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This week we are only going back a decade, and to the north County Dublin coastal town of Skerries. AV 269 is seen about to drop off passengers while doing an evening trip on the 33 from Dublin to Balbriggan. The route can trace its origin back to the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and started around 1929/1930. The railway company also provided railway services between Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan (and to destinations further north). In 1958 the bus and rail services passed to CIE. It was only from the mid-1960s on did more and more services on the 33 get extended to Balbriggan.
AV 269 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 2002 and started its career in Summerhill Garage. However, to be specific, it was initially based at the Skerries out-station, along with AV 266, 267 and 268. Thus it started its career on the 33 and was a regular on it for a number of years. It was withdrawn around 2015 and currently is in private ownership doing The Gravedigger Tour (though not during the Covid-19 lockdown).
The bus stop is worth noting as it does not have the stop number on it. This was just before every bus stop received an identifiable number that was tied into the real-time passenger information system.
Skerries 14/05/2010
This week we are going back eight years to 2016 and to AX 612 in Sandyford on route 75 to Dun Laoghaire.
Route 75 started in February 1990, running between Dun Laoghaire and Old Bawn. Later in the year it moved to The Square shopping centre, following its opening. Certain departures in the peaks went via Sandyford Industrial Estate, which is the service AX 612 is on here. In October 2018 Go-Ahead Ireland took over the operation of the 75. At the same time the variations via Sandyford Industrial Estate were redesignated as route 75A. The 75 and 75A ceased to operate in November 2023 under changes brought in by Bus Connects. Sandyford Industrial Estate is now served by orbital route S8.
AX 612 was new to Dublin Bus in 2006. It was withdrawn at the end of 2023, and sold on to another Irish operator.
24/10/2016
It is the last (or second last) year of the millennium and RV 403 is standing in the rain on Abbey Street. The bus is seen after arriving with a 43 from Swords. The 43 route number was first used in 1925 when the DUTC launched their first bus route. It ran between the city centre and Killester. The route was subsequently merged into the 54 and 54A around 1939. The number was resurrected in 1985 for the current route which runs to Swords via the Malahide Road and Kinsealy. Whereas the 41 and 41C terminate in west Swords, the 43 terminates on the eastern side in Swords Business Park. Also, unlike the 41s which operate out of Summerhill Garage, this route operates from Clontarf Garage. Over the years it has had termini on Beresford Place, Abbey Street and Eden Quay. Currently it uses Talbot Street.
RV 403 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1998 and was withdrawn in 2008. It then moved to the UK and was in service on their school duties until at least 2018, working in the Birmingham and Daventry areas.
Although this livery had been around for around 2 years at this point, it is worth noting the bus stop is still in Dublin Bus green. 06/02/1999
A throwback in time at Lago d’Orta in 2012 where I met my dear friend Paolo (since 2009) for the first time in real life. We met through Flickr and have kept in touch via Flickr, Instagram and Facebook. A strong friendship where we have supported each other through tough and joyful times…
As mentioned through other posts on different media, we finally met again in Paolo’s hometown Biella and our friendship grown even more….
This is the power of SoMe, that gives the opportunity to connect with peers through mutual interests and sometimes you are very lucky that those friendships also can exists in the real world…
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Un tuffo nel passato al Lago d'Orta nel 2012, dove ho incontrato per la prima volta di persona il mio caro amico Paolo (dal 2009). Ci siamo conosciuti tramite Flickr e da allora siamo rimasti in contatto attraverso Flickr, Instagram e Facebook. Un'amicizia forte, in cui ci siamo supportati a vicenda nei momenti difficili e in quelli felici…
Come ho già accennato in altri post sui vari social, ci siamo finalmente rivisti a Biella, la città natale di Paolo, e la nostra amicizia è cresciuta ancora di più…
Questo è il potere dei social media: offrono l'opportunità di connettersi con persone che condividono interessi comuni e, a volte, si ha la fortuna che queste amicizie possano esistere anche nella vita reale…
Shot by Paolo Martinez
..to a couple months ago. Forgot to post this neat consist that was on the point of a LINGAL manifest, caught in Burlington, Ia.
On the 8th December 1988 Dublin Bus introduced the Nipper into the heart of Dublin. The idea was to run a number of minibuses around the City Centre, connecting the main shopping districts. It was hoped that this would encourage people to leave their cars behind and thus reduce traffic in a congested city. The route was to run for just over two weeks up until the 24th December, but due to popularity it ran into January, covering the January Sales. Starting in O'Connell Street, the route served D'Olier Street, Dame Street, South William Street, St. Stephen's Green, Westmoreland Street and back to O'Connell Street. It was operated by 6 members of the MB Class (MB 6-11) which had recently been delivered to Dublin Bus and would then enter normal service in Donnybrook Garage in 1989. The route's success saw it return in 1989, 1990 and 1991. For a more detailedhistory check out DublinBus Stuff: www.dublinbusstuff.com/Nipper.html
MB 6 is seen crossing onto O'Connell Bridge from O'Connell Street on the second day of operation with a good load on board. 09/12/1988
On a side note this is my 100th Throwback Thursday and I just want to thank everyone for sticking with me each week. Even I didn't think it would last this long!
It is the tenth of March and the tenth Throwback Thursday. And we are going back twenty years to 1996.
KC 9 is seen at the 44A terminus on Mount Prospect Avenue in Clontarf. This route, along with similar route 30, was replaced on the 17th March 1996 by City Imp route 130. This was the era of when some of the city bus routes were being replaced with more frequent minibus services under the brand of City Imp.
The 44A was one of those numbering oddities within Dublin Bus as the 44, 44B, and 44C all operated on the southside while the 44A was confined to the northside.
09/03/1996
Flashback to 2010: The year of the Arab spring, the eruption of Icelandic Volcano Eyjafjallajökull, and the gulf of Mexico is engulfed in a massive oil spill. During all of this, a 16 year old kid was drawing pictures of cars and making vroom noises during math class and discovering the joys of driving and bricklink. Here we have my first recreation of a real car and one of the first ones I was and still am proud of. Sadly, this 356 Speedster has been cannibalized, but maybe one day I'll revisit it. More pictures can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/bing-bong_brothers/sets/72157625516...
On a cloudy Sunday morning, I encountered a throwback to an earlier era when I caught this northbound on the CN Champaign Subdivision powered by a pair of former Illinois Central SD70s (Nos. 1000 and 1029) in their as-delivered livery.
This week we are going back fifteen years to 2009 and to EV 6 on Custom House Quay with a service on route 33D to Donabate and Portrane.
Route 33D started operating between Portrane, Donabate and the city centre following the collapse of the Broadmeadow Viaduct in Malahide, in August 2009. When the railway line was shut, Dublin Bus had to increase services in north County Dublin to compensate for the loss of the train service. Route 33X to Skerries was ramped up and route 33D was introduced running via the Dublin Port Tunnel. When the railway line reopened in November 2009, the 33D maintained a service in each direction during the weekday peaks.
EV 6 was new to Dublin Bus in 2007. It was withdrawn in 2024.
16/10/2009
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Kennt ihr schon die Flickr Commons? Diese Ansicht von Stockholm aus dem Jahr 1945 stammt vom Account des Swedish National Heritage Board.
For Throwback Thursday this week we are going back to 1988 and a bus route that is no longer with us. KC 111 is seen loading up on Abbey Street with a 51A to Beaumont Hospital. This route survived just over twenty years before being abolished on the 24th April 2009. The route was one of those oddities within Dublin as the rest of the 51 family served Clondalkin, but the 51A came no closer to it than O'Connell Street and Abbey Street. It ran to Beuamont Hospital via Ballybough, Griffith Avenue and Grace Park Road.
The bus has also two pieces of extra branding. One is for the DART as it was also used on DART Feeder services, though the 51A was not one of those routes. The second is the Dublin Millenium logo towards the rear which was to mark 1000 years of Dublin City in 1988.
Abbey Street has also undergone some change since then too with the lane the bus stopped at now the only road lane and the two in the forefront now used by the trams on the Luas Red Line tram.14/04/1988
This week for Throwback Thursday we are going back to 1999 and visiting a route that survived four months. on the 14th June route 61A commenced though it was more commonly known as "Hotel Link". It ran in a loop to/from Bus Aras and served Mount Street, Lansdowne Road, Leeson Street and Christchurch and was designed to connect the hotels with the City Centre. It was advertised as "A chauffeur driven Merc for £1" and the minibuses for the route were painted in a modified Airlink livery. Sadly it did not last and the route was withdrawn on the 17th October 1999.
The buses then transferred to a new bus route, 321, which commenced on the 6th December 1999 but this route only lasted until 1st April 2000.
Today Dublin Bus operate route 705 which is a hotel shuttle that operates in connection with the City Tour. ME 23 is seen at Bus Aras. 15/06/1999
This week we are going back a decade to AX 451 on Lorcan Avenue with a service on route 27B to Eden Quay.
Route 27B started running between the city centre and Castletimon (where Lorcan Avenue is located) in 1971. In 2004 the route was extended north, through Santry and on to terminate at Harristown garage. Buses still loop around Castletimon, with this bus stop on Lorcan Avenue being served by buses going in both directions.
AX 451 was new to Dublin Bus in 2006. It was withdrawn around December 2018, and was sold on to another Irish operator.
Under Bus Connects, it is proposed to serve the full length of Lorcan Avenue with new route A1.
06/06/2014
Was looking through photos on my phone & realised I never posted three of Warhol when I took her up to Hahndorf (a town in the hills I like to visit) last year.
Throwback Hawaii photo from 2018. Unfiltered and grainy but at least I'm smiling. Always happy in Hawaii
It is 2012 and the sun is setting on RV 568 at UCD Belfield. The bus is operating route 17 from Rialto to the DART station at Blackrock. This was, and still is, a popular route with students of the college.It is one of the orbital routes in Dublin and connects places like Crumlin, Rathfarnham and Dundrum as it crosses the southern part of the city. However it was one the routes that the NTA put up for tender, and by the end of 2018 it will probably be operated by Go-Ahead. If not in 2018, it definitely will be in 2019 as that company takes over the orbital routes.
The sun literally did set on RV 568 in 2012 as Dublin Bus withdrew the last of the Olympians. A Donnybrook bus when the picture was taken, it spent its final weeks in Summerhill before ending its days in service in October.
This bus stop in UCD Belfield is also now gone, and is the location of a lake with some ducks and swans. 18/01/ 2012
This week we are going back thirty-six years to 1988 and to KC 118 at Bus Aras. The bus is operating one of the express services to Dublin Airport.
When this photo was taken the service to Dublin Airport was already decades old. It started with CIE and over the years had double-deckers, single-deckers and coaches on it. In 1982 KC 116 to 119 were delivered new to CIE to operate the service. In February 1988 they received this all-over ad / livery for Aer Lingus. Then in 1990 the buses lost their centre doors to increase their capacity and allow more luggage space on board. However, in 1994 they moved from the Airport Express service to route 230 and regained their centre doors. 1994 was the year Dublin Bus received new AD Class buses and rebranded the service as Airlink. Airlink suspended operations in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic and then announced in 2021 the cessation of operations.
KC 118 was finally withdrawn by Dublin Bus in the late-1990s.
Aer Lingus was flew its first flight in 1936. It was floated on the stock exchange by the Irish government in 2006 and was finally taken over by IAG in 2015.
21/02/1988
I was sorting some old photos and found some that I had taken in the production area where I was employed as a graphic designer. Without all these machines and pieces of various equipment it would not matter that we upfront spent time to design a beautiful piece of art or that our sales staff worked hard to secure the account because without production and all the pieces of machinery we could not produce the final (book, magazine, brochure, poster, etc) that shipped to the public which enabled us to stay open for business. Yeah for machines . . .
A trip back to Dublin Airport in 1992. KC 28 is seen parked outside the terminal building, when there was only one terminal at Dublin Airport. It is operating route 230 which connected the airport with Swords, Malahide and Portmarnock. In was a useful orbital route, connecting some of the larger towns in County Dublin. However, one of the oddities about it was that it paralleled route 102 between Seabury and Portmarnock. The latter was one of the DART feeder routes and continued on to Sutton station. For years it had seen obvious that the two routes should be merged, creating one route from Sutton to Dublin Airport via Baldoyle, Portmarnock, Malahide and Swords. In 2008 this finally happened, but sadly the 102 won out and became the number for the new route. The 230 was dropped reducing the number of routes in the 200 range. Today in 2017 there are only 5 routes that sequence. Behind KC 28 is another KC, this one in the special livery for the express airport service. This evolved into the current Airlink route. Some of the special KCs on the airport services ended their days on the 230. 07/11/1992
This week we are going back seven years to a city terminus that had a relatively short life. GT 101 is seen at the 15A terminus in Dublin's docklands. The destination and the timetable called it Grand Canal Dock. On the destination in brackets, it clarifies the location as Benson Street. However this is not quite accurate. The location is actually Britain Quay. The 15A and the 15B started coming down here in December 2011 following the Network Direct changes. Prior to that it was the terminus of the 74 and 74A from January 2009. Benson Street was meant to be the terminus for the 15A/B, and bus bays were marked out on the road there. However, the last twenty years has seen the docklands area as one large, continuous building site as old dockyard buildings are replaced by modern, multi-storey offices. Benson Street was the location for one of these construction sites for an extended period, thus not making it practical for the buses to go down that far. In fact, the area around Britain Quay became a building site in 2016 and the 15A and 15B moved to a temporary terminus on the Ringsend Road in November 2016. A terminus that was so temporary that both routes still operate from there today. Now no bus route serves this part of Dublin's south quays.
Route 15A started in 1949, running between the city centre and Whitehall Road. It was later extended to Limekiln Farm in the 1970s and still runs there today.
GT 101 was one of eight Wright Geminis delivered new to Dublin Bus in the second half of 2013. It is still in operation with Dublin Bus today. 05/10/2013