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This week we are going twenty-five years to RH 130 at the terminus of route 13A on Kildare Street. The first 13A started around 1977, and ran from Ballymun to Beechwood Avenue. In 1980 it moved terminus to Poppintree, and the route ceased around 1983/1984. It returned to the network in 1994, running between Poppintree and Kildare Street. In 1997 it moved its southern terminus to Merrion Square. In 2004 it moved its northern terminus to Harristown, and in 2009 it started serving Ikea (near Ballymun). The route ceased in October 2011, as part of the changes brought in under Network Direct.
RH 130 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1992. In 2006 it lost part of its roof and joined the Dublin Bus tour fleet. It was withdrawn in 2014 and sold for scrap. During its career it was one of the few RH Class members to receive CitySwift livery.
21/09/1996
To mark the end of the year we are going back 29 years to 1991. KD 348 is seen on Parnell Square dressed for route 40A to Cappagh Hospital. Route 40A started running to Finglas in 1932, seven years after route 40 started. The 40A terminus was on Cappagh Road, whereas the 40 terminated on Plunkett Road. Up until the early-2000s a number of departures on the 40A were extended to / from Cappagh Hospital. In 2011 the 40A was taken off the bus network when it was merged with the 40 and 78A to become the new cross-city route 40.
The bus is in an all-over ad for Telecom Eireann Callcards. I am sure for a certain generation of people these must seem like a very arcane item, whereas other people may recall them with great fondness. Introduced in the late 1980s the cards were a way for people to make calls on public phones without having to carry a lot of loose change around with them. In some ways they served as the prototype to phone credit that people use on their mobile phones nowadays. The cards were very popular during the 1990s, and even became collectible items with their varied designs and denominations. However, with the arrival of the mobile phones in the late 1990s, the cards along with public pay-phones became a thing of the past. Telecom Eireann also became a thing of the past in 1999 when it was privatised and first rebranded as Eircom, and later as Eir.
KD 348 was one of 366 double-deckers delivered to CIE in the 1980s by Bombardier. It was delivered new in 1983 and was withdrawn around 1999. 31/12/1991
It is 1992 and RH 64 is seen parked between duties on Marlborough Street. The bus had been delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1991 and entered service at Clontarf Garage. It is in an all-over ad for Harp Lager. It is worth noting that at this point in time these ads were hand-painted onto the buses. This is unlike the situation in 2018 where ads are applied on vinyl wraps. In some ways these buses were mobile works of art. As a result the ads lasted longer on the buses than they do now. This one had a lifespan of about a year and was also applied to buses from other garages.
The 32B was part of the 32 group of routes that served Baldoyle/Portmarnock/Malahide. The 32B ran to Abbey Park in Baldoyle. This routing was later absorbed into the 32 services to Portmarnock. Network Direct removed Abbey Park (and the 32B) from the Dublin Bus network in November 2012, with just the 32 surviving and terminating at Malahide. Residents in Abbey Park had to walk to the main road to get a new extended 29A.
This layover on Marlborough Street became the Marlborough tram stop on the Luas Green Line in December 2017.
30/05/1992
It is 1992 and RH 120 is seen heading north on O'Connell Street with cross-city route 10 from UCD Belfield to Phoenix Park. Until its withdrawal in 2010, this was one of the more famous bus routes in Dublin with most people's experiences of it either being to take them to college in UCD or the Zoo in the Phoenix Park. Under Network Direct, the northern half of the route was taken over by the 46A, and the southern half by the 39A.
The bus is in an all-over ad for the "Travel Ten" ticket. This was an initiative by Dublin Bus where one prepaid ticket offered ten journeys. This ticket later morphed into the "2 Eazy" ticket, which then evolved into the current smartcard "Leap".
RH 120 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1991. It was withdrawn in the early-2000s and went to operate with Veolia in the United Kingdom. 14/03/1992
It is 1984 and KC 20 is seen in Rialto with a 17. This route is one of the orbital routes in Dublin city, in that it connects the suburbs together rather than with the city centre. In 1984 the 17 connected Rialto with Dolphin's Barn, Crumlin, Dundrum and Blackrock. The route still does this today in 2019. In 1984 when this photograph was taken, the route was operated by CIE. Dublin Bus took over upon its formation in 1987 and then in 2019 Go-Ahead Ireland assumed responsibility for it and other orbital routes in Dublin.
