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It is 1983 and D 751 makes its way through the parked cars in Larkhill as it operates a 3 to Sandymount Tower. At the time, the bus was nearly eight years old, having been delivered new to CIE in 1975. It had a long career in Dublin, being finally withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1994.
Route 3 was one of the many cross-city routes in Dublin, tracing its origins back to the tram network. Initially a southside route, it served the areas of Ringsend, Irishtown and Sandymount along with routes 1 and 2. In the 1940s route 3 was extended north to Whitehall and eventually into Larkhill. Under Network Direct the route was largely replaced by a new route 1 in 2012. This used Santry and Shanard Route as the northside terminus. The 44 from Enniskerry was extended north from the city centre to initially terminate in Larkhill. It was later extended to DCU on Collins Avenue, but still loops around Larkhill in both directions. Larkhill 06/06/1983
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For our 300th Throwback Thursday I thought I would go back to the start. The very first picture in this series was posted in 2016 and showed a bus in Bray Station, so here is a photograph of Dublin Bus GT 87 at Bray Station in 2016. Route 185 started in 1995, and was a direct replacement for route 85. It mostly operated between Bray and Enniskerry (Shop River). The change to 185 coincided with a reorganisation of local routes in Bray and the introduction of minibuses onto those routes. Around 2004 the 185 started serving the Palermo estate in Bray too. In 2018 Go-Ahead Ireland took over the 185 and it became two routes: Bray - Palermo and Bray to Shop River via Palermo. The route also switched from double-decker buses to single-deckers. Under Bus Connects, the 185 will be replaced by the L14 and L15.
GT 87 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2013. It is still with Dublin Bus, however it is now in the new Transport for Ireland (TFI) green and yellow livery. The TFI logo on the side of GT 87 has since been updated to a new style one. GT 87 was built by Wrights (on a Volvo chassis) in Ballymena and back in 2016 Dublin Bus was still receiving buses from that company, but of the SG class. The last SG was delivered in 2020, after Wrights were brought out of administration. However, starting in 2021, Dublin Bus have been receiving new hybrid buses from Alexander Dennis, the SG being the last fully diesel bus to be bought by TFI.
A lot has changed in the five years since this picture was taken, and since Throwback Thursday has started. Who knows what the next five years will bring? Thanks as always for looking at my photographs. 22/10/2016
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 seven years to VT 7 on Leeson Street. The bus is operating a service on route 46A from Dun Laoghaire to Phoenix Park via the city centre. The 46A started operating in 1926 between Dublin city centre and Cabinteely. In 1936 it reached Dun Laoghaire.In the late 1990s the route became 'super charged' when it joined the CitySwift network and the Stillorgan Road Quality Bus Corridor became operational. The route started the new millennium as one of the most frequent in the city. In 2010 it became a cross city route when its northern terminus became the Phoenix Park, after it absorbed the northern half of route 10 under Network Direct.
VT 7 was one of twenty Enviro 500 tri-axle buses delivered to Dublin Bus in 2005. When these buses arrived their presence on the streets were certainly noticeable as this was a class of bus more associated with Hong Kong than with Europe. These buses were initially allocated to just the 46A (and some of the other 46 family of routes) but in 2007 another fifty arrived and the class started to appear on some of the busiest routes around the city. VT 7, along with the rest of the other first twenty VT buses, was withdrawn in 2018. It was sold to the UK and is now used on school services by Sussex Coaches. 28/10/2014
This week we are going back eleven years to 2012 and RV 588 at Dunboyne. The bus is waiting to depart for Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, via Littlepace, on route 270. This route started in September 2000, as a companion to the older route 70 which connected Dublin city centre with Dunboyne, as well as providing a service to the people in Littlepace. In January 2019 the route transferred to Go-Ahead Ireland.
RV 588 was new to Dublin Bus in 1999. It was one of a number of Olympians delivered with narrower destination screens on the front, though all were later retrofitted with a standard size ones. They did keep the different type of dot-matrix used in the destination though. The bus was withdrawn in November 2012 and was sold on to another Irish operator.
Dunboyne is located in County Meath, and is one of the few places served by buses on Dublin city services (operated by Go-Ahead Ireland and Dublin Bus) and regional routes operated by Bus Eireann. In September 2010 it also regained its train service when the railway line was reopened from Clonsilla to a new station north of Dunboyne at M3 Parkway.
05/04/2012
***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:)
Twenty years ago today, a visit to the Springfield Amtrak station finds AMTK 247 laying over between Shuttle runs, sporting its one-of-a-kind white lettering. At this point, the New Haven power pool was among the last refuges of Amtrak's once-numerous F40PH fleet, as the last of P42s were still being delivered. Having already been displaced from the Shore Line by the recently-completed electrification project, the F40s would be gone from the Springfield Line as well within a year this photo, replaced by the 800-class P40DCs.
Following its retirement by Amtrak, the 247 eventually found its way to the former Bangor and Aroostook shops in Derby, ME, where it became an engine donor for a program to re-power M62 diesels in Poland.
This week we are going back thirty-nine years to D 372 parked on Eden Quay, dressed for route 83.
Route 83 started running between the city centre and Kimmage in 1936. Around 2003 it was extended north to McKelvey Avenue in Finglas when it replaced route 134. In 2004 it was extended further north to Harristown. In 2024 the route was slightly rerouted to go via Crumlin Village, following the Bus Connects changes to the southern orbital routes.
D 372 was new to CIE in 1970. It was withdrawn one month after this photograph was taken, and subsequently scrapped.
25/06/1986
In mid-November 2010, Dublin Bus introduced a new route through Network Direct, the 25B. This replaced the 151 as the bus route to Adamstown. Passengers from there now reached Dublin via Foxborough and the Lucan Road rather than via Clondalkin and the Crumlin Road. Interchange is possible between both routes at Foxborough.
Just over a week after the route started Dublin fell under a blanket of snow. AV 361 is seen in the snow at the 25B terminus in Merrion Square. 01/12/2010
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
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 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
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
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
Like last year, we are going back to Skerries in 1985. KD 315 is seen parked in car park at Skerries Station on Christmas Day. Up until the early 1980s, bus services operated across the city on Christmas Day. This practice still continues in other cities around the world, including Britain, but on the island of Ireland there are no scheduled bus services on Christmas Day. With the introduction of 24-hour bus routes in 2019, maybe Christmas Day routes will soon return.
The 33 connects Dublin city with north county Dublin towns of Lusk, Rush, Skerries and Balbriggan. It can trace its roots back to bus services set up by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and which were taken over by CIE in 1958. In 2018 Go-Ahead Ireland took over the operation of the 33A between Dublin Airport / Swords and Skerries / Balbriggan.
KD 315 was delivered new in 1983 and remained in service until around 2000.
Skerries Station still has a shed where Dublin Bus outbase some of the buses used on the 33. 25/12/1985
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 2003. That was the year when then Special Olympics came to Dublin. The games took place in a number of venues around the city from the 21st-29th June. Dublin Bus provided a shuttle bus service between the venues with the Red and Yellow routes running from the Phoenix Park. The WV-class of buses were used as they were low-floor and easily accesible which resulted in some unusual buses on the routes the WVs normally operated on.
WV 25 is seen at the Phoenix Park terminus while operating the Yellow Route. 22/06/2003
I set up this account to upload photos from our trip to Australia 9 years ago, a trip for my 40th birthday! It is oddly reassuring to see that my hair was thinning even then!!!this was taken the day before my birthday. A week after we returned we left London for good.
I wonder where we'll be for my 50th?
A lot has changed in the thirty-five years since this photograph was taken. D 172 is seen parked at the 83 terminus on College Street. The bus was delivered new to Ringsend Garage in 1968. It was withdrawn in August 1983 and sold for scrap in 1984.
The 83 was a route that was in decline throughout the 1980s. In an attempt to revive its fortunes in the early 1990s it was the first route converted to City Imp. The double decker buses were replaced by minibuses which operated at frequent intervals. The strategy was a success and by the early 2000s double deck buses were back on the route. It was also extended across the city, operating from Kimmage to Harristown.
In December 2016 this location on College Street became the Trinity stop on the Luas Green Line. This tram route connects Broombridge with Brides Glen. 10/05/1983
A trip back to 2011 this week to see AV 120 on the 16A to Nutgrove. It is seen passing through Drumcondra on Dublin's northside as it heads south. AV 120 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2000. It was part of an order to operate Airlink services between Dublin City Centre and Dublin Airport. AV 116 to AV 128 were delivered in the special Airlink livery, while AV 129 and AV 130 were delivered in standard Dublin Bus livery. However all of them were delivered as dual-door buses. These were the last dual-door buses delivered until 2012 when the GT class started to arrive. Since then, every double-decker bus delivered to Dublin Bus has been dual-door. The arrival of the GT class in 2012 also heralded the beginning of the end for the AV class. AV 120 itself was withdrawn in 2013, having joined the regular fleet around 2009 when new VG-class buses arrived for the Airlink. And now in September 2019 the last of the 448-strong AV class is about to be withdrawn. The extremely similar AX-class will continue for a while, but the AV holds the distinction of being the first class of low-floor double-decker bus in the Dublin Bus fleet.
