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This week we are going back twenty-five years to 1997 and RA 316 on Talbot Street. The bus is dressed for route 27. This route started operating between the city centre and Coolock in 1966. Thirty years later the route went over to CitySwift, as seen on RA 316 and the bus behind it here. The northern terminus also moved to Clare Hall. In 2011 the route was also merged with the 77, and the new cross-city route ran from Edenmore to Jobstown. Although the northern terminus was soon moved back to Clare Hall from Edenmore.
RA 316 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1996. It was withdrawn in 2007 and sold on to an operator in the UK.
This terminus on Talbot Street is now used by routes 42, 43 and 53.
17/08/1997
This week we are going back twenty-five years to 1996 and KD 232 on Burgh Quay. The bus is at the terminus for route 7A. This route started in 1950, operating between the City Centre and Sallynoggin and the following year it replaced route 7, which did not return until 1979. By the end of the 1980s the 7 was main route again, and the 7A was a reduced service to / from Mackintosh Park. In 2011 the 7A was removed from the network, but this was a short-term situation, as it returned in 2016. Though that return was a bit confusing. Route 7 terminated at Loughlinstown Park for many years, with one service an hour to Cherrywood. In 2016 the route to Cherrywood was designated the 7, and went to twice an hour, and the Loughlinstown Park route became the 7A, also twice an hour. And so it remains in 2021.
KD 232 was delivered new to CIE from Bombardier in 1982. It was withdrawn between 1998 and 2000.
In the background is the old office of the Irish Press which is now home to the Garda National Immigration Bureau, in rebuilt offices. 29/07/1996
CN 9473, CN 7025, and CN 4130 head back to the Dundas Sub after lifting 6 Ingenia cars from the new "interchange point" next to Brant Food Centre.
This week we are going back twenty-six years to 1998, and to ML 2 at The Square in Tallaght. The minibus is operating a service on route 201 to Kilnamanagh.
Tallaght gained three local routes in the late-1980s, and these were numbered T01, T02 and T03. These routes served the various housing estates around Tallaght. When The Square shopping centre opened in 1990, the routes started serving calling there. Around that time they were also renumbered 201, 202 and 203. The 201 connected Killinarden and Kilnamanagh, In the 1990s it had a few changes, moving western terminus to Jobstown and eastern one to Aylesbury and later Kiltipper. In the early-2000s it started operating between Citywest and Bohernabreena, and this was its final form until the route was withdrawn around 2009.
ML 2 was one of thirty-five ML Class minibuses delivered to Dublin Bus between 1994 and 1995. Some of these buses did not last long with Dublin Bus, and transferred to Bus Eireann in Waterford and Cork. ML 2 was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in the early-2000s and had been sold on to another operator by 2003.
13/06/1998
It is 1982 and there are no Luas trams in sight. Instead D 59 is seen on Parnell Street with a 40A to Cappagh Hospital. D 59 was delivered new to Ringsend in 1967. In 1971 it transferred to Phibsborough were it remained until it was withdrawn in December 1982. The bus was finally sold for scrap in 1984. D 1 to D 217 were delivered as single door buses, while the remainder of these type of Atlanteans were delivered as dual-door buses.
The 40A was part of the 40 family routes that served Finglas and the areas around it. The route ceased to run in November 2011 when it was merged with the 40 as part of the Network Direct review of the bus network.
With the 40 becoming a cross-city route, the 40B and 40D are the only routes (along with the 120) to terminate on Parnell Street, but on the opposite side of the road to where D 59 is in the photo. The location in the photo is now a tram stop on the Luas Cross City. Parnell Street, 30/08/1982
This week we are going back thirty-seven years to D 386 on Eden Quay. The bus is dressed for route 6A to Blackrock. This route started in 1965 running between the city centre and its terminus at Granville Park in Blackrock, going via Ballsbridge. In 1980 the route was extended to Sandyford Industrial Estate but it had completely ceased to operate by 1988.
D 386 was delivered new to CIE in 1970. It was withdrawn six months after this photograph was taken.
22/01/1985
A short hop back to 2012 this week. RV 560 is seen at Dublin Airport with a 16. This was in its final days in service, and was the last high-floor bus in service with Dublin Bus. Once it was withdrawn the entire Dublin Bus fleet became 100% accessible.
In the background is Terminal 2 which at the time had only been officially opened two years previously. An Aer Lingus aircraft can also be seen landing in the background. In 2019 this airline is due to undergo a rebrand, so will we lose the distinctive green livery?
Finally, from the start of December 2018 this bus area is shared with Go-Ahead Ireland who operate the 33A and 102 from here. As a consequence the 16 has seen an increase in services.
Dublin Airport, 06/12/2012
We have a first for Throwback Thursday this week - a picture taken after I started doing Throwback Thursday. What was once the present, is now the past.
AV 415 is seen crossing D'Olier Street as it heads from Fleet Street to Townsend Street. This bus was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2005. During its career it has operated out of Conyngham Road and Ringsend garages. In February 2019 it became the last AV in service at Ringsend.
Here it is seen operating route 56A which connects The Square, Tallaght, with Ringsend. Along the way it passes the Go-Ahead Ireland garage at Ballymount, a bus company that started to take over a number of Dublin Bus routes in 2018 and operate them on behalf of Transport for Ireland. This company was announced as the winner of this contract in 2017.
Finally AV 415 is seen in an all-over ad for Lucozade Sport. In June 2015 it received an all-over ad for Coca-Cola. Then around September 2015 it received this Lucozade ad which, as we can see here, it maintained for over 6 months. The Lucozade ad was also on a VG, the first time a non-ALX 400 received a wrap. In 2018 they started to appear on EVs too.
07/03/2016
This week we are going back thirty-five years to 1987 and D 609 on Talbot Street with a service on route 44A. This VanHool McArdle AN68 was new to CIE in 1975. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1993 and sold for scrap. Over its career it operated out of Clontarf, Conyngham Road and Ringsend Garages.
Route 44A to Mount Prospect Avenue started running in 1936. It lasted until 1996 when it was replaced by new City Imp route 130, which also replaced route 30.
Beside the bus is a car with a registration plate that begins with "87 D". 1987 was the first year for this new style of car registrations, with the previous system dating from 1903 using just two letter codes for counties and some numbers (as seen on the bus). The new system adopted in 1987 put the two digits for the year at the start followed by one or two letters to represent the county. In 2013 it was adapted again when the year was split in half for registrations and either a 1 or 2 appended to the year number. 17/11/1987
This week we are going back twenty-five years to 1996 and the end of a bus route. KC 44 is seen on Marlborough Street dressed for route 30. This route started in 1938, replacing a previous tram route, and connected the City Centre with Dollymount, via Clontarf. The terminus in Dollymount was Mount Prospect Avenue. Route 30 was replaced by City Imp route 130 on the 17th March 1996, a week after this photograph was taken. Originally it was meant to have started on 10th March, but the introduction of the new route was slightly delayed. The 130 also replaced route 44A on the same time, which operated between the City Centre and Seafield Park in Clontarf.
KC 44 entered service with CIE in December 1983. It was withdrawn in 1999. It spent most of its life in Clontarf Garage, though it ended its career in Conyngham Road Garage.
This part of Marlborough Street is now also used by Luas trams, as well as the occasional bus.
09/03/1996
This week we are going back twenty-three years to 1999 and AD 19 on Hawkins Street. The bus is dressed for route 86. This route started operating between Bray and Dublin city centre as a replacement for the Harcourt Street railway line that closed on the last day of 1958. Around 1971 the terminus was cut from Bray to Cabinteely. Around 2005 the route had been reduced even further, only running between Shankill and Sandyford Industrial Estate. The route ceased to operate on the 17th April 2009. By this point the Luas Green Line had been running along the old Harcourt Street line to Sandyford for five years. A subsequent extension to the tramline saw part of extended along Hawkins Street, in the traffic lane beside AD 19 in the photo.
AD 19 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1994, being one of 70 that made up the AD Class. It was originally painted in CitySwift livery. By 1998 it had received two-tone green Dublin Bus livery, and when it was withdrawn around 2004 it was in Dublin Bus blue and cream livery. It then joined the Bus Eireann school fleet in Cork and was withdrawn by 2011.
15/06/1999
This week we are going back thirty years to KD 203 on Lower Abbey Street. The bus is operating a service on route 29A. This route was taken over by CIE from the GNR(I) in 1958, and it connected the city centre with Raheny (with a northern terminus at Grange Road Cross). Around 1970 it was extended to Newgrove Cross and then to Baldoyle in November 2012. Under Bus Connects it will effectively become route H1.
KD 203 was delivered new to CIE in 1982. It spent most of its life in Phibsborough Garage, though temporarily moved to Clontarf Garage to increase the audience for this all-over ad campaign. It was withdrawn around 2000.
