Buses: Throwback Thursday

[Suzieq]

No it went to court and judgement went against Dublin Bus. In all fairness Dublin Bus was ruled against for not having consulted properly and abolishing the route. If memory serves they announced the route would end a few days before it did, which was very short notice.

SG 30 and RA 30 at the 8 terminus in Dalkey on the last day of the 8 today:
The end of the 8 by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

The no 8 gond again?????? Shame

[Csalem]

Yes it is. In all fairness it wasn't a very well used route. Excluding bus enthusiasts only three people got the last departure from Dalkey on Friday and about four people got off the last one from Dublin in Dalkey.

[riposte]

Sth Circular Road, Kilmainham...... 1978

[cogito]

Looks like it's been in a row.

[Csalem]

It was the last day of those buses on that route, iirc. The era of the half-cab, rear entrance bus was coming to an end in Dublin.

[Suzieq]

Yes it is. In all fairness it wasn't a very well used route. Excluding bus enthusiasts only three people got the last departure from Dalkey on Friday and about four people got off the last one from Dublin in Dalkey.

I have spotted the new 7A bus a few times this week.

[Suzieq]

This week it is a trip back in time to 2010 and to a scene long gone. AW 19 is seen in the company of AW 17 at the bus terminus in UCD Belfield. It is about to work back to Dublin as a 10C. The two buses are part of a twenty-strong fleet of bendi-buses Dublin Bus got in 2000. The buses were not a success in Dublin and within four months of this photograph being taken were in store in Harristown Garage. They spent their last few years there, mainly working on the 4. They were part of the Harristown fleet when this picture was taken but prior to that they spent time in Phibsboro and were regulars on the 10.
The route 10 only last ten more days after this photograph was taken before being removed from the network.
Finally a few years ago this bus terminus was relocated to a spot behind where the buses are, and this location is now a lake. All this change within the last six years. 20/10/2010

Throwback Thursday (42) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

I remember travelling in some of these bendy buses in Dublin,some other route numbers used them as well as the 10. I even travelled on them in Paris. I was disappointed a few years ago not to see these bendy buses anymore. They were supposed to be environmentally friendly too.

[Csalem]

Fifty years ago this month a new type of bus took to the streets of Dublin. The Leyland Atlantean D Class was a bit different from the buses that had gone before it, in that it had a front door entrance, and a rear-engine. The class reached a total of 840 members, spread over two types. No subsequent class of bus has reached such high numbers, the AV/X coming closest with 648 members. Also the D Class operated in cities across Ireland, not just Dublin.
D 599 went into service in 1975 and was withdrawn in 1991. Although the first D Class had a nice navy/cream livery, they spent most of their lives in this tan livery, which did not weather well. D 599 is seen on O'Connell Street with a 19 to Glasnevin. 17/11/1987

Throwback Thursday (46) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[Csalem]

It is our first taste of Christmas this week, though a bus more suited to Halloween, so probably the best picture to show in November. Continuing the theme of last week, marking the 50th Anniversary of the D Class, we have a photograph this week of the last D in service with Dublin Bus. While most of the class was withdrawn in the late-1980s and early-1990s, some continued on as tour buses until just before 2000. One bus however had an even more extended career when it became the Ghost Bus around 1998. It survived another fifteen years in this form before being withdrawn at the end of 2013, at which point it was 41 years old. Prior to being the Ghost Bus, or "Molly" as it was called, it was also a coastal tour bus and the 7-Up bus. DF 450 is seen outside the GPO on O'Connell Street. 27/11/2013

Throwback Thursday (47) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[Csalem]

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

Throwback Thursday (48) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[Suzieq]

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

Throwback Thursday (48) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

Wow, great pic. That path looks icy lol.

[liam]

Wow, great pic. That path looks icy lol.

HI All, i see dublin bus are in trouble,
like all the changes that were made they made things worse like the forums, new people come in and think that they are going to make things much better for all but it will not happen ,you know the old saying if it aint broke dont try and fix it.

[Csalem]

KD 338 is seen parked just off Abbey Street and off Strand Street in Dublin 1. This was a parking area used by buses of many routes. Examples in this shot include routes 67, 50 and 34A which KD 338 is on. This route operated from Middle Abbey Street to Finglas.
In the mid-1990s as the Celtic Tiger roared into life, most of the area around this location was redeveloped. In the early 2000s Dublin Bus moved out due to Luas Red Line construction. Over the years there have been notions and ideas about building a bus station here, but even now in 2016 the place is empty and derelict.
The ad on the side of the bus is worth noting through I admit to having no idea as to what it is for. 09/12/1988

Throwback Thursday (49) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[Csalem]

A short hop back nine years this week. In December 2007 Dublin Bus introduced into service the second batch of Enviro 500s. The first batch of twenty had been delivered in 2005 and went to Donnybrook. The second batch of fifty initially went to Phibsborough and appeared on a number of routes of that garage. These differed from the first batch by having a wider front door and LED destination displays. VT 25 is seen on Hawkins Street which was the then terminus for Blanchardstown routes. A few short years later it was transferred to Donnybrook as part of the VT 21-35 batch to supplement the other VTs on the 46A and 145. Dublin is one of the few cities in the world to operate the tri-axle Enviro 500s. 14/1/2007

Throwback Thursday (50) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[Csalem]

It is a trip back to 1995 for the second last Throwback Thursday of 2016. KD 346 is seen on Abbey Street, prior to operating route 22B to Blanchardstown Shopping Centre. This was a bit of an odd route that did not last very long. From Abbey Street it served Berkeley Road, New Cabra Road, Fassaugh Avenue, Navan Road, Castleknock Road and Blanchardstown Shopping Centre. It therefore provided a connection between the latter and Cabra, and was not the most direct route from the city centre to Blanchardstown. Where the bus is parked is now the Luas Red Line, and in fact the connection to the Green Line has gone in at this point. 22/12/1995

Throwback Thursday (51) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr