Provincial Past

Csalem

1986 sees M 3 at the station in Galway. This bus was delivered new to CIE in 1971. It was re-engined from Leyland to DAF in 1980, becoming MD 3. In 1988 it joined the school fleet, and in in 1998 was withdrawn.

Bus Eireann route 419 still serves Roundstone and Clifden, though on an infrequent basis. 

12/07/1986

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Csalem

1986 sees KR 175 at the bus station in Limerick. This bus was delivered new to CIE in December 1985. Bus Eireann moved it to the school fleet after 1998 and it was withdrawn by 2006.

Bus Eireann route 313 still serves Ardnacrusha from Limerick. 

18/07/1986

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Csalem

1998 sees Bus Eireann BG 16 parked at the station in Drogheda. This bus was delivered new to Ulsterbus in 1977 as 2129 (MOI 2129). It was bought by Bus Eireann around 1991, as were other buses from Ulsterbus, to be used as a school bus, and became BG 16. