nitelink service...

If your hitting the town tonight, dont forget the nitelink service is operating..

There is a full service - operating as per Friday & Saturday timetable.. click here for more info.


Happy New Year from Bus Scene Dublin.

New buses..

Hope everyone had a great christmas, I did.

Took a trip into the City Centre over the weekend, saw Harristowns brand new EV73 working route 83 to Kimmage. The new "two line" side LED's are fantastic, they're so BIG!



(above) EV73 on D'Olier Street, working route 83 to Kimmage.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all our viewers.

Hope you have an enjoyable, and safe Christmas and New Year.

1 day left...

Happy Christmas eve.. :)



(above)Ringsend based EV3, at Larkhill in August 2007 on its first week of service with Dublin Bus, awaiting a working of the 16:43 departure of route 1 to the Pigeon House.
(below)EV3 at the Pigeon House, resting after a long journey across the city!

2 Days left...

Only 2 more days...



Ringsends EV6 on Parnell Sq. on route 2



Seasons Greetings

3 days left..

Only 3 days left...



Ringsends Enviro 400 EV7

4 Days..

Only 4 days left...



Harristowns RV560 in Ballymun operating route 4.


Seasons Greetings

5 days left...

Even closer..

Only 5 days remaining...



Donnybrooks AX450 at Sandyford Ind. Est.

6 days left...

Its getting closer & closer every day..



AX596 on route 66 turning onto O'Connell Bridge.

Seasons Greetings ..

7 more days...

Only 7 more days..



Donnybrooks EV28 and Ex-RA262 in the yard..

Wright Hybrid WH1

New feature now online at Craigs Dublin Buses.

8 days left...

Only 8 days until the big day :) ...




Donnybrooks AX464 on route 8 on O'Connell Street.

9 days left...

Well seems as there is no route 9.. how about AV367 on route 19..:)




Seasons Greetings to all.

10 days left...

10 more days..



Phibsboro based AX598 works route 10..

11 days left..

Only 11 days left..

Donnybrooks AX537 on route 11 working down O'Connell St.

12 days left..

Only 12 days left...

AV311 on route 2 & AV194 on route 10 (add them together - there isn't a route 12!)

13 days left..

Starting our Christmas countdown is AV338 on route 13..




Bus Scene Dublin will show a new photo from now and up to Christmas day.

Enjoy.

Seasons Greetings to all.

Coldness doesn't affect the tourists..

I really was amazed the other day, I saw a Dublin Bus Tour nearly full, upper & lower saloon were jammers.. - Eh hello, has nobody noticed the temperature has dropped to below 0 in the last few days..

Operation "Go Slow"..

Well folks, the mayhem has started, its December.. Enjoy the traffic as operation go slow starts... Erm, I mean "freeflow"..

WHelcome..

Bus Scene Dublin would like to welcome WH1 the new Wright Gemini Hybrid bus on loan to Dublin Bus Summerhill Garage for three years.

"Ah the memories.."

I found this photo from August just gone, when Phibsboro's AX599 was on loan to Ringsend Garage..
Here it is operating a short working of route 3 - Belfield to O'Connell Street.

Fresh coat of paint..

This post looks at the respray cycle for Dublin bus vehicles.

The current respray cycle takes place over three years - for example if an AV was delivered in 2005, its first respray would take place in 2008.

Currently, all Dublin bus service buses are in a "Fleet Standard"(FS) livery - Blue & Yellow. The City Tours, Coastal Tours & Airlink Express buses all have their own special livery.
Below are photo's which show how good a bus looks after its respray.


above : RA249 after being resprayed into the new City Tour livery, designed by Ray Stenning of Best Impressions in the UK.

above : A side shot of an RV, recently resprayed & fitted with the new Dublin Bus logos'.



above : Donnybrook based enviro 500's VT1(top photo) & VT17(above photo) working route 46A- both after their first respray.

Match Pressure..

With Ireland playing in Croker on Saturday, those imps on the 123 were under major pressure..
But sure, theres always one...or two...




RV's on the 123 giving a helping hand!

Ringsend ALX400's

Some of Ringsends ALX400's 2004 AV Class..

First AV383, one of thier Wedding Buses.AV383 was delivered late in 2003 in Wedding livery & was allocated to routes 15,15a,15b & 15c when not on Wedding Hire;



AV384 was the same, delivered as a Wedding Bus to Ringsend Garage;



Then AV385 was delivered in FS Blue & Yellow, and since its delivery it hs spent most of its time on route 150 ( Fleet Street to Rossmore )

Our first video, Enjoy!