KC 20 was delivered new to Donnybrook in 1981 and ended its career at Phibsborough Garage in the 1990s.
It is April 1985 and KD 5 is seen on Marlborough Street (not Abbey Street as on the caption) in Dublin. It is seen after arriving with a working on the 31 from Howth. This route can trace its origins back to the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and was absorbed into CIE Dublin bus network in 1958. It follows the railway line from Dublin to Howth through villages such as Raheny and Sutton. However in recent times, unlike the railway, it continues through Howth Village and terminate at Howth Summit. As a result, this is a very popular bus route with visitors.
KD 5 was delivered new to CIE in 1981. It survived in service with Dublin Bus to the mid-1990s, spending all its life at Clontarf Garage.
The block of buildings beside the bus are no longer standing on Marlborough Street having been demolished in the early-2000s. The road beneath the bus became the Luas tram line in 2017. 11/04/1985
Originally taken: September 10, 2010
Location: Ottawa Ontario
Camera: Nikon D80
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You've probably heard me complaining about the lack of sunshine we've been having lately, as well as the fact that I am so tired of winter, so I thought to myself, well why not do a Throwback Thursday to include gorgeous light and sunshine?
This was taken as an alternate to a photo in my self-portrait 365 project in 2010. It's very similar to the portrait I ended up using, but when going through the archives, this was the photo that stood out to me. In 2010, I was just starting to take photography from snapshots to photographs and looking back at this photo, I don't know that there's anything I would have changed about the composition of this portrait.
Happy Thursday everyone.
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This week we are going back eleven years to VG 21 at UCD Belfield with a service on route 39B. The 39B has had two existences. The first version ran for a decade, ending around 1993 when the CitySwift operation began on route 39. This original 39B operated between the city centre and (at various times) Clonsilla, Sheepmoor and Coolmine. The route was resurrected in 2001. Initially operating between Inglewood and UCD Belfield in the peaks, its western terminus moved to Clonsilla in 2003 and Ongar in 2004. There it remained util the route ceased again in October 2010 under Network Direct, though a lot of it was covered by new route 39A.
VG 21 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2008 and is still in service today. There is one noticeable aspect to it though. Previously, all buses delivered to Dublin Bus had their fleet number reflected in the last three digits of the registration plate. Dublin Bus used to block book sequences when they were registering new buses so this feature would occur, and it was certainly an handy way for bus enthusiasts to identify buses too. However, a premium had to be paid for this option with the registration authority and during the financial crisis Dublin Bus had to make savings. This was an easy one to make, so VG 20 was the last bus delivered where the registration matched the fleet number, and VG 21 was the first one to arrive with a general registration plate.
Finally, back in 2010 this part of UCD Belfield was only used by the peak-hour Xpresso bus routes but today it is the main bus terminus on the college campus, and used by the vast majority of bus routes that serve there.
21/10/2010
Originally Taken: May 12, 2011
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Camera: Nikon D80
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So, it seems Throwback Thursday totally slipped my mind this month and now I'm scrambling at the very last minute to get one done!
This was taken back when my neighbour and I were walking up to the coffee shop on each nice day we were both available, this was just me fooling around with the camera while she was inside the store getting a refill. Our walks together have been further and further apart since her little one arrived and she's gone back to work, so I thought that in every sense, this really suited the Throwback Thursday theme!
Hope all is well!
Even though it's Wednesday still a throwback. I elected, on a whim, to try my old hairstyle. I do like the shorter one better!
Slightly unusual Throwback Thursday this week, and one I debated about posting. When I started this series in 2016 all public service obligation bus services in Dublin were operated by Dublin Bus, and prior to that it was CIE, from whom Dublin Bus was formed from in 1987. In 2015 the National Transport Authority sought expressions of interest to operate some of the routes around the city. During 2016 this became an official tender. Dublin Bus applied to retain and operate the routes, as did other bus companies. The winner which was announced in 2017 was Go-Ahead, a transport company that operates bus and rail services around the world. 23 routes transferred from Dublin Bus to Go-Ahead Ireland and one new route started, the 175.
The 175 commenced running on September 9th 2018. The route takes it from Citywest to UCD Belfield via Tallaght, Ballinteer and Dundrum, and back again. It provides some relief to the busy route 75 while also providing new connections between some of the southern suburbs in Dublin.