The bus is in an all-over ad for PMPA Insurance. This was once the largest car insurance company in Ireland, but went into administration in 1983, and didn't exit it until 2013. A levy was placed on all insurance policies in Ireland in order to make up the losses of the company. PMPA eventually was absorbed into AXA insurance.
The building behind the bus is currently a Wetherspoon's pub. 13/05/1991
My Dad gave me this camera he used to use around the time I was born, (45years ago)! Soon I will be using it to capture photos!
A jaunt back to 1985 and D 360 on Eden Quay at the terminus of route 6. This route connected the city centre with the Blackrock area. For a while there was also a 6A that was extended to Sandyford Industrial Estate in 1980. These routes were part of a number of routes that served the Rock Road, along with the 5, 7, 7A and 8. In 1987, after Dublin Bus was formed, the 6A was removed from the network, followed by the 6 in 1989. In 2019 the main routes to Blackrock from the city centre are the 4, 7 and 7A.
D 360 had a varied career. It was delivered new to Dublin in 1970. It was withdrawn from regular service in 1987 and became the tree lopper. This work involved it losing its roof so trees along bus routes could be trimmed from the top deck. It lasted in this role a few months when it became a special events bus and was used on occasions such as Stephen Roche's return following his win of the Tour de France. It was eventually withdrawn from the fleet at the end of 1993. 20/11/1985
This week we are going back to 2009 and a massive public transport operation in north County Dublin. On the 21st Ausgust 2009,part of the railway viaduct was washed away. This resulted in the Belfast to Dublin railway line being closed between Donabate and Malahide. As most of the route between Drogheda and Dublin served important commuter towns, a contingency plan had to be quickly put into place. Dubliln Bus assumed responsibility for extra services between Skerries, Rush, Lusk and Dublin. The 33X went from one departure a day to a bus every ten minutes in the peak, and some weekend services. To cope with the demand, some buses were put back into service after previously being withdrawn. RV 506 was one such example, which may explain the upside down destination. It is seen here in Skerries with a 33X to Dublin. This service used the M1 motorway and Port Tunnel to get to the city, taking about an hour, end to end. When the railway line reopened in November 2009, some of the extra 33X services were maintained and it still runs today in 2017. 14/09/2009
This week we are going back twenty-five years to 1998, and to RH 139 on Marlborough Street. The bus is dressed for route 20A. This route started running between the city centre and Donnycarney North in 1948, and was an off-shoot of route 20. These routes (along with the 20B) went via Fairview and the Malahide Road. In 1997 the 20A was cut back to just a handful of departures, becoming a derivative of the 20B in the process. The route finally ceased to operate in 1999, with the 20B lasting until 2011. A definitive history of the route can be found here: dublinbusstuff.com/Routes20.html
RH 139 was new to Dublin Bus in 1992. It was withdrawn in 2006 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.
20/07/1998
This week we are only going back a decade to the end of a bus route. Dublin Bus AX 640 is seen at the terminus for route 11B within UCD Belfield. This route started in 1970, initially running to / from the city centre via Clonskeagh. In the early-1980s it was extended north to Griffith Avenue and Wadelai Park, though by the late 1980s all services terminated at Wadelai Park. Under Network Direct the route was abolished on the 26th June 2011 when a new route 11 started. However the day this picture was taken was actually the last day as the route only operated Monday - Friday in its latter years.
This 11B terminated in a number of locations with UCD over the years. The first one I remember in the early 2000s was behind the student centre, opposite the science block. With the construction of the new nursing school around 2005 the terminus was relocated to this location in the photo on the far side of the sports centre. Currently this home to route 142 during the week.
AX 640 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2006 and is still in service today.
24/06/2011
This week we are going back twenty-six years to 1998 and KD 88 at Heuston Station. The bus is dressed for route 91.
This route did not have a timetable and ran as required. It was there to provide extra capacity on route 90 during periods of great demand (such as two trains arriving together). Whereas the 90 connected Heuston with Connolly (and for a while the IFSC), the 91 only went as far as Aston Quay. The route faded away over time, especially when the Luas tram started running in 2004, providing a new connection between Heuston and Connolly.
KD 88 was new to CIE in 1982. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus around 1999/2000.
The ad on the side of the bus is for a referendum to ratify to Good Friday Agreement. This agreement was signed on 10th April 1998, and the referendum was held on the 22nd May 1998.
Work beside the bus is part of a refurbishment / upgrade of Heuston Station. This expanded the concourse of the station into the original building at the front of the station.