Summerhills AV120 leaves Dublin Airport heading for Busarás on route 747.

Summerhills AV116 - 127 are all currently in the Airlink livery, they are soon to be pushed onto normal services in Summerhill Garage, most likely route 16A or 41, as these buses will be useful with the Airport services with the extra features they have, including Dual door, extra luggage space, and passenger information displays.

For a photo feature on the Dublin Bus Airlink, click here.

Quality Customer Service..

Summerhill Garage really now the meaning of Quality Customer Service..



RV383 operating route 41 through Drumcondra before Irelands defeat last Saturday againts the All Blacks in Croke Park.

RV383 is soon to be withdrawn from service with Dublin Bus, pending the arrival of 50
Enviro 400's and VG class vehicles to Dublin Bus.

New arrivals..

Bus Eireann now have a fleet of ten Wright Gemini VWD buses to be shared between Capwell Garage in Cork & Broadstone in Dublin.




Bus Eireann have also recieved brand new double decker triaxle buses classed as LD's.

Bus Éireann Shots!

A few shots from around Busarás (Bus Station) In Dublin City Centre.

Enjoy..













Bus Scene Dublin would like to apologise for lack of updates recently.

Hey Old Timer!

Well well look who's still going around!



Summerhills DF450 operaing the Dublin Ghost Bus Tour seen at the rear of St. Patricks Park looking fantastic for its age!

In the mountains..

Well kind of..!
Ringsends WV3 operating route 201 seen turning around at its terminus at Bohernabreena (photo taken just after the church)
Route 201 is a local service, operating from Citywest Industrial Estate, serving Killinarden, The Square Shopping Centre , Tallaght Hospital , Tallaght Village , Old Bawn Road & Bohernabreena Church.
The route operates Monday to Saturday using Ringsend fleet of WV class buses, with the odd double decker seen from time to time.

Multilingual Madness!

Tried finding AV179 today, a new one in the Dublin Bus Tour fleet - but I kept missing it. Tomorrow's another day!
For now though, AV23 operating the Multilingual Tour at stop number deux! (thats French for two!)

Wet Wet Wet

Oh Dear,
There hasn't been many updates lately has there?
Well to be honest the weather hasn’t exactly been great to be out snapping now has it?
Even with all the floods, I still managed to get out one of the days, (which was properly the worst I could have picked) and snapped AV440 about to cross onto O’Connell Bridge heading towards UCD Belfield on route 10.

Enjoy!

Is the traffic making you see red ?

Is the traffic making you see red ?




Maybe you're just hungry !

Harristowns AV217 on route 83 is seen in Glasnevin heading to Kimmage - its mega rear says it all..

Low Floor 75

With all these transfers & withdrawals happening, Dublin Bus have made 5 more routes fully wheelchair accessible.

The 7a,31,31b,67x,& 75 will all be operated with low floor buses from Monday 11th August 2008

The 75 was one that I am happy with, over the last few years anything could turn up on it, and was very rare to see anything other than an RA/RV on it.
But over the past few weeks, AV's and AX's have been operating the route, with the odd RV.

So heres a photo of (whats going to be) a common sight.

AX611 on the 75 on Sunday 10th August 2008 in Tallaght Village.

Aren't they lovely !

Over the last few years, Dublin Bus have brought new types of buses into operation, the VT & EV. The VT (Enviro 500's) first arrived in the batch of VT1-20 in 2005 and were allocated to Donnybrook Garage, where they still are today for that high frequency route 46a (City Centre-Dún Laoghaire).

Then they launched the EV (Enviro 400's) in Summer 2007, spreading them around Dublin Bus garages in a batch EV1-50.

Then in 2008, they brought more of the VT class into service, another 50 in a batch VT21-70.

They were delivered in batches & took a couple of months for all to arrive. VT21 was the last to arrive as this was a trial bus for a company in Sweden, and has only recently arrived.This batch are allocated to Phibsboro, for routes 10,39 & 70.

The 2005 VT Class :

VT13 on the Stillorgan Road on route 46A

The 2007 EV Class :

EV46 & EV33 on Eden Quay on routes 27B & 84

The 2007 VT Class :

VT40 on route 70 at College Green.

Whats your opinion on these buses ? Do you like them ? Leave a comment now !