11572 is seen passing through the bus gate in Tallaght Village. This was one of 24 Wright Geminis bought specifically for the tendered routes, Another 49 members of the Dublin Bus SG class transferred over, as well as 12 GT class buses. In 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the need to provide extra services for school children, 7 AX buses also went to Go-Ahead Ireland.
So, the bus landscape has changed a bit in the four years since Throwback Thursday started. The Go-Ahead Ireland contract is for five years. With it starting in 2018, there is a chance another operator will be running this route in four years time. Of course, if Bus Connects happens, then none of the current bus routes could be around in four years. We live in interesting times...
10/09/2018
This week we are going back thirty-five years to Maynooth in County Kildare. KD 291 is seen Maynooth at the terminus of route 66. This 66 has a long history with the DUTC taking over the route from private operators in 1934. It then passed to CIE in 1945 and Dublin Bus in 1987. From 1951 until 2010, a number of departures extended further into Kildare to Kilcock, but that town is now primarily served by Bus Eireann. The 66 terminus in Maynooth was extended further south along Straffan Road in 1996, where it still currently terminates. The route runs to Dublin city centre via Leixlip, Lucan and Chapelizod. The 67 also connects the two placed but goes via Celbridge instead of Leixlip. Over the years the 66 has spawned the 66A, 66B, 66D, 66E and 66X.
Maynooth is one of the few locations on the Dublin Bus network that is also served by Irish Rail and Bus Eireann (although it is not possible to travel into or out of Dublin on Bus Eireann). It is also served by TFI route 139 between Blanchardstown and Naas.
KD 291 was delivered new to Dublin in 1982. It was withdrawn between 1996 and 2000. 24/09/1985
Today's #TBT shot is brought to you by the early 1990's- neon-colored everything, big baggy jeans, oversized accessories, and white people appropriating hip-hop culture! Good times!
On 'Generation Girl' Blaine- vintage Ken tshirt and baggy jeans. Hat is vintage Genuine Barbie. Sunglasses and watch are model's own. Chain is re-purposed people-sized jewelry.
On NKotB Donnie- tshirt from Olivia's Doll Closet. Vintage Ken baggy jeans. Sunglasses by Fashion Fever. Silver jacket borrowed from 'Generation Girl' Blaine. Gold chain by Barbie Basics.
It is 2001 and RV 592 is seen at the bus terminus in UCD Belfield. It is waiting to depart with a 50X to Killinarden in Tallaght. the 50X had a lifespan of just under 20 years, starting in 1990 as part of the CitySpeed brand and ending in April 2009 during the review of the network and the removal of low usage routes. Although as the crow flies the distance between Tallaght and UCD is not great, the bus route operated via the City Centre, which added to its route length. Although route 50 was operated by Ringsend Garage, the 50X was one of the extra duties operated by Broadstone Garage.
The terminus at UCD Belfield has now been relocated and this location is now a lake and green area. The bus was withdrawn in 2011. 09/10/2001
This week we are going back twenty-eight years to 1994 and Dublin Bus AD 58 on Pearse Street. The bus is dressed for route 14A to Churchtown. This route started running between the Phoenix Park and Churchtown in 1965. In the late-1980s it was cut back from the Phoenix Park to the city centre and in 1995 it was extended to Ballinteer. From 2005 to 2011 it operated to Dundrum, but was subsumed into new route 14 under Network Direct,
AD 58 was one of seventy DAF / Alexander Setanta single-deckers delivered to Dublin Bus between 1994 and 1995. It was delivered in unbranded City Swift livery and initially operated out of Donnybrook Garage. Around 2006 it transferred to Bus Eireann along with a number of other AD buses that joined the school fleet, but it was withdrawn by 2011. It ended its days at Rosslare Harbour.
29/12/1994
It is a grey day in February 2010, and AV 217 is seen in Drumcondra. It is operating route 40A from Parnell Street to Charlestown via Finglas. The 40 family of routes are synonymous with Finglas, although the 40B is a bit of an outlier as it goes to Toberburr near St. Margarets. The 40A served some of the estates in Finglas off Cardiffsbridge Road before terminating in the village. In 2009 the route was extended to the new development at Charlestown. By the end of 2011 the 40A had been absorbed into the new cross-city 40 which ran from Finglas to Liffey Valley. The 40 itself was extended to Charlestown in 2017.
