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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 It spent all its life in Dublin and was withdrawn at the end of 1987.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 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 It was one of the last Bombardier's to be withdrawn, lasting until around 1999/2000.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
A jaunt back thirty years this week to 1988. D 502 is seen on O'Connell Street with a 3 from Larkhill to Sandymount. The bus had been delivered new to Ringsend in April 1973 where it spent the rest of its career until withdrawn in 1990.
The route has had a varied career over its life.Operated by Ringsend Garage until 1994 when Donnybrook took over, the route returned to Ringsend in 2006. In 2012 Network Direct abolished the route, but the new route 1 covered most of the old 3. The 1 terminated in Santry on the northside instead of Larkhill.
The bus is still in CIE branding even though Dublin Bus had been created a year before. 29/03/1988
This week we are going back thirty-nine years to 1983 and C 80 on Townsend Street. The bus is dressed for route 47B to Grange Road. This route started in 1949 but ceased in 1999, and ran via Whitechurch Estate. It, along with routes 47 and 47A, were replaced by a combination of routes 15C, 16, 116 and 161.
C 80 was new to CIE in 1965. In 1985 it transferred to Dundalk and joined the schools fleet. It was withdrawn in 1992 and scrapped by 1994.
23/11/1983
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 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
Back in Dec' 2019 I was invited on a shoot organized by my good friend and fellow photographer Mick Tait, to do some photography at the Old Government House, Parramatta in NSW. Because the venue/museum is strictly a 'look but don't touch' policy I had the idea to stick with a theme of ghostly apparitions (and seems to be the month to celebrate it!).
This series eventually earned me a spot in the Pentaxian Yearbook series section.
You can find more images from this set in the blog link below, please feel free to leave a comment here or there if you have any questions;
www.eddysummers.com.au/blog/ghosts
www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/old-government-house/
Thanks!
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
It's 1985 and D 271 is seen parked at the 61 terminus on Townsend Street. At the time the route connected the City Centre with Churchtown on the southside of the city. The route was later removed from the network but then reappeared in the 21st Century as part of Network Direct. However, this time it was on a different routing, connecting the City Centre with Whitechurch. Together with the 44 it provides two buses an hour between Dundrum and the city, and both routes serve a bus stop at this location on Townsend Street.
D 271 entered service in 1969 and was withdrawn by CIE in 1985. 25/01/1985
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
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
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
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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
Boy do I wish I had more of these types of photos from Phil Boldman. This one comes from Kentland, Indiana, sometime in the 1940's. Wilmer Boldman took this photo of these 3 men as they stopped here. Pictured are left to right:
O. V. Sparks, NYC daylight operator at "KN" tower.
Thomas Boldman, NYC Track Inspector.
Man at right is someone that was riding with Thomas, maybe a dispatcher, superintendent or new official who needed to see the property. He is unidentified.
This is the best "old" photo I have ever seen of Kentland tower. Operator Sparks and Boldman both lived in town.
This photo is looking north on NYC's Egyptian line. The double-track seen here ran from Morocco to Sheff. Seen past the 3 men is KN tower, the PRR (nee-PCC&StL Ry) diamonds, the Seymour Street (route 24 crossing), the freight depot at right, the semaphore, beyond the signal at left was the small pumphouse shack, across from that at right in the distance was the NYC passenger depot and the building at left of the tracks in the distance looks like a house. Washington Street did in fact cross there at this time, but was long removed by the time I moved there. It also appears that there is a large man standing in the N/E quadrant of the diamonds at right who is looking this way. The coal tower was too far away to see. Looks as though it is noon time by the shadows and cold outside. Trees are empty so it could be early spring. By the 3 mens expressions, it was either very sunny or windy or both.
Kentland was the only location between Morocco and Sheff on the double track section that had interlocked crossovers. There was a trailing point crossover on the north side of the plant (just past the 24 crossing) and a facing point crossover on the south side of the plant (just in photo, at the 3 mens feet).
The "Egyptian" was going south by here at 12:15 am and north at 4:40 am. Looking at the schedule for the Egyptian, it's no wonder I haven't found any photos of it here.
New York Central "KN" tower
Kentland, Indiana
ca. 1940
Wilmer Boldman photo, Phil Boldman collection.
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 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 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 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 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 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