahide and Portmarnock. The route started in 1991, but in 2008 it was merged with the DART Feeder route 102 which ran from Seabury in Malahide to Portmarnock and Sutton. The new route adopted the number of the 102 and provided a useful orbital in north County Dublin. In 2018 the route was taken over by Go-Ahead Ireland. The bus is seen at the traditional 230 terminus at Dublin Airport, though the current 102 terminus is closer to the church at the airport.
KD 238 entered service with CIE around 1982 and survived with Dublin Bus until October 2000, ending its days in Summerhill Garage.
The ad on the side of the bus is for 98Fm, who currently have a new campaign running on buses in January 2019. 31/01/1998
This week we are going back twenty-four years to RV 351 on Abbey Street at the terminus for route 39. The bus was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1997. It was withdrawn in 2008 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom. It was still working away there as recently as 2019.
Route 39 started operating between Dublin city centre and Blanchardstown in 1926. In 1993 it was transformed when it became the first CitySwift route, operating to Clonnsilla. Originally single-decker buses were used on the route, but due to the popularity of the frequent service, double-deckers like RV 351 were brought in. In the early-2000s the CitySwift concept started to fade away. From 2010 Network Direct saw the route operate from Baggot Street / Burlington Road to Ongar.
Construction work on the Luas Red Line around 2002/2003 saw all buses vacate Middle Abbey Street. Tram lines now occupy the opposite side of the road from that which RV 351 is on. Penny's is still there though.
18/11/1997
This week we are hoping back to 1995 and an unusual sight in Balbriggan, north County Dublin. Over the course of this particular week or so Irish Rail replaced the County Bridge over the railway line on the southern side of the town. This bridge carried the main road from Skerries to Balbriggan, and is used by the 33. With the road shut, the diversionary route had to be used. This brought the traffic under the railway viaduct near the harbour. However that particular arch could not take the usual double-deckers that operated the route. Nor could some of the diversionary roads. Dublin Bus resolved this issue by putting a KC single decker on a shuttle service between Balbriggan and Skerries, where it met the regular 33 service. This brought the unusual sight of a Dublin Bus single-decker to Balbriggan. KC 30 is seen here just after passing under the railway viaduct in Balbriggan . 02/04/1995
This week we are going back thirty-nine years to D 372 parked on Eden Quay, dressed for route 83.
Route 83 started running between the city centre and Kimmage in 1936. Around 2003 it was extended north to McKelvey Avenue in Finglas when it replaced route 134. In 2004 it was extended further north to Harristown. In 2024 the route was slightly rerouted to go via Crumlin Village, following the Bus Connects changes to the southern orbital routes.
D 372 was new to CIE in 1970. It was withdrawn one month after this photograph was taken, and subsequently scrapped.
25/06/1986
It is just a short hop back this week to 2015 and AV 130. AV 130 was one out of 15 buses Dublin Bus bought for the Airlink in 2000. They were different from the other AVs ordered at that time because they had a center-door. In fact these were the last buses ordered with a center door, bringing to an end nearly twenty-five years of this bus feature in Dublin. The next bus to be ordered with a center door was GT 1 in 2012, and all new bus orders since then have had this feature.
By the start of 2015 there were only a handful of these ex-Airlink AVs left in service (123, 128 & 130), usually on the 16 but could appear on other Summerhill routes. By the start of August 2015 they started to be withdrawn with 123 and 128 going in the first week. AV 130 was not expected to last. It is seen here in Dublin Airport on the 10th August and it was thought to be its last day as it had to cut its duty short due to a wheel problem. However it made it out for one more day before finally being withdrawn. Dublin Airport, 10/08/2015
This week we are going back eighteen years to 2007, and to AX 528 on Leeson Street with a service on route 46B to Belarmine.
Route 46B started running between the city centre and Kilmacud Road (Stillorgan) in 1988, replacing route 64A. In 2002 the southern terminus was moved from Stillorgan to Sandyford Industrial Estate. In 2006 certain peak-time departures were extended to and from Belarmine, near Stepaside. These lasted until 2008 when route 47 started. The 46B lasted until September 2010 when Network Direct saw changes to the bus routes on the Stillorgan QBC, and routes 46B, 46C, 46D, 46X and 746 ceased to operate.
AX 528 was new to Dublin Bus in 2006. It was withdrawn in 2019, and sold on to another Irish operator.
18/04/2007
This week we are going back to Killiney in 1983. C 74 is seen at the 59 terminus on Killiney Hill. This route number first appeared in 1937 with an independent company originating the route before that. Although it originally ran to the city centre, it was cut back to Dun Laoghaire in 1942 due to wartime restrictions, and thus it has remained ever since. With the coming of the DART in 1984, it was turned into a DART Feeder service but that only lasted until 1989 when due to low demand it returned to being a regular bus route. For a while the 59 was extended to Mackintosh Park but in 2016 it was cut back to Killiney. In October 2018 the route transferred to Go-Ahead Ireland along with a number of other local Dun Laoghaire routes.
C 74 was delivered new to CIE in 1965. It left Donnybrook in 1984 and transferred to Stranorlar in 1984 and was withdrawn in 1985.
04/06/1983
I haven't been around for quite sometime. I thought I'd throw an oldie out there so you wouldn't forget me!
I tried to upload this from my phone 3 times but it would ever take! This is our family in September 1981
Photo of a photo displayed in Angie's sister's spare bedroom that we use when visiting!!!
This week we are going back thirty-nine years to KD 345 on Abbey Street. The bus is picking up passengers while operating a service on route 39 to Clonsilla. This route started operating between Dublin and Blanchardstown in 1926. By 982 it reached Clonsilla and in 2004 it was extended to Ongar. In 2010 it's city terminus was moved to Burlington Road. It's main claim to fame was becoming the first CitySwift route 1993, with its frequency massively increased.
KD 345 was delivered new to CIE in May 1983, shortly before this picture was taken. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in the late-1990s. It spent a period from 1988 in an all-over ad for Coca-Cola.
26/05/1983
This week we are going back to 1985, and to KD 157 on route 48A. The 48A initially started in 1928 and operated between the city centre and Goatstown. In 1933 it switched terminus to Ballinteer where it replaced some of the services on route 48 that ran there. The bus route ran via Ranelagh, Milltown and Dundrum, and lasted until August 2011.Under Network Direct the 14 became the main bus route between Dundrum and the Ballinteer, along with the 75. Milltown was served by a new route 61 which terminated in Whitechurch. The former 48A terminus in Ballinteer at Broadford just became a regular stop. The 48A did outlast route 48, which ceased operating in 1966.
KD 157 was delivered new to Dublin in 1982. It operated out of Donnybrook Garage and was withdrawn from regular duties around 1996. It then joined the driving school and remained there until at least 2000.
The bus is seen parked on Burgh Quay at the junction with Hawkins Street. Dublin Bus no longer terminate routes along the quay here, but some private operators do The memorial beside it has been relocated to behind the camera in more recent times due to the Luas Cross City tramline which crosses over from Marlborough Street on the north side of the River Liffey at this point. The first phase of the Luas Green Line was also a factor in the demise of the 48A.
19/11/1985
This week we are going back forty-one years to 1983 and to KD 238 on Charlotte Street. The bus is displaying route 20B to Beaumont as a destination. Route 20B started operating between Bulfin Road and Beaumont (Ardlea Road) in 1980. In 1988 it was cut back on the southside and only operated to Ardlea Road from the city centre. Into 2011 the route was absorbed into a new cross-city route 14 which still runs between Ardlea Road and Dundrum.
KD 238 was new to CIE in August 1982. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in October 2000.
If you look at a map of Dublin today, you won't find Charlotte Street on it. It was closed in 1992 and the area was extensively rebuilt with new offices and a hotel. Charlotte Street basically the continuation of Charlemont Street to Camden Street, passing through what is now the entrance to the Camden Court Hotel car park. The Charlotte Inn behind the bus in the photograph was previously Cotters Bar. This website can provide more details on the history of Charlotte Street: wideandconvenientstreets.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/charlot...
02/1983
This week for Throwback Thursday we go back to 1992 and 98FM was still Classic Hits. RH 63 is seen parked between duties on the 31 on Marlborough Street. This stretch of road is currently being dug up for Luas Cross City. Abbey Park on the destination was regularly served by the 32B before being withdrawn from there in 2012. Now no route directly serves Abbey Park. 04/05/1992
Lucky enough to spend some time in Kauai, with the 500CM and Ultra100. Developed in Rodinal semi since had to push a couple of shots one stop. The old 'blad and 50mm Distagon has a nice vintage feel to it physically and image-wise. Thanks to those flicker-ers who keep on shooting and inspiring.
It is a nice sunny day in May 1991 and KC 95 is seen in the village of Enniskerry while operating route 85. This route connected Bray to Enniskerry. Some departures continued further along the road to the Golden Gates. When the routes in Bray were reorganised in the 1990s, and mini buses were introduced, the 85 became the 185. The destination also became Shop River. The route later reverted back to double-deckers but is still the 185. October 20th 2018 is the last day Dublin Bus will operate this route with Go-Ahead Ireland taking over operations on the 21st October. The route will also become a bit more consistent with all 185 departures going to Palermo and every second one continuing on to Shop River. The Dublin Bus has some 185 departures only go to Palermo from Bray and go nowhere near Enniskerry where the other 185s go to. I won't even mention Fassaroe.