Whitworth Road in Drumcondra runs beside and above the railway line served by trains to Docklands Station. It is a busy bus route with the 40s all serving it. In the past the 13 to Ballymun also went this way. It is also heavily used by Bus Eireann. 12/02/2010
July 1989 is much more grey than July 2018, but the former is probably a more typical Irish summer than the latter. D 822 does brighten things up a bit. It is seen passing the Bank of Ireland and Trinity College in College Green as it operates a 13 to Palmerston Park from Ballymun. The route commenced to Ballymun in the late 1970s, extended to Palmerston Park in the 1980s, and lasted until 2011. Under Network Direct the route was merged with the 51s and became a cross-city route from Ballymun to Grange Castle via Drumcondra, Inchicore and Clondalkin. The route now travels down Dame Street from College Green rather than Grafton Street as in this photo.
The bus is in an all-over ad for the The Irish Cancer Society. The bus is promoting their support services.
D 822 entered service in 1976 and was withdrawn in 1994 when it was sold for scrap. 27/07/1989
It is 1999 and a decade, century and a millennium is coming towards an end. And so is a bus livery. RV 326 is seen parked on Burgh Quay between duties on the 14A. It and RV 327 were the last buses delivered new in the two-tone green livery of Dublin Bus in 1997. This livery was introduced in 1987 and started to be replaced in the mid-1990s with a new cream/blue "core" livery. The VLs were the first buses delivered in a new, and unique, standard livery in 1997 ( but not the final one that was chosen). RV 326 was one of five new buses allocated to the 14A when delivered. RV 327 as mentioned was in two-tone green, RV 328 and RV 329 were in Wedding Bus livery and RV 330 was in Coastal Tours livery.
RV 326 also has the distinction of being the first RV delivered to Dublin Bus, and thus the first Volvo Olympian. The last one to be delivered was RV 640. Being the first, RV 326 received marker-lights above the upper-deck windscreen, something the rest of the 1997 deliveries did not get.
The 14A was a variation of the 14, and connected the City Centre with Ballinteer via Dartry while the 14 served Rathgar. Under Network Direct the 14A was absorbed into the 14, the Dartry routing was dropped, buses went via Ballinteer to Dundrum and was extended on the northside to Ardlea Road.
Finally, the bus is parked beside the building of the Irish Press which was a newspaper published between 1931 and 1995. Burgh Quay, 18/07/1999
Time to pull out some from the photo albums....for the younger ones here, "photo albums" are where we old dudes would store "paper based" photos after we spent all our hard earned money on 35mm film and processing with the option of "gloss or matte finish". (Yutes today......they just don't understand how expensive photography was in the 'olden days' for those of us with gray hairs).
Anyway, it's September 1991 as solo Soo SD60M 6058 is passing the Hartland WI cream city depot and ABS signal on the wrong main on account of track work two miles behind them. This train came complete with brown Soo caboose #3. Behind me, the crossover switch is lined for them to head back over to the eastbound main and onward to Milwaukee.
It's 2008, AV 330 is based at Donnybrook Garage and is operating the 45. This route connected the City Centre to Bray, and for many years was the main bus route to that Wicklow town. When the DART arrived in the 1980s, the railway provided a much quicker journey to the city. The 45 kept going though. It had two termini in Bray, one at Oldcourt and the other on the seafront. This latter one was helpfully referred to as "Esplanade" on the destination displays. The route reached Bray by going via Blackrock and Cabinteely. It was supplemented by route 45A from Dun Laoghaire to Bray. In the early-2000s Dublin Bus introduced the more direct route 145 which used the Stillorgan Road QBC. The 45 became less busy and attempts were made to cut it back from the City Centre by terminating in Ballsbridge. This was unpopular and the route was restored to Merrion Square. However Network Direct saw the end of the route in 2012.
AV 330 is no longer in service with Dublin Bus. D'Olier Sreet 26/04/08
I cannot think of a more appropriate way to mark the 150th Throwback Thursday than with a photograph of AV 150 on route 150.
The bus is seen at the terminus of the route on Fleet Street. The route connects the City Centre with Rossmore via Crumlin. The route began in 1994 under the City Imp brand, replacing route 50. In 2011 it was rerouted slightly to replace route 121 in the Liberties. The current 150 terminus is on Hawkins Street.