The 16A used to run from Nutgrove on the southside to Dublin Airport on the northside. It was merged with the 16 (Ballinteer to Santry) in 2012 under Network Direct, with the route going from Ballinteer to Dublin Airport.
Drumcondra, 11/09/2011
This week we are going back twenty-six years to 1996. Dublin Bus KD 172 is seen at the terminus for route 8 on Burgh Quay. This route became a bus route in 1949, having been the last tram route to run in the city on the 9th July of that year. It ran between the city centre and Dalkey via Dun Laoghaire. Controversially, Dublin Bus withdrew the route in 2001, but it returned in 2005 going via Glenageary Road Upper instead of Dun Laoghaire. It was withdrawn for good again in November 2016.
KD 172 was delivered new to CIE in 1982. The last member of the Dublin Bus KD fleet was withdrawn in 2000.
Dublin Bus no longer use this stop on Burgh Quay. Instead it is home to Dublin Coach who offer services to Waterford, Cork, Limerick and elsewhere.
29/07/1996
I set the time machine to Friday August 22, 2025 destination Nashville, TN. Broadway was closed to automobile and vehicular traffic, so we could walk the street! This picture is down near the Lower/bottom end of Broadway with Jason Aldean's bar in the background!
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
This week we are going back thirty-nine years to 1986, and to D 582 on Pembroke Street with a service on route 10 to the Phoenix Park.
Route 10 started running between the Phoenix Park and Donnybrook in 1940. Around 1970 it was extended to University College Dublin (UCD) in Belfield. It probably became one of the most well-known routes in the city, as it was used by many people to either go to the zoo or to college. The route ceased to operate in 2010 when it was replaced by route 46A on the northside, and route 39A on the southside under Network Direct. Pembroke Street is served by route 39A.
D 582 was new to CIE in Dublin in 1974. From 1978 to 1985 it operated in Cork. It was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1991.
29/05/1986
This week are going back to 1988 and to KD 85 at Donabate railway station. It is displaying route 33B although it may be on the 33C, although both routes were very closely related. The 33B connected the city centre with Portrane via Swords and Donabate. Overtime the city centre connection was reduced, with only two services from Dublin and four services to Dublin in 1988. Most departures went to / from Swords. By the early 2000s the route was solely confined to Swords to Portrane via Donabate. In 2018 the route transferred to Go-Ahead Ireland.
Route 33C ran between Donabate Station to Portrane Hospital. It was removed from the network at the same time as the 33B was cut back to Swords. The 33B was also diverted to serve Portrane Hospital.
KD 85 was delivered new to Dublin in 1982. It was destroyed in a fire by vandals at Skerries station in 1989. 25/06/1988
A really old random pic of me before we went out to the shops that morning.....I should have left the credit card at home.
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
RV 563 is seen in Dublin Airport in 2001. It is at the terminus of route 746. Although in numerical sequence with Airlink routes 747 and 748, the 746 was not a premium fare route but rather one of the standard city routes. It operated from Dun Laoghaire on the southside of the city. It followed route 46A to the city, before continuing on through Drumcondra and Santry to the city. The route operated hourly through the day and provided a useful cross-city connection. It did not survive though and was removed under Network Direct in 2010.
RV 563 lasted longer than the bus route and remained in service up until 2012, but not in Donnybrook Garage. It was later sold to Callinan Coaches. 27/09/2001
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
A trip back to the last century this week as we see KC 117 at Dublin Airport. This bus was one of four buses (KC 116-119) that was done up for the express service between the airport and Bus Aras, the central bus station in Dublin. Later the route was extended to Heuston Station. The buses differed from regular members of the KC class by having no middle doors and better seats They entered service on the route around 1986 and remained in service until 1999. In their last few years KC 116 and KC 117 were painted in the new Airlink livery, the brand applied to the route with the arrival of the AD class buses in 1994. KC 118 and KC 119 rejoined the normal fleet in 1994, and had a centre door fitted as well as being painted into Dublin Bus livery. In 1999 the route gained some RV double-deckers, low-floor double-deckers in 2000 (AV Class) followed by newer ones in 2009 (VG Class). To date those are the newest buses the route has received.
This week (in 2020) National Express started three new services between Dublin Airport and the city centre under the brand name Dublin Express. Aircoach have also been providing a similar service for twenty years. Dublin Airport, 06/03/1999
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
This is my friend Maike, who never thought she would look good on a photo before she jumped in front of my camera (after a great deal of persuasion). But she was very happy with the resulsts and surprised by herself. I love to surprise people with their own beauty on Photos :)
By the way, in 2017 i will start a 365 days Photo-Projekt in here...Hope it will work out :)