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  • Originally posted by Csalem View Post
    Sort of a supplemental Throwback Thursday, except picture taken today.

    The October Bank Holiday weekend saw a Vintage Vehicle Rally take place in Dun Laoghaire Harbour. This had happened previously in Dublin Port in 2014 and 2015. On Saturday the main focus was on buses. With this being the 30th Anniversary of Dublin Bus, the evolution of its three main liveries is seen here, as well as some routes from the past with a Crumlin theme. Preserved RH 7 is displaying route 55, which ran from Limekiln Avenue to the City Centre. Preserved RH 91 is displaying route 17 which runs from Blackrock to Rialto/Dolphins Barn. And finally brand new SG 313 is displaying long gone route 81 which ran from the City Centre to Bangor Circle. Dun Laoghaire Rally, 28/10/17

    Dun Laoghaire Rally 2017 by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr
    Brilliant!!!
    UP THE DUBS!!!

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    • 78a ...on the a50 ???
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      in god i trust...everyone else cash only.

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      • It is one of the preserved buses that was at the show in Dun Laoghaire.

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        • thanks for that csalem,

          growing up there were the 78, 78a, 78b and 79 serving ballyfermot.
          in god i trust...everyone else cash only.

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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

            Throwback Thursday (95) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

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            • Originally posted by Csalem View Post
              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

              Throwback Thursday (95) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr
              Well that's deadly. Love it.
              UP THE DUBS!!!

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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

                Throwback Thursday (96) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

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                • Originally posted by Csalem View Post
                  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

                  Throwback Thursday (96) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr
                  I remember those buses, the no 17 fleet used them for years. Chairs were fairly high backed lol.
                  UP THE DUBS!!!

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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

                    Throwback Thursday (97) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

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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

                      Throwback Thursday (98) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

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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

                        Throwback Thursday (99) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

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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, South William 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: <a href="http://www.dublinbusstuff.com/Nipper.html" rel="nofollow">www.dublinbusstuff.com/Nipper.html</a>

                          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!

                          Throwback Thursday (100) by Cathal O&#x27;Brien, on Flickr
                          Last edited by Csalem; 10-12-2017, 09:13 AM.

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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

                            Throwback Thursday (101) by Cathal O&#x27;Brien, on Flickr

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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

                              Throwback Thursday (102) by Cathal O&#x27;Brien, on Flickr

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                              • Originally posted by Csalem View Post
                                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

                                Throwback Thursday (102) by Cathal O&#x27;Brien, on Flickr

                                Great info Csalem, thanks, have a lovely Christmas

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