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Currently in 2017 there are at least four buses in all over ads within the Dublin Bus fleet. In the 1980s and 1990s there were much more, but in the early 2000s Dublin Bus went through a fallow period of having none. This changed in 2012 when they started to reappear again. One difference was that the front of the bus did not receive an ad, so no longer was it really an all-over ad, but it did cover most of the bus. AV 247 was the second bus to be treated and it was done up like a loaf of Brennan's Bread. It lasted a long time like this, and although it was a Ringsend bus, it spent time in Phibsborough so the ad could gain maximum audience coverage. It is seen here on Hawkins Street with a 27 to Jobstown. 02/11/2012
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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
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Early dawn breaks in Malahide for EV 16 in 2012. It is seen at the The Diamond with a working on the 32A from Dublin. At the time routes 32 and 32B operated along the coast through Baldoyle to Portmarnock. The 32A saw some of those services extended to Malahide, terminating beside the Tennis Club and near the Marina. When Network Direct hit the Howth Road four days later the A and B were abolished and all workings on the 32 were extended to Malahide. 14/11/2012
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RA 177 is seen on Eden Quay, twenty-years ago in 1997. The bus is on route 84 which operated from the City Centre to Kilcoole and Newcastle in County Wicklow. This was one of the more longer routes operated by Dublin Bus, and what added even more to the journey was that it reached the Stillorgan Road in Donnybrook via Ballsbridge. In 2010 as part of Network Direct the City Centre terminus was moved to the UCD campus in Belfield, before it was moved further south again in 2012 to Blackrock. A City Centre connection is maintained through the day with route 84X which has limited stops, and thus a faster journey time. It also doesn't go via Ballsbridge.
The bus is in an All-Over Ad for Nitelink. This was the name given to the late night services operated by Dublin Bus, and which started in the mid-1990s. In the early 2000s the service was radically increased before being heavily scaled back. In 2017 there is an 84N but it only goes to Greystones.
RA 177 was delivered in 1994 and was the second of the RA Class which followed the RH Class. The bus had a longer life than most of the other members of the class as it became a part of the Dublin Bus driving school. It was finally withdrawn in 2015, at the age of 21. Eden Quay, 18/11/1997
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It is another trip back to 1997 this week, but this time to Dun Laoghaire. ME 43 is seen at the 59 terminus beside the railway station on Crofton Road. The route connected Dun Laoghaire and Killiney via Dalkey, providing local connections. Although the bus is in City Imp colours the route was not part of the brand - these smaller buses were just more suited to the route. In the early 2000s the route was extended to Mackintosh Park but this was undone in November 2016 when the route was cut back to Killiney once more.
It should be noted that the bus has an interesting destination blind with both ends of the route shown, saving the driver the effort of having to change it. It does mean there is no Irish on it though. Dun Laoghaire, 30/11/1997
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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, Winetavern 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: http://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!
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It is December 1995 and RH 239 is making its way around St. Stephen's Green as it operates a 46A to Dun Laoghaire. At this time all the southbound traffic used this side of the park. When the Luas opened in the early 2000s and stopped traffic using the western side, the southbound traffic was diverted away from the park. The route in the picture was then used by northbound traffic. A contraflow bus lane was maintained from Hume Street and thus the 46A used this side of the park in both directions. In 2014 the route in the picture was reopened to buses (with a slightly different road layout) and the 46A goes this way once more without having to use Hume Street.
The bus in the picture was relatively new at the time, and initially was part of the RH Class. However it was later decided to reclassify them as RA Class as they were slightly different from the first 175 RH buses. Later on a further variation would result in the RV Class. In total there was 640 buses between all three, with the last one withdrawn in December 2012.
In 1995 the 46A served Stillorgan village but in the 2000s the route was taken out, in order to improve punctuality and journey times, and stayed on the Stillorgan By-Pass instead. 12/12/1995
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It is 1982 and C 100 is seen on Townsend Street with a 63. This route operated to Glenamuck (between Carrickmines and Kilternan) via Stillorgan and Foxrock. It was operated out of Donnybrook Garage and was a regular route for single-deck operation. In more recent times it was extended to Kilternan and double-deckers became more common on it. In 2010 the route was cut back from the city centre, and instead connected Dun Laoghaire with Kilternan,which it continues to do today.
The C Class was operated nationwide by CIE. Out of a total of 260 buses, about 80 worked in Dublin. They were replaced in the mid-1980s by the new KC Class built by Bombardier. C 100 was one of the final buses to be withdrawn. It entered service in Dundalk in 1965, before transferring to Donnybrook in 1971, where it remained for 13 years. 20/12/1982
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Sorry for the delay but I was away the last few days.
It is 1994 and KC 4 is seen on Eden Quay. It is at the terminus of the 20B with a working to Ardlea Road. The 20B was one of a family of routes (20 and 20A being the other routes) that served the northside of Dublin in the Donnycarney area. It was the longest lasting one of the three routes, making it into the 21st Century. It was once a cross-city route, but in the later years it only served St. Stephen's Green in the peaks. Although the destination was Ardlea Road, in reality it was just off that road in Maryfield Drive. The route was operated by Summerhill Garage and in June 2011 it was merged with Donnybrook's 14 to become the new cross-city route 14.
KC 4 entered service in 1983.
Eden Quay, 28/12/1994
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KD 353 is seen on Eden Quay in 1989. The bus is on route 7A to Sallynoggin via Dun Laoghaire. This route was later extended to Mackintosh Park before being abolished in 2011. It then returned in 2016 under unusual circumstances. Up to then the 7 ran four times an hour with one of them going to Cherrywood, and the other three to Loughlinstown Park. In 2016 it was changed with two to Brides Glen and two to Loughlinstown Park. However the traditional route 7 to the latter destination became the 7A, and the extended route became the 7. All very confusing.
KD 353 entered service in 1983 and finished its public service around 1999/2000. It is still with us in 2018, being preserved at the National Transport Museum in Howth, but is not in this all-over ad for Coca Cola but the old two-tone green livery of Dublin Bus.
Eden Quay still has a bus lane at this location but going in the opposite direction, providing access to the Rosie Hackett Bridge which opened in 2014. 06/01/1989
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In olden days after the curtailment of the 20B, there was a morning service to and from Inchicore that remained on the timetable, primarily to serve Inchicore Works, retaining the route 20 number. I used to get it's return working into school and it was always a busy bus as it got people closer to the office heavy Georgian parts of Dublin. It was pot luck as to what sort of a bus would turn up, and on more than one occasion a KC would be allocated to work the trip. What made it all the more interesting was that it was a board which retained a conductor; not a pleasant working for the crew in such cases.0 -
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
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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
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It's 1985 and D 271 is seen parked at the 61 terminus on Townsend Street. At the time the route connected the City Centre with Churchtown on the southside of the city. The route was later removed from the network but then reappeared in the 21st Century as part of Network Direct. However, this time it was on a different routing, connecting the City Centre with Whitechurch. Together with the 44 it provides two buses an hour between Dundrum and the city, and both routes serve a bus stop at this location on Townsend Street.
D 271 entered service in 1969 and was withdrawn by CIE in 1985. 28/01/1985
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A short hop back to a long route in 2011. RV 503 is seen at the Eden Quay terminus of route 65 to Blessington. This is the longest route operated by Dublin Bus, covering approximately 40km. The other contender for this title is the 33 to Balbriggan on the northern edge of County Dublin. However that was based on one bus a day which went via Portrane, but it now terminates in Skerries. The 65 currently has three southern termini: Blessington, Ballymore Eustace and Ballkyknockan. The latter is served twice a day, Monday to Friday, making it one of the more unusual routes in Dublin. Currently in 2018 the 65 departs from underneath Tara Street station on Poolbeg Street. 01/02/2011
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It is another trip back to 1985 to a route that has not appeared in this series before. D 387 is seen on Townsend Street with a 47B to Grange Road. The 47 family of routes primarily served Rathmines, Rathfarnham and Ballyboden/Whitechurch. The 47 went to Tibradden, the 47A to Rockbrook and 47B to Grange Road. All routes survived until September 1999 when they were removed from the network. The 47 returned in 2008 but on a much different routing.
D 387 entered service in 1970 and was withdrawn in 1986. 06/02/1985
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It's 1983 and D 279 is seen at the 62 terminus in Kilmacud (or is it Stillorgan?). This terminus is located just off the Lower Kilmacud Road, but is just behind the Stillorgan Shopping Centre. However the route more appropriately served the Kilmacud area, so the destination on the front of the bus is probably the right choice. A number of routes have terminated over the years, the 52, 62, 64, 64A, 46B and most recently the 11. With the rerouting of the 11 to Sandyford Business District during Network Direct, this terminus is no longer used, but the 47 and 75 still serve the Lower Kilmacud Road.
