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This week we go back twenty-three years to 2002 and to MV 65 partially dressed for route 134 on Abbey Street.
Route 134 was a City Imp route that started in 1995. It ran between the city centre and McKelvey Avenue in Finglas, going via Church Street and Glasnevin. It was a replacement for route 34, but it itself was replaced around 2003 when it was merged into route 83 (the first City Imp route). The new cross-city route ran from Kimmage to Finglas.
MV 65 was one of twenty-five MV Class minibuses new to Dublin Bus between 1997 and 1998. They were a follow-on to the ME Class. They were withdrawn from service around 2004 / 2005.
This side of Abbey Street is now home to the tram tracks of the Luas Red Line.
16/01/2002
This week we are going back thirty-one years to 1993 and to RH 136 at Dublin Airport.
This Leyland Olympian was new to Dublin Bus in 1992. The bus was one of a batch that was delivered without ad-frames as a new design was being implemented. The bus was withdrawn in 2006 and was sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.
The bus is operating a service on the Airport Express service. CIE, and later Dublin Bus, ran an express service to Dublin Airport from the city centre for many decades. In its final form, as Airlink route 747, it last ran in early-2020. It was then suspended because of the Covid-19 pandemic and then cancelled completely in 2021.
03/07/1993
I took this photo awhile ago. I felt that people didn't really care about BvS that much anymore. But today I felt like I should post it. Hope you like it.
This week we are going back fifteen years to RV 422 passing the main entrance to UCD Belfield with a service on route 7B to Dublin city centre.
This Volvo Olympian was new to Dublin Bus in 1998. It was withdrawn in 2009 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.
Route 7B started running between Shankill and the city centre in 2001. This was a weekday, peak-only route. Whereas the traditional route 7 reached the city centre by going along the Rock Road, this route and the 7D, which started around the same time, made use of the Stillorgan QBC. The route still runs today.
University College Dublin (UCD) started its move from the city centre to Belfield campus in 1964 when the Faculty of Science opened. Since then the campus has grown a lot, and the university is the largest in Ireland.
06/10/2008
***Decided to merge images from my old Flickr account with my current account. Photos and descriptions from 2007-2009.
Location: Chicago, IL
Today I went to Chicago Outdoor Film Festival at Butler Field. Todays screening was of "Duck Soup". There was also the record attempt for "the most people wearing Groucho Marx glasses." The previous record was 4,077 people that wore the glasses all at the same time for a period of 10 mins. Chicago became the victor of the Guinness book record at 4,400. Sweet!?
Here is some information on Groucho Marx if you don't know who he is (courtesy of wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groucho_Marx
This week we are going back twenty-one years to 2003 and MV 77 at the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre. The bus is dressed for route 270.
This route started operating between Dunboyne and the shopping centre, going via Littlepace, in September 2000. It has remained pretty consistent since then. Only major changes were in 2006 when the bus stops at the Blanchardstown Centre were relocated, and in 2019 when Go-Ahead Ireland took over the operating of the route.
MV 77 was new to Dublin Bus in 1998. Between 1997 and 1998, Dublin Bus received 25 MV-Class minibuses, the last minibus fleet delivered to the company. The following year would see the WV-Class midibuses start to arrive. MV 77 was withdrawn around the end of 2006, and was subsequently sold on to another Irish operator. It did around another decade in service during its second life.
Although the bus is in City Imp livery, neither route 270 nor any other of the local Blanchardtsown routes were City Imp routes.
28/03/2003
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Originalfoto von John Atherton - flic.kr/p/3YFYca.
It is a trip back to 2012 to see RV 604 in its final days with Dublin Bus. The bus had been delivered exactly 13 years previously in October 1999. It was withdrawn in November 2012, a month after this photograph was taken and a month before the final Olympian was withdrawn. The bus went on to have a second career in Scotland, and was observed in service around Perth (Scotland) in 2018.
The bus is seen here on route 150. The destination is displaying "Willington", although the more usual display was "Rossmore". The 150 commenced in 1994 under the City Imp brand and replaced route 50. City Imp saw mini-buses replacing more usual buses on routes, but operating to a higher frequency. Over time these routes became more popular and larger buses were placed on them until they all became part of the standard Dublin bus network with double-decker buses operating them.
Willington was the terminus of the 50 before the 150 came along and was extended to Rossmore. The current 150 terminus on Orwell Road in Rossmore is not far from Willington Roundabout.
Fleet Street was a city centre terminus for many different bus routes over the years. However, with the coming of the Luas Cross City around 2016, terminating buses had to be moved and only through routes stop here now to drop passengers off. The 150 terminus did not move too far, only going to Hawkins Street around the corner. 10/10/2012