Buses: Throwback Thursday

[Csalem]

I would just like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Thank you for taking the time to look at my photographs this year. Unfortunately real life prevented Off The Beaten Track from getting an update, but I hope Throwback Thursday offered some interest.

GT 53 in the snow in Balbriggan on the 33 to Lower Abbey Street. 05/02/2013

Happy Christmas 2016 by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[Vico2]

Thank you Csalem for all the lovely pictures and the memories they evoked. You put a lot of work into it.

Happy Christmas to you and yours

[Csalem]

Thank you Csalem for all the lovely pictures and the memories they evoked. You put a lot of work into it.

Happy Christmas to you and yours

Thanks! It is a pleasure.

[Csalem]

The first Thursday in 2016 I started doing a Throwback Thursday looking back on some long lost bus scenes in Dublin. Today we have photograph number 52, the last one of 2016. The year started in Bray and so it seems appropriate to end in Bray. This time we are going back thirty years to 1986. KD 270 is seen on the 84A. This was a short 84 that only ran between Bray and Greystones. The bus is seen in Bray as it approaches the end of its journey. The 84A disappeared for a while, being replaced by the 184, but it has reappeared in recent times and now operates between Bray and St. Vincent's Hospital. Bray 29/12/1986
And with that the 2016 Throwback Thursday has come to an end, but it will continue in 2017. Happy New Year!

Throwback Thursday (52) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[Vico2]

~Thank you Csalem, I look forward to it.

Happy New Year

[Suzieq]

The first Thursday in 2016 I started doing a Throwback Thursday looking back on some long lost bus scenes in Dublin. Today we have photograph number 52, the last one of 2016. The year started in Bray and so it seems appropriate to end in Bray. This time we are going back thirty years to 1986. KD 270 is seen on the 84A. This was a short 84 that only ran between Bray and Greystones. The bus is seen in Bray as it approaches the end of its journey. The 84A disappeared for a while, being replaced by the 184, but it has reappeared in recent times and now operates between Bray and St. Vincent's Hospital. Bray 29/12/1986
And with that the 2016 Throwback Thursday has come to an end, but it will continue in 2017. Happy New Year!

Throwback Thursday (52) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

Great pic Csalem. Look forward to some more pix in 2017. Happy New Year!!

[Csalem]

For the first shot of 2017 we are going back six years to 2011. On the face of it the shot does not look very remarkable. It is just a bus on the 33A in Balbriggan after making its way from Swords. However the destination is worth noting, for it says "Ballbriggan". For a period of time the destination screens on the 33 correctly had Balbriggan but the 33A for some reason gained an extra 'L'. This situation lasted a few short years before being corrected.
The route itself started in 2002. Dublin Bus proposed to run a more frequent 33A between Swords and Skerries/Balbriggan and reduce the number of services on route 33 which operated to Dublin. The idea was that passengers for the city would change in Swords onto the 41/41C. The plan was an failure and services were restored on the 33, with some departures on the 33A maintained. AX 633 Balbriggan 05/01/2011

Throwback Thursday (53) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[Csalem]

A quick hop back five years this week to 2012. RV 608 is seen crossing the Samuel Beckett Bridge with a 15B to Benson Street from Stocking Avenue. The Beckett Bridge is the newest bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin, having opened in December 2009. It is designed to represent a harp, a symbol associated with Ireland. The 15B, along with the 15A, started using the bridge to access the Grand Canal Dock area of the city in December 2011, when their termini was relocated from Eden Quay. The bus itself was withdrawn before the end of 2012. 12/01/2012

Throwback Thursday (54) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[bojangles]

Great stuff CSalem

[barefoot]

Great thread Csalem....15A and 15B used to take me home... many years ago...

[Vico2]

I had not realised that the 15A and B had gone. What number replaced them, do you know

[Csalem]

15A and B aren't gone. They are still running.

[Vico2]

Thanks for that Csalem

[Csalem]

A short hop back this week to a short bus. WV 42 is seen loadimg up in Dun Laoghaire as it operates route 59 to Mackintosh Park. This was part of a fleet of buses that once number 52, but today numbers 3. And it seems 2017 may see the end of them as new midi-buses are on the way. The WVs were initially used on City Imp routes such as the 123 and 150 but over time these routes transitioned to bigger buses, and today the smaller buses are only required on route 44B. Just before Christmas 2016 the 59 itself underwent a change and now only operates between Killiney and Dun Laoghaire. The residents of Mackintosh Park have to use the 63 now. It is possible to see a WV bus on the new 59, but probably not for much longer. 18/01/2011

Throwback Thursday (55) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

[Csalem]

A trip back to 2009 this week and AV 125 is seen on O'Connell Street with a 747 to the Airport. This bus was delivered in 2000 and replaced high-floor RVs on the premium Dublin Bus service to the airport. However in 2009 these buses were nearing the end of their days on this route as new VG double-deckers from Wrights were being delivered at this time. The Airlink AVs were absorbed into the standard fleet and spent most of their time on the 16. AV 125 memorably had an engine fire on O'Connell Street on Christmas Eve, 2007, but as can be seen here the bus returned to service. It still runs today but on an open-top tour in Belfast. This livery was introduced around 2006 and is still in use today, as are the 2009 VGs. 26/01/2009

Throwback Thursday (56) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr