Buses: Throwback Thursday

[rasher]

Very interesting Csalem, I can remember the ZC registration letters when I was growing up

As far as I can remember ZC was 1972 but not sure

[Vico2]

I wouldn't be sure of dates either Rasher but I am thinking further back than the seventies, more like the late fifties, but I could be wrong.

[Csalem]

This week we are going back thirty-nine years to 1983 and C 80 on Townsend Street. The bus is dressed for route 47B to Grange Road. This route started in 1949 but ceased in 1999, and ran via Whitechurch Estate. It, along with routes 47 and 47A, were replaced by a combination of routes 15C, 16, 116 and 161.
C 80 was new to CIE in 1965. In 1985 it transferred to Dundalk and joined the schools fleet. It was withdrawn in 1992 and scrapped by 1994.
23/11/1983

Throwback Thursday (357) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[Csalem]

This week we are going back fifteen years to 2007 and RV 466 on Amiens Street with a service on route 130 to Castle Avenue. This Volvo Olympian bus was new to Dublin Bus in 1999. Initially it was in CitySwift livery but was repainted in the early-2000s. It was withdrawn in 2009 and later sold on to another Irish operator.
Route 130 started in 1996, initially as a City Imp minibus route. The 130 was the merging of two routes, the 30 and the 44A. Route 30 ran from the city centre to Dollymount via Clontarf and started in 1938. Route 44A started in 1936 and ran from city centre to Mount Prospect Avenue via Haddon Road and Castle Avenue. The 130 started with mini-buses, before getting midi-buses around 2000. However within a couple of years double-decker buses started to take-over and have remained ever since.
02/12/2007

Throwback Thursday (358) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[Csalem]

This week we are going back fourteen years to Dublin Bus EV 53 on Burgh Quay with a service on route 151 to Adamstown. This route started operating between Docklands Station and Grange Castle in March 2007, running via the Crumlin Road. In July of that year it was extended to Adamstown, which was a new town being built out in west Dublin near Lucan. In 2010 under Network Direct changes the route was cut back to terminate in Foxborough. Route 25B was introduced at the same time which ran to Adamstown via Palmerstown, and provided an interchange with the 151 in Foxborough. The current 151 no longer uses Burgh Quay either. It currently crosses the River Liffey via the Roise Hackett Bridge and reaches College Street via Hawkins Street.
EV 53 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in December 2008. In fact, this Enviro 400 entered service just two days before this picture was taken. It was withdrawn from service in February 2022.
08/12/2008

Throwback Thursday (359) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[Csalem]

This week we go back eleven years to RV 534 on O'Connell Bridge with a service on route 15A to Limekiln Farm. This bus was one of nearly 200 Volvo Olympians delivered to Dublin Bus in 1999, and also the last batch of high-floor double-decker buses to be delivered. This bus was withdrawn in 2012 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom. In the background is RV 555 on the 16 to Ballinteer, another bus that had a career from 1999 to 2012.
Route 15A started running between the City Centre and Whitehall Road in 1949. In 1978 it reached Greenhills, and Limekiln Farm around 1982. Two days after this photograph was taken, the city centre terminus moved from Eden Quay to Benson Street in Grand Canal Dock, and the southern terminus moved to Limekiln Avenue. Except it didn't really. For years the 19A (which became the 9) and teh 15A terminated at the same spot, but the former called it Limekiln Avenue and the latter Limekiln Farm. Under Network Direct changes in 2011, the 15A destinations were made consistent with route 9 by having both display Limekiln Avenue.
With the move to Benson Street the 15A and 15B no longer crossed O'Connell Bridge to cross the River Liffey.
16/12/2011

Throwback Thursday (360) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[Csalem]

First up I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for looking at my photographs this year.

Second, this is also Throwback Thursday (361). Dublin Bus Tour RA 219 is seen in the snow on O'Connell Street twelve years ago in November 2010. This Olympian was new to Dublin Bus in 1995, initially used on CitySwift route 39 to Clonsilla. In 2001 it joined the tour fleet, when it also lost most of its roof. Itr was withdrawn at the end of 2014, having spent longer doing tours than regular passenger services, and was sold for scrap in 2015.
In 2017 the Dublin Bus Tour was rebranded as DoDublin.
In the background is the Dublin Bus head office building, which dates from the late-1950s.
28/11/2010

Happy Christmas 2022 by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[dinny]

And a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you Csalem

[joan mack]

Happy Christmas Csalem

[Bo]

Great stuff csalem and thanks for your contributions throughout the the year

[Suzieq]

Great stuff csalem and thanks for your contributions throughout the the year

Brilliant thread as always Csalem. Looking forward to reading more posts from you in 2023.

[Csalem]

This week we are going back twenty-eight years to 1994 and Dublin Bus AD 58 on Pearse Street. The bus is dressed for route 14A to Churchtown. This route started running between the Phoenix Park and Churchtown in 1965. In the late-1980s it was cut back from the Phoenix Park to the city centre and in 1995 it was extended to Ballinteer. From 2005 to 2011 it operated to Dundrum, but was subsumed into new route 14 under Network Direct,
AD 58 was one of seventy DAF / Alexander Setanta single-deckers delivered to Dublin Bus between 1994 and 1995. It was delivered in unbranded City Swift livery and initially operated out of Donnybrook Garage. Around 2006 it transferred to Bus Eireann along with a number of other AD buses that joined the school fleet, but it was withdrawn by 2011. It ended its days at Rosslare Harbour.
29/12/1994

Throwback Thursday (362) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[Vico2]

Happy New Year Csalem and thank you for all the history of the buses we knew and used over the years.

[Csalem]

This week we are going back fourteen years to 2009 and AV 264 in Parnell Square. The bus is operating a service on route 5 to Sandyford Industrial Estate. This route started operating between the City Centre and Kilmacud in 1952. In the mid-1970s its terminus was moved to the junction of Lakelands Avenue / Upper Kilmacud Road. In 1987 it was extended to Sandyford industrial Estate but in 2011 the route was withdrawn from the network. Throughout its entire existence, the route operated via The Rock Road and Ballsbridge.
AV 264 was new to Dublin Bus in 2002. It was withdrawn in 2016 and sold on to another Irish operator. In 2023 it is still in service with Airside Coaches.
06/01/2009

Throwback Thursday (363) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[Suzieq]

This week we are going back fourteen years to 2009 and AV 264 in Parnell Square. The bus is operating a service on route 5 to Sandyford Industrial Estate. This route started operating between the City Centre and Kilmacud in 1952. In the mid-1970s its terminus was moved to the junction of Lakelands Avenue / Upper Kilmacud Road. In 1987 it was extended to Sandyford industrial Estate but in 2011 the route was withdrawn from the network. Throughout its entire existence, the route operated via The Rock Road and Ballsbridge.
AV 264 was new to Dublin Bus in 2002. It was withdrawn in 2016 and sold on to another Irish operator. In 2023 it is still in service with Airside Coaches.
06/01/2009

Throwback Thursday (363) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

Yes I remember getting the 5 to town from college back in the 1990's. They were either single deck or double deck but not as regular as the 7 or 8 bus routes at the time.