AV 150 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2000. It was initially allocated to Donnybrook Garage where it spent most of its career. It moved to Ringsend Garage to finish out its career. By 2016 it had crossed the sea to Scotland to take up work with McColls.
Fleet Street, 05/06/2015
This week we are going back twenty-three years to 1999 and RA 226 on Middle Abbey Street. The bus is dressed for route 67A , which started running between the city centre and Maynooth (via Celbridge) around 1988. It ceased in 2010 when the regular 67 was itself extended to Maynooth from Celbridge.
The bus is branded for the "25A Lucan Road Flyer". Certain routes in the city, mostly CitySwift routes, received this type of branding in the late-1990s. It was mostly an attempt to relaunch the CitySwift brand. Part of this including branding some buses, like this one, with Super CitySwift also.
RA 226 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1995. It was withdrawn in 2007 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom. 22/06/1999
This week it is a trip back to 1991 and a short-lived shuttle bus. MW 7 was one of a number of mini buses delivered to Dublin Bus in 1990. It was used on local services in Tallaght, as well as a shuttle for Superquinn before taking up duties on this shuttle for the Irish Museum of Modern Art. It connected that institution in Kilmainham with the City Centre, but it did not last long. To show of its different status to normal buses it has "VIP" shown as a route number. Dawson Street 04/08/1991
For Throwback Thursday this week we are going back a mere twenty-six years to 1990. At the time there was only bus service from the Dublin city to Dublin Airport and it was operated by Dublin Bus. Summerhill Garage provided the buses and it operated from Bus Aras to the airport. It had no fleet number, buses were in standard livery, and the timetable was not very frequent. Three years after this picture was taken and the route was transformed into "Airlink", with a distinctive livery, an increase in frequency and new single-deck buses. It also became route 747. Today it is still running, with double-deck buses and operates every ten-minues from Heuston Station to Dublin Airport. It also still serves this bus stop at Bus Aras. KC 30 is seen at Bus Aras (note the destination spelling on the bus) after arriving from the Airport.
19/05/1990
A trip back ten years this week to 2009. RV 553 is seen heading north on O'Connell Street with a 140 to St. Margaret's Road. This route was one of a number of routes created in the early 2000s to cope with the expansion of Dublin due to the Celtic Tiger. The routes themselves, such as the 4, 128 and 140, more accurately started towards the end of the Celtic Tiger and the start of the economic crisis. The 140 commenced in 2008 connecting Wilton Terrace with Finglas, being a more direct route than the traditional 40. In late 2009 it was extended to Ikea near Ballymun and then in 2011 it was extended south to Rathmines as part of Network Direct. It replaced the 128 on the southside making the 128 a short-lived route of only 4 years. At one point consideration was given to merge the 140 with the 54A instead, which would have extended it beyond Tallaght to Kiltipper.
RV 553 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1999. When this picture was taken it was based in Harristown Garage but was subsequently transferred to Summerhill. It was withdrawn in 2012. 06/01/2009
This week we are only going back to 1998, but we are at the western extremes of the Dublin Bus network. RA 312 is seen in Maynooth (Co.Kildare) at the 67A terminus. The main 67 route ran between Dublin and Celbridge with a few extensions west to Maynooth, which operated as the 67A. Under Network Direct in November 2010, the 67 and 67A were combined and all departures on the 67 ran to Maynooth via Celbridge. Maynooth is also served by route 66 which had services to the town of Kilcock, further west than Maynooth. However Network Direct in 2010 also removed those workings and both the 66 and 67 now terminate in Maynooth.
RA 312 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1996. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 2008 and then bought by Warrington Borough Transport. It remained in service with them until at least 2014.
The ad on the side is for Eircell, which was Eircom's mobile phone network. It was subsequently sold to Vodafone. Maynooth, 07/09/1998
This week we go back twenty-five years to 1996 and RH 132 on Marlborough Street. The bus is dressed for route 20A. The was the first of two derivatives to route 20. The 20 started in 1939 and connected Donnycarney with Bulfin Road. The 20A started in 1948 and ran from Donnycarney North (Killester Avenue) to the city centre via Malahide Road and Fairview. The 20B started in 1980 and ran from Beaumont (Ardlea Road) to ythe city centre. This latter route outlived the other two routes. The 20A started to be merged into the 20B around 1997. Departures were reduced on the 20A and certain departures on the 20B operated via the 20A route. In June 1999 the 20A was finally withdrawn when the 42A was rerouted along Collins Avenue to replace the 20A. The 20A outlasted the 20 by 9 years, and the 20B kept going until it was absorbed into the 14 in 2011. In 1970 the 20A gained one notable footnote in the timetable when one departure in the morning ran from Donnycarney to North Wall for dock workers. There was however no return working.
