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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 It is currently the oldest AX still in service with Dublin Bus, though it will probably be withdrawn within the next few months.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
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
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
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
I haven't been around for quite sometime. I thought I'd throw an oldie out there so you wouldn't forget me!
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
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
My photostream is like a timeline for me. I don't like posting photos out of sequence.
But I also have a large archive of photos that I have missed posting.
Hence I am starting a Throwback Thursday album. I will aim to post a photo each Thursday from my archives. It could be 3 months old or 3 years old...
For this one, can anyone tell me where this was taken?
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.
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
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.