02/05/1998
A lot has changed in this picture from 2012. On St. Patrick's Day of that year, a fire in a building on Benburb Street/Queen Street resulted in the Luas Red Line closing in the city centre. Trams could only run from Saggart/Tallaght to Heuston Station. As a result Dublin Bus had to provide extra buses between Connolly and Heuston to cater for the demand. Most garages had to provide buses, often doing a trip on the shuttle after arriving into the city from their usual routes. DT 4 is one such bus that was based out of Harristown. It usually operated extra duties on other routes in the peaks. The bus was withdrawn in 2017 and was sold to Ashbourne Connect. Behind it is a Donnybrook VT on a short 145 to the Belfield fly-over at UCD. This bus is still with Dublin Bus, but has lost its dot-matrix destination for a LED one. Heuston, 22/03/2012
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DeGrazia wrote in a journal the “desert is spiritual, mysterious and religious. It is a big dream around a dream. Walk away from people into the desert, and soon you will find a deadly silence, loneliness, a vast emptiness. It is almost frightening. Then suddenly, like magic, you are not alone. Around you is felt a stirring of life, you have a feeling of a living desert, a very old desert.” Happy Throwback Thursday!
It is 2001 and P 4 is seen on O'Connell Street with a 122 to Ashington. The bus had been delivered to Dublin Bus in 1993 for use on CitySwift route 39 to Clonsilla. However as the CitySwift routes became more popular, they transitioned over to double-deck buses, freeing up the single deckers like the P class. It was not just the CitySwift routes that became more popular, but so did the minibus operated City Imp routes. Therefore the P class were repainted into City Imp yellow/red and transferred to those routes, like the 122. Around the same time, some midibuses were purchased, like the WV in the background of this photo.
The 122 runs from Ashington off the Navan Road to Drimnagh Road via Cabra and Rialto, and still runs today. But it too has now gone over to double-deckers. The route no longer stops outside Easons though,but instead on Upper O'Connell Street. The P Class buses were withdrawn in the early 2000s and transferred to Bus Eireann where they were used on school services.
O'Connell Street, 10/01/2001
It's 1997 and threre is some contrast on the streets of Dublin. KD 218 is seen loading up on Abbey Street with a 39 to Clonsilla. The route had transitioned to CitySwit operation in 1993 and was replaced by single-deckers operating a high-frequency timetable. Some of them can be seen behind the KD. Due to the increase demand on this route Dublin Bus did get some new Olympian double-deckers branded for CitySwift from 1996 on, so it is somewhat unusual to see the much older KD on the route in 1997. This bus had been delivered between 1982/83 and was coming near the end of its career at this point.
In 2018 no buses terminate on this part of Abbey Street and the 39 runs from Burlington Road to Ongar. 01/03/1997
It's Thursday and time for a throwback! In Gothenburg it's finally plus degrees again which means that it is raining again instead of snowing - sad, yes - but at least no more sliding to work on icy roads! Yay! So what better time to post a sunny throwback to lazy days at the pool?
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Stylist: Karin Nuyts
It is the year 2000 and GAC Bombardier KC 197 is still in service, but not for much longer. The bus entered service in 1982 five years before Dublin Bus was incepted, and eight months later all Bombardier buses had been withdrawn by Dublin Bus.
KC 197 operated out of Clontarf Garage and is seen here operating route 53. This is one of the shorter routes in Dublin, operating from the City Centre to Dublin Port via East Wall. Journey time is under half an hour. The bus is seen here at a terminus on Abbey Street. The bus stop has the 51A on it, and the 53 traditionally operated from Beresford Place. Today the route goes from Talbot Street, and this terminus is used by the 33, 41/A/B/C. Abbey Street, 07/03/2000
This week we re going back thirty-two years to 1993, and to P 5 at the route 39 terminus in Clonsilla.
Route 39 started running between the City Centre and Blanchardstown in 1926. Between 1972 and 2004 its western terminus moved around between Sheepmoor, Clonsilla, Coolmine and the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre. In 2004 it settled on Ongar as a western terminus. In 2010, under Network Direct, the city terminus moved to Baggot Street and three years later to Burlington Road.
In 1993 route 39 became the first CitySwift route in Dublin. The concept was to run single-decker buses at a higher-frequency than before. When this started, Clonsilla was the terminus as seen here.
P 5 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1993, with the P Class the first class of bus purchased for CitySwift operations. The P Class ultimately number 40 members, and were later joined on CitySwift routes by members of the AD, VA, RV and AV Classes. P 5 was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in the early-2000s, and had joined the Bus Eireann school fleet in Cavan by 2003. By 2013 it had been withdrawn and stored in Dundalk garage for eventual scrapping.
18/09/1993
This week we are throwing back to a throwback! In 2011, Dublin Bus was still undertaking the Network Direct re-organisation of the bus network in the capital. In August of that year it made its presence known to routes 19 and 19A. These were considered some of the premier routes in the city, up there with the 3, 10 and 46A. However Network Direct took no prisoners and the 19 from Jamestown Road to Bulfin Road was abolished and the 19A from Jamestown Road to Limekiln Avenue regenerated into the 9. The last day of both routes was Saturday 27th August, but on the Wednesday before a special run was organised with preserved Leyland Olympian RH 7. It is seen here at the Bulfin Road terminus of the 19 before heading cross city to Finglas.
Incidentally, this was also the day Steve Jobs resigned from Apple. 24/08/2011
This week we are throwing back twenty-one years to 2001 and the end of Bombardier buses in Dublin. On the 13th January 2001, Dublin Bus ran a farewell trip for the Bombarder buses. KD 114 and KD 353, the latter seen here, represented the double-deckers, while KC 100 represented the single-deckers. The tour ended in Donnybrook Garage, where KD 353 and KC 100 were handed over to the National Transport Museum based in Howth.
KD 353 is seen here at the terminus for route 8 in Dalkey. The first KD to enter service was KD 2 on the the 28th May 1981 and did so on route 8. KD 353 entered service in June 1983. The last proper KD in service had been on route 16 in December 2000, but on the day of the farewell run, the final fare-paying passenger was picked up while the tour was operating along route 11 to Clonskeagh. Bombardier buses remained in service with Bus Eireann around the country for a few more years.
Route 8 started operating between the city centre and Dalkey as a bus route in 1949 (replacing the trams). It stopped briefly between 2001 and 2005, but ended completely in 2016. Under Bus Connects, it is proposed to use the route number on a new route between the city centre and Beaumont Hospital via Clontarf.
13/01/2001
A trip back in time this week of twenty-six years to 1990. KD 1 is seen at a bus rally in the Phoenix Park. This was the first of 366 KD buses delivered to CIE between 1980 and 1983. These buses were built in Shannon by Bombardier and an extra one was built for and shipped to Baghdad. KD 1 itself was built in Hamburg in Germany by FFG. The last KD was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 2000. KD 1 was based in Donnybrook Garage and that is reflected in the scrolls for route 8 in the photograph. This was the first route to have a KD operate on it. In light of recent sporting events, the ad for the World Cup in Italy is quite topical. Phoenix Park 30/06/1990
***Decided to merge images from my old Flickr account with my current account. Photos and descriptions from 2007-2009.
Location: New York, NY
Just had dinner at Mokofuku Noodle bar. We were taking the train back to Manhattan and I saw this DRUNK gentleman waiting for the train.
Here is a link to the Noodle bar we went to.
www.momofuku.com/noodle/default.asp
Here is exactly what we ate:
www.flickr.com/photos/fooddude/2827049938/
Courtesy of Edgar Maguyon:)
This week we are back in Dun Laoghaire, this time to see KC 87 on the 111 in 1990.
At this time the 111 was only four years old. It was one of a number of routes designed to connect in with the new electric DART train service. These DART feeder services included the the 88 in Howth, the 102 in Sutton, the 101 in Harmonstown, the 103 in Killester, the 90 at Connolly, the 52 at Sydney Parade, the 113 and 114 in Blackrock and the 111 in Killiney. The 111 connected Dun Laoghaire with Loughlinstown Park going via Sallynoggin. Over the years the route saw its frequency cut-back as the DART feeder concept slowly faded away. By 2009 it was a peak-hours only service, Monday to Friday. However, in 2015 a reorganisation of the Dun Laoghaire network took place, and the 111 went through a remarkable transformation. The 111 was rerouted to run from Brides Glen Luas stop to Dalkey, via Loughlinstown, Sallynoggin and Dun Laoghaire, as well as regaining an all-day timetable. Until 2018, the new timetable was Monday-Saturday, but when Go-Ahead Ireland took over the route, it became a seven-day operation.
KC 87 was delivered new to Dublin in 1983.
Finally, this area around Dun Laoghaire station has changed a lot over the last thirty years, with the buildings in the background replaced by an apartment and office block, the bus stops and shelters and have also been replaced, and most of the buses that park here now are operated by Go-Ahead Ireland. The 46A is the only Dublin Bus route to stop here.
Dun Laoghaire, 17/04/2020