KC 95 was delivered new to CIE in 1983/1984 and operated in Cork. It later passed to Dublin Bus, and was withdrawn around 1999. Enniskerry, 08/05/1991
A trip back twenty-five years this week and another KD in an all-over ad. KD 363 is seen on Eden Quay after terminating with a 7 from Loughlinstown. The bus is in an all-over ad for Moss Technology, a company that was founded in Dublin in 1987 but ceased trading a few years ago. Nowadays the 7 goes a little further on the northside to Mountjoy Square and the Rosie Hackett Bridge is at this location. 21/07/1991
This week we are going beyond Dublin to the County Kildare town of Celbridge. KD 53 is seen about to turn onto Main Street in Celbridge, from the Maynooth Road. It is operating a service on route 67 to the City Centre. This route used to terminate at the Salesian College to the west of Celbridge, towards Maynooth. Certain services continued on to Maynooth as the 67A. In 2010, under the Network Direct changes to the bus routes, both routes were combined into an extended 67 to Maynooth. 10 years on this is still the routing we have today.
KD 53 was delivered new to CIE in November 1981 and passed to Dublin Bus in 1987. It was built by Bombardier at their Shannon plant in County Clare. 15/03/1996
This week it is a trip back to 1990 to a bus that is no longer with us, a route that is no longer with us and a road that is currently undergoing a massive change.
KD 152 is seen parked between duties on Marlborough Street. It is operating route 28 to Edenmore. This route lasted until 1996 when it was merged with the 42A. This route itself lasted until 2011 when it was replaced with the current 27A.
Marlborough Street is currently being rebuilt as part of Luas Cross City and the southbound line from Broombridge to St. Stephen's Green is being ;aid where the buses are parked in the photo.
Finally KD 152 is in an all-over ad for Brylcreem. 14/07/1990
Iowa Pacific E8As 515 and 518 in IC inspired brown and orange led six matching cars past the wig-wag signal at Acova, Wis. on June 22, 2014. Word is the signal was removed last summer.
This week we pop back twelve years to 2009 and AV 242 and VG 34 at the terminus for routes 33 and 33X in Skerries. AV 242 is on route 33X to Tara Street station in Dublin, via the Port Tunnel. This route has had two existences. It first ran for around three to four years, ending in 2002, operating between Skerries and UCD Belfield. It returned in 2007, but only operated as far as St. Stephen's Green. It was a limited service, mostly operating once a day in each direction during the weekday peaks. However, that changed in August 2009 when part of the railway viaduct over the Broadmeadow Estuary in Malahide collapsed. With the railway line into Dublin cut in two for over three months, Dublin Bus had to rapidly step in and increase the number of buses on the corridor, predominately with the 33X. After the railway line reopened in November 2009, the 33X was cut back but still maintains a number of departures (far more than one) in each direction during the peaks to this day.
VG 34 is on route 33. This route can trace its origins back to the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and passed to CIE in 1958, when it became the 33. Certain departures on this route are extended to / from Balbriggan. Whereas the 33X uses the M1 motorway and Port Tunnel after Lusk to access the city, the 33 takes the longer and slower route via Swords and Santry.
AV 242 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2002. It was withdrawn around 2016/2017 when it moved the United Kingdom and entered service with Walton's Coaches of Preston. While in Dublin it spent all its working life in Clontarf Garage. It ended up on the 33X as all garages needed to pitch in during the viaduct collapse to provide buses and run services on the route, as Summerhill Garage could not cover them all.
VG 34 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2009. In 2015 it joined the Airlink fleet and repainted into the livery for that service. In 2020 the Airlink service was suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic, and in 2021 Dublin Bus announced that the service was not going to return.
16/10/2009
This week we are only going back nine years to 2012 and AV 166 at the Blanchardstown Centre on route 236. When the shopping centre opened in October 1996, it gained three local routes (237, 238 and 239) that initially served the surrounding areas of Coolmine, Castleknock, Mulhuddart, Ballycoolin and Luttrelstown. Around 2001 the 236 joined this local network, serving the Ballycoolin IDA park on a circular route. It only operated in the peak-hours, and was branded as FactoryLink. For a while there was a separate route 236 that ran to a northern terminus in Tyrellstown. Under Network Direct the route was reduced again to just the Ballycoolin circular in 2010. In January 2019 the route passed to Go-Ahead Ireland, along with the other local routes in Blanchardstown. It was also joined by a new route, the 236A.
AV 166 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2000. It was withdrawn in late-2013 and emigrated to the United Kingdom where it joined the Beaverbus fleet in Leicester. 31/08/2012
This week we go back thirty-five years to 1988 and D 428 on Eden Quay. The bus is dressed for route 47B. This route started running between the city centre and Grange Road, via Ballyboden, in 1949. It lasted fifty years and ceased to operate in 1999, when its southern end was replaced by route 16.
D 428 was new to CIE in 1972 and was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1990.
There is a slight contrast in the ads on the buses in the photo. D 428 is selling the virtues of a real coal fire on its front, while the side of the bus in the background is advertising an anti-smoking campaign.
08/06/1988