The 62 operated from the City Centre to here via Ranelagh, Clonskeagh and Goatstown, and ceased in 1999 when it was merged with the 11.
D 279 entered service in 1969 and was withdrawn in 1985. 17/02/1983
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It's 1988 and KD 74 is seen in the north County Dublin town of Skerries. It is operating route 33 to Babriggan, the most northerly place on the Dublin Bus network, and where Dublin Bus remeets Bus Eireann. The 33 can trace its roots back to the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and the bus services it operated in conjunction with its railway operations. When the company was absorbed into CIE (and the UTA in Northern Ireland) in 1958 the bus routes became part of the Dublin city network. The route still operates today, and is supplemented by the 33A which operates between Swords and Skerries/Balbriggan. This latter route is due to be operated by Go-Ahead while the 33 stays with Dublin Bus. In the past Skerries used to have short workings between its railway station and the main street, which was not a very long journey.
KD 74 entered service around 1981/82 and has gained a Dublin Millennium logo in the rear downstairs window, to mark a thousand years of Dublin city in 1988. It is in the Dublin Bus livery which was about a year old at this point, although the bus stop is still CIE. 21/02/1988
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33 is a nice semi-rural spin, but you are getting closer to your old County Bridge haunt.
What way does the 33 run between Skerries and Balbriggan, and how many go the full distance?
It goes along the coast road between Skerries and Balbriggan, along the railway line. I don't think many people go all the way on the 33, it is more used by people to go between the towns. It and the 33A are very busy at the weekend bringing people from the north county to Pavilions in Swords. When I worked night shifts I did like the getting the 0620 33 home to Balbriggan from the city.
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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
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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
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It's March 1988. Dublin Bus is just over a year old and a smart looking D 540 is seen on Eden Quay. The bus was fifteen years old at this point, having been delivered new to Phibsborough in 1973. However in 1987 it moved to Ringsend where it stayed until withdrawn in 1991.
The bus is seen on Ringsend route 15B. This operated from Eden Quay to Ballyroan, although in later years it went to Whitechurch and currently goes to Stocking Avenue. 15/03/1988
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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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My memory would tell me that the 15 group of routes ran from Fleet Street so the parking of DF 540 had more to do with the crew having their break in North Earl StreetIt's March 1988. Dublin Bus is just over a year old and a smart looking D 540 is seen on Eden Quay. The bus was fifteen years old at this point, having been delivered new to Phibsborough in 1973. However in 1987 it moved to Ringsend where it stayed until withdrawn in 1991.
The bus is seen on Ringsend route 15B. This operated from Eden Quay to Ballyroan, although in later years it went to Whitechurch and currently goes to Stocking Avenue. 15/03/1988Throwback Thursday (114) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr0 -
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A jaunt back thirty years this week to 1988. D 502 is seen on O'Connell Street with a 3 from Larkhill to Sandymount. The bus had been delivered new to Ringsend in April 1973 where it spent the rest of its career until withdrawn in 1990.
The route has had a varied career over its life.Operated by Ringsend Garage until 1994 when Donnybrook took over, the route returned to Ringsend in 2006. In 2012 Network Direct abolished the route, but the new route 1 covered most of the old 3. The 1 terminated in Santry on the northside instead of Larkhill.
The bus is still in CIE branding even though Dublin Bus had been created a year before. 29/03/1988
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It's 1997 and RA 274 is seen parked on Marlborough Street. The bus is on route 32B. This operated between the City Centre and Baldoyle/Portmarnock going via Abbey Park. In 2012 the route was removed from the network through Network Direct and Abbey Park lost its bus service. Passengers had to use an extended 29A to Baldoyle instead.
The bus had been delivered in 1996 and is in CitySwift livery. The 32B however was not one of Clontarf's CitySwift routes. The bus was withdrawn around 2007 and went on to continue its career in the UK. It was still active until at least 2016.
This location on Marlborough Street is now a tram stop on Luas Cross City. 05/04/1997
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It is 1998 and RA 280 is seen on Burgh Quay. The bus is dressed for the 44B but more likely on the 44C. The destination shows Ballyogan and that is where the 44C went to. It was effectively a short working of the 44. In contrast the 44B went to Glencullen and not a route that can take double-decker buses all the way.
One thing that can be said for certain is that neither bus route was a CitySwift one. The main CitySwift example operated by Donnybrook Garage was the 46A, which was a very frequent route. By 1998 though the CitySwift brand had become diluted as some branded routes did not match the standards set by earlier routes. Furthermore CitySwift buses started straying onto non-CitySwift routes. Dublin Bus responded by adding branding for the key corridors. "Stillorgan Flyer" was the name given to the 46A route. The branding did not restore the damage done to the CitySwift brand and within a few years both were gone.
