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  • Csalem love this thread, thank you

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    • A trip back to 2013 this week. AV 247 is seen on D'Olier Street while operating route 9 to Limekiln Avenue from Charlestown. The bus is in an all-over ad (or at least a "three quarters"-over ad) for Brennan's Bread. Buses in Dublin over many decades were covered in ads like this but this was phased out in the 2000s. But around 2012 this policy was reversed and a number of buses received some wraps. Sadly as I post this today in 2017 there are no Dublin Bus buses in an all-over ad. Maybe it will change soon? 08/02/2013

      Throwback Thursday (58) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

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      • Originally posted by Csalem View Post
        A trip back to 2013 this week. AV 247 is seen on D'Olier Street while operating route 9 to Limekiln Avenue from Charlestown. The bus is in an all-over ad (or at least a "three quarters"-over ad) for Brennan's Bread. Buses in Dublin over many decades were covered in ads like this but this was phased out in the 2000s. But around 2012 this policy was reversed and a number of buses received some wraps. Sadly as I post this today in 2017 there are no Dublin Bus buses in an all-over ad. Maybe it will change soon? 08/02/2013

        Throwback Thursday (58) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr
        Brilliant - keep up the good work on this thread Csalem, absolutely love it.

        I use the no 9 route sometimes.
        UP THE DUBS!!!

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        • A visit back to 2008 this week to see the previous tour livery. On the 7th February 2017, Dublin Bus launched the new brand and livery for the Dublin Bus tours, now called DoDublin. This rebranding replaces the current livery which is a two-tone green with a yellow stripe. That livery itself was introduced in 2008 and replaced the one seen here on AV 328. This bus was not part of the open-top City Tour but rather used on the South Coast Tour and based in Donnybrook Garage. In the peak periods it was used on extra services on the main routes from the garage, such as the 145 as seen here. At this time the route still went to Kilmacanogue via Bray Station. The bus did not last long in the tour fleet and within a few years was part of the normal fleet. It is still clinging on in service today but now operates out of Harristown. The South Coast Tour still operates visiting places such as Powerscourt and Glendalough.
          AV 328 Leeson St 16/02/2008

          Throwback Thursday (59) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

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          • After skipping a week due to holidays, we are back with a trip back in time to 2014. AV 110 is seen in Rathfarnham on route 17 from Rialto to Blackrock. This is a Donnybrook route but the bus is synonymous with Summerhill Garage. There it started off on the 33 before moving to the 20B in 2002. It then settled on that route before leaving the garage in 2013. It transferred to Donnybrook before being withdrawn in mid-2014. While at that garage it occasionally appeared on the 145 which went to Kilmacanogue in Wicklow, so the bus had a career that spanned the entire length of Dublin, from Balbriggan in the north to Wicklow in the south. 01/03/2014

            Throwback Thursday (60) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

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            • A trip back to 2008 this week and to a bus route that existed then, and now, but didn't exist for a number of years in between. RV 460 is seen approaching Dun Laoghaire with a 7A to Mackintosh Park. This route ceased three years later in 2011, with Mackintosh Park only being served by route 59. However in November 2016 changes were introduced to route 7, with the old route to Loughlinstown Park becoming the 7A and the new routing to Cherrywood becoming the 7. RV 460 went on to have a career after Dublin Bus with Dualways. It holds the distinction of being the bus that trialled dot-matrix destinations for Dublin Bus. Nowadays buses use LED destinations but the last dot-matrix destination survived until the start of 2017. 12/03/2008

              Throwback Thursday (61) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

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              • Another trip back to 2008 this week to a bus route that is now no more. AV 64 is seen arriving at the railway station in Sutton with a 31C from Howth. This route operated between the two villages via Howth Summit. The route itself was brought in in 2005 and pretty much followed the same routing as the former route 88, which itself was brought in to replace the Hill of Howth tram. The 31C lasted until approximately 2009 when it was abolished through a network review, along with a few other little-used routes. The 31 and 31B provided a service to parts of Howth Head previously served by the 31C.
                AV 64 went on to have an interesting career when it finished in public service - it became one of the two vehicles used on the Ghost Bus Tour and is still in service in 2017. Sutton Station, 12/03/2008

                Throwback Thursday (62) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

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                • Interesting information, thanks

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                  • Originally posted by Csalem View Post
                    A trip back to 2008 this week and to a bus route that existed then, and now, but didn't exist for a number of years in between. RV 460 is seen approaching Dun Laoghaire with a 7A to Mackintosh Park. This route ceased three years later in 2011, with Mackintosh Park only being served by route 59. However in November 2016 changes were introduced to route 7, with the old route to Loughlinstown Park becoming the 7A and the new routing to Cherrywood becoming the 7. RV 460 went on to have a career after Dublin Bus with Dualways. It holds the distinction of being the bus that trialled dot-matrix destinations for Dublin Bus. Nowadays buses use LED destinations but the last dot-matrix destination survived until the start of 2017. 12/03/2008

                    Throwback Thursday (61) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr
                    Originally posted by Csalem View Post
                    Another trip back to 2008 this week to a bus route that is now no more. AV 64 is seen arriving at the railway station in Sutton with a 31C from Howth. This route operated between the two villages via Howth Summit. The route itself was brought in in 2005 and pretty much followed the same routing as the former route 88, which itself was brought in to replace the Hill of Howth tram. The 31C lasted until approximately 2009 when it was abolished through a network review, along with a few other little-used routes. The 31 and 31B provided a service to parts of Howth Head previously served by the 31C.
                    AV 64 went on to have an interesting career when it finished in public service - it became one of the two vehicles used on the Ghost Bus Tour and is still in service in 2017. Sutton Station, 12/03/2008

                    Throwback Thursday (62) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr
                    Iinteresting posts here - thanks for sharing - keep up the good work.
                    UP THE DUBS!!!

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                    • Thanks for that Csalem, very interesting information

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                      • Thanks!

                        A brief hop back to 2013 this week. This was a time just before Luas Cross City works came to O'Connell Street and started to alter the main thoroughfare in the capital. Where the bin is located there are now Luas tracks, with the first tram due to pass here in three months time. The bus, AX 545 is part of the Wedding Bus fleet which is currently being phased out and absorbed back into the standard fleet. Thus the bus will lose some of uniqueness. This bus, based in Donnybrook, was part of a pretty unique sequence with AX 542 and 543 part of the Coastal Tour fleet and 544 becoming the 1916 bus in 2016. Unlike in the picture, AX 545 now has a LED destination display rather than the DMD shown here. I am not sure if this destination is still possible on the bus... O'Connell Street. 23/03/2013

                        Throwback Thursday (63) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

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                        • For the first time in a while we are going back in time to the 1980s. To be precise it is 1988 and D 554 is seen parked between Abbey Street and Strand Street. This was used for many years as a place to park buses between duties. When the Luas tram works started in the early 2000s, Dublin Bus were forced to clear out of here and park their buses elsewhere around the city.
                          There is also a connection between the Luas tram and the route the bus is on. The 86 was introduced in 1958 after the Harcourt Street railway line was shut. It was designed as a replacement for the lost train services and ran between the city centre and Shankill. It survived up until the early 2000s but was only a shadow of its former self by then. It had one departure a day between Sandyford and Shankill. The Harcourt Street line itself was revived in the early-2000s as part of the Luas Green Line. 29/03/1988

                          Throwback Thursday (64) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

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                          • Thanks for that Csalem. I used to get the 86 bus when I lived in Cabinteely. It took the longest possible route to town

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                            • Originally posted by Vico2 View Post
                              Thanks for that Csalem. I used to get the 86 bus when I lived in Cabinteely. It took the longest possible route to town
                              Yeah it had to serve all the old areas the railway line. It is one of those routes I wish I could travel on.

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                              • This week we are hoping back to 1995 and an unusual sight in Balbriggan, north County Dublin. Over the course of this particular week or so Irish Rail replaced the County Bridge over the railway line on the southern side of the town. This bridge carried the main road from Skerries to Balbriggan, and is used by the 33. With the road shut, the diversionary route had to be used. This brought the traffic under the railway viaduct near the harbour. However that particular arch could not take the usual double-deckers that operated the route. Nor could some of the diversionary roads. Dublin Bus resolved this issue by putting a KC single decker on a shuttle service between Balbriggan and Skerries, where it met the regular 33 service. This brought the unusual sight of a Dublin Bus single-decker to Balbriggan. KC 30 is seen here just after passing under the railway viaduct in Balbriggan . 02/04/1995

                                Throwback Thursday (65) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr

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