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For the first time in a while we are going back in time to the 1980s. To be precise it is 1988 and D 554 is seen parked between Abbey Street and Strand Street. This was used for many years as a place to park buses between duties. When the Luas tram works started in the early 2000s, Dublin Bus were forced to clear out of here and park their buses elsewhere around the city.
There is also a connection between the Luas tram and the route the bus is on. The 86 was introduced in 1958 after the Harcourt Street railway line was shut. It was designed as a replacement for the lost train services and ran between the city centre and Shankill. It survived up until the early 2000s but was only a shadow of its former self by then. It had one departure a day between Sandyford and Shankill. The Harcourt Street line itself was revived in the early-2000s as part of the Luas Green Line. 29/03/1988
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 It is currently the oldest AX still in service with Dublin Bus, though it will probably be withdrawn within the next few months.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
Our first house. Looks pretty good here but it was a real handyman's special. A second lot was included which accounts for this POV. We paid $6,000 for it on a contract for deed direct from the owner in 1970. Then a couple months later, the seller was hard up for money so she offered us the chance to buy back the contract for $4,500.
I learned a lot about restoring and remodeling with this one. And we actually made some good money on it but lots of work. It's no longer there because of some bad flooding a few years ago in this little village.
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 to 1993 and KC 14 on Fleet Street with a service on route 78. This route started operating between the city centre and Ballyfermot in 1953. Its original terminus in Ballyfermot was Spiddal Park (now home to route 79). The route ceased in 1994 when the 78A became a City Swift route, but it was reinstated in 2003 with its western terminus at the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre. Finally in November 2011 the route left the network when it and the 78A were merged into the new cross-city route 40 under Network Direct.
KC 14 was delivered new to CIE in 1983. It spent all of its career operating out of Conyngham Road Garage and was withdrawn after 1996.
It is hard to imagine now, but for many years this part of Fleet Street was home to many bus routes. The tarmac has been replaced by cobble stones and the building beside the bus is now the Thunder Road Cafe, which opened in 1995. 09/06/1993
47593 'Galloway Princess' hauls the 1Z08 09:31 Crewe to Norwich 'Canary Brush' UK Railtours charter, as it approaches Syston South Junction on a damp 23rd January 2026. I purposely chose this location in order to hide the rear two vehicles and rear gunner 45118, evoking scenes of the early 1990s when 'executive' 47s from the Intercity Infrastructure pool were sometimes a feature on MML services.
This week we are going back eight years to 2018, and to Dublin Bus GT 15 on route 17 and Go-Ahead Ireland 11562 on route 175 at UCD Belfield.
Route 175 was the first bus route operated by Go-Ahead Ireland, and started the day before this photograph was taken. It ran between UCD Belfield and Citywest, going via Dundrum and Tallaght. It ceased to operate in November 2023 when the southern orbitals were replaced under Bus Connects Phase 5B. It was partially replaced by routes S6 and S8, both routes operated by Go-Ahead Ireland.
Route 17 started running between Dolphin's Barn and Blackrock around 1971, with its western terminus becoming Rialto around 1982. Until 1990, the Blackrock terminus was on Newton Avenue. It then moved to the railway station. In January 2019, Go-Ahead Ireland took over the operation of the route. It too ceased to operate under Phase 5B of Bus Connects in November 2023. It was partially replaced by routes 74 (Dublin Bus), S2, S4 and S6 (Go-Ahead Ireland).
GT 15 was new to Dublin Bus in 2012 and is still in service. 11562 was new to Go-Ahead Ireland in 2018 and is also still in service.
11562 is in the then new Transport for Ireland (TFI) livery, while GT 15 is in the Dublin Bus livery. Both buses are now in the current TFI green / yellow livery.
This bus terminus became the third main bus terminus within UCD Belfield in 2012. The one it replaced subsequently became a lake.
10/09/2018
"I had a full beard and was twenty-three when I graduated from high school, into a world hit by the depression, I knew I would be underground all of my life if I didn't succeed at something else." Happy Throwback Thursday!
This week we are going back thirty-one years to RH 78 in Maynooth, on route 67A. This route started operating between the city centre and Maynooth, going via Celbridge around 1988. It ceased to operate in 2010 when it was merged into the regular route 67, which saw all departures extended to/from Maynooth. In 2021 the 67 became route C4 under Bus Connects. The current terminus is further up the Straffan Road, closer to the railway station.
RH 78 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1991. It was withdrawn in 2005 and later sold on to an operator in the UK.
20/07/1991
Père Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris, and houses the resting places of well known folks such as Edith Piaf, Chopin, and Jim Morrison. This tomb, housing the less famous Familie Raspail, was featured on the cover of a Dead Can Dance Album, although I didn’t know that when I took this photo.
This week we are going ack twenty-seven years to 1996 and RA 236 in Dun Laoghaire. This bus is dressed for route 75 which started running between Dun Laoghaire and Tallaght in February 1990. The number had previously been used on a local Tallaght route that ran between Fettercairn and Kilnamanagh from late-1985 to late-1987. The Tallaght terminus of the newer 75 moved to The Square Shopping Centre when it opened in late-1990. Go-Ahead Ireland took over the route from Dublin Bus in October 2018.
RA 236 was new to Dublin Bus in 1995. It was withdrawn in 2007 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.
10/02/1996
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
one of the few surviving shots of my high school ride...the very 1st version of Mr. Mean. And the bonus in this pic is the lovely lady has since become my loving wife of 32 years....
feel free to compliment me on my great taste in cars and women...hehehehe
It is Good Friday in 2013 and AX 529 is seen on Sundrive Road in Kimmage. The bus is operating a short working on route from Palmerstown Village to Appian Way in Ranelagh. The full 18 continues on to Ballsbridge and Sandymount Village. This is one of the orbital bus routes in Dublin, and can trace its origins back to the trams. Back then it held the distinction of being the only orbital tram route (meaning it did not serve the city centre). In March 2019, Go-Ahead Ireland took over the operation of this route from Dublin Bus on behalf of Transport for Ireland.
AX 529 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2006 and operated out of Donnybrook Garage. It subsequently transferred to Ringsend Garage late-2013.
Sundrive Road, 29/03/13
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.
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
Originally Taken: December 25, 2010
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Camera: Nikon D80
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For my December Throwback Thursday I decided to go ahead and use an old holiday photo that was taken during my first 365 project back in 2010.
I reprocessed it to a black and white photo with a slightly warmer overlay and didn't do too much else, a slight crop and some adjustments to the lighting levels but otherwise it was a pretty decent photo SOOC so it was fairly easy to work with; and with how chaotic December has been, it was just what I needed.
Hope everyone is having a good day.
Click "L" for a larger view.
Me on top of the Alpspitze near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. At the time the Alpspitzebahn took you 3/4 of the way up and you hiked the rest. From August 1982 while I was stationed in the UK.
This was taken with my Pentax ME Super Film camera. The negatives were scanned recently. They are in poor shape.
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