The bus was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1996. Most RAs were withdrawn by 2008. Burgh Quay is no longer a Dublin Bus terminus but rather used by long-distance private operator coaches. 11/04/1998
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It is 1998 and RA 280 is seen on Burgh Quay. The bus is dressed for the 44B but more likely on the 44C. The destination shows Ballyogan and that is where the 44C went to. It was effectively a short working of the 44. In contrast the 44B went to Glencullen and not a route that can take double-decker buses all the way.
One thing that can be said for certain is that neither bus route was a CitySwift one. The main CitySwift example operated by Donnybrook Garage was the 46A, which was a very frequent route. By 1998 though the CitySwift brand had become diluted as some branded routes did not match the standards set by earlier routes. Furthermore CitySwift buses started straying onto non-CitySwift routes. Dublin Bus responded by adding branding for the key corridors. "Stillorgan Flyer" was the name given to the 46A route. The branding did not restore the damage done to the CitySwift brand and within a few years both were gone.
The bus was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1996. Most RAs were withdrawn by 2008. Burgh Quay is no longer a Dublin Bus terminus but rather used by long-distance private operator coaches. 11/04/1998
I remember back in the City Swift days that my own non-CitySwift route (66B) would fairly often get "CitySwift" branded busses, and then in a late 90's we'd also get busses with the "25A Flyer" name on that same route (For ages I kept reading it as the "Zsa Flyer" while wondering what the hell a "Zsa" was..
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I kind of learned back then that it was always going to be a practical challenge to match a special bus livery with a particular route. I guess Dublin Bus learned that eventually too.0 -
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^ Thanks but am happy just sharing my photos here.
It is 1998 and RH 137 is seen on Eden Quay. It is loading up prior to departing for Ardlea Road on the 20B. This route was once part of an extended 20 family, but it ended up being the longest surviving one. Under Network Direct the route became part of an extended cross-city route 14. This connects Beaumont with Dundrum. The 20B was mostly a northside route, serving Fairview, Donnycarney and Beaumont. However, certain peak workings crossed the Liffey and served St. Stephen's Green.
RH 137 was new in 1992 and had been delivered in the two-tone green livery. The bus stop beside is green, but the bus has been repainted into the new core livery. The last bus arrived in the green livery in 1997. After the bus ended its career it was sold to Dualways and became an open-top tour bus. 18/04/1998
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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
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It's the year 2000 and the days of the Bombardier KDs are coming to an end. 365 KDs were built between 1980 and 1983, with most of them based in Dublin. The fleet was fully withdrawn from public service by December 2000, with a farewell run taking place in January 2001. The year 2000 was also the year Dublin Bus received their first delivery of low-floor double-decker buses. The AVs and AXs were delivered consistently over a number of years with the last of the 648 buses arriving in 2006. In 2012 the last step-entrance bus was withdrawn by Dublin Bus.
KD 145 is seen at Heuston Station with a 91 to the City Centre. the 90 was the main route connecting Connolly and Heuston stations but the 91 was used to supplement this service when needed. The area beside the bus underwent a great change when the Luas Red Line was built. This resulted in the tram connecting the two stations. The 90 went from an all-day service to morning peak only, and the 91 was eventually removed from the network. 03/05/2000
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So from me if I ever pass by Pearse st and see a man with a camera I'll gladly bring you in to a bar and buy you a cold one.
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So you're saying that....if I stand outside Heuston for a while with a camera, I might get a free drink?
"Csalem? Yea...that's me!"
(Alternatively you might end up with 15 different Boardsies doing the same as me....ending with a sort of "I am Spartacus" moment.)0 -
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Thanks for that. I am just happy to share my pictures with people. Most of the old ones were taken by my father.
I was thinking you were doing well to be so sprightly still.
The whole archive ios a credit and to my mind is seriously important record of the oft unphotographed parts of Dublin (old suburbs etc) even before we get to the buses.
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BonnieSituation wrote: »I was thinking you were doing well to be so sprightly still.
The whole archive ios a credit and to my mind is seriously important record of the oft unphotographed parts of Dublin (old suburbs etc) even before we get to the buses.
Definitely my favourite thread on boards.
Thanks. One thing I like to do is recreate one of his shots from the past, like I did here for the 61 when I did it for my Off The Beaten Track website.
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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
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