RH 132 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1992. It was one of twenty-eight Olympians delivered that year. In 1997 it was painted into CitySwift livery, though did not receive the same interior as the new CitySwift Olympians. In 2005 it was withdrawn from the regular fleet and joined the driving school. The following year in 2006 it was sold to Dualway Coaches and became an open-top tour bus. However the bus was destroyed in a fire in the Dualway garage in 2011.
11/02/1996
This week we are going thirty-nine years to 1984 and D 373 parked on Hawkins Street. The bus is dressed for route 62 to Kilmacud, via Ranelagh and Clonskeagh. This route started operating in 1936, being extended from Goatstown to Kilmacud in 1962, and to Beaufield Park (behind the Stillorgan Shopping Centre) in 1966. The route ceased to operate in 1999 when it was replaced by an extended route 11.
D 373 was new to CIE in 1970 and was withdrawn in 1986.
Beside the bus is the New Metropole cinema, which opened in 1972. In 1984 it became the Screen Cinema, but it closed for the final time in 2016. The site is currently being redeveloped.
24/05/1984
A trip back twenty-one years this week to 1998. KD 128 is seen on Middle Abbey Street at the terminus of route 25. This route, like a lot of lot of Dublin bus routes, can trace its origins back to the era of the tram. The tram route connected Lucan village with the city centre at Bachelor's Walk, going via Chapelizod. With the demise of the tram in the middle of the Twentieth Century the bus took over. The route was subsequently extended to the Dodsboro to the west of Lucan village. The 25 route has decreased in importance over the years. In 1996 the 25A, which served the newer housing developments in Lucan, became a CitySwift route with a high frequency of services provided. One of the new single-deckers bought for this conversion can be seen behind KD 128. Today the 25, along with the 25A and 25B, terminate on the southside in Merrion Square.
KD 128 was delivered new to Dublin around 1981/1982. This bus withdrawn by mid-1999 and the last KD was withdrawn in 2000.
Neither Chapters Music Store, nor the book store that was across the road, are still on Abbey Street. Rather a combined shop is on Parnell Street. In front of the bus is a Telecom Eireann van, a year before the company was privatised. 22/08/1998
This photo was taken on June 14th, 1972 of then Penn Central employee Frank Burman working on putting new banners on the switchstand at St. John, Indiana along the former NYC Egyptian Line at MP 15.20. This view is looking north near Joliet street (in distance) with the northbound signal for the L&N (nee-Monon) crossing in the far distance. The industry at left I believe was a lumber company and in this general vicinity was once a turntable and roundhouse.
Photo by Phil Boldman.
almost 3 years ago.... Baby Boy is doing math homework now
He is no longer a baby, but he is still as cute
it is a trip back twenty-five years this week to 1994. KD 172 is seen at Blackrock Station with a 114. The destination displays are slightly confusing as it is showing Sandyford Industrial Estate as the main destination, and "Via Airport" below it. The "via" routing is definitely wrong, and the main destination is partially accurate but should probably be in the "via" part.
The 114 was introduced in 1987 as a DART Feeder service and ran from Blackrock to Kilcross via Sandyford Industrial Estate. A number of other Feeder services were introduced over the years such as the 113 and 115, but the 114 is the only one to survive. In 2006 the route was extended to Ticknock Hill. In January 2019 it was transferred to Go-Ahead Ireland as part of it winning the tender to operate some of the orbital/peripheral routes in the city.
The terminus in Blackrock is also currently home to the 17 and the 46E. The latter is the only Dublin Bus route to operate from here (the 17 also being operated by Go-Ahead Ireland), and only has two departures a day, Monday to Friday.
KD 172 was delivered new around 1981/82 to Donnybrook Garage and remained there all its life, being withdrawn from service in the latter-half of the 1990s.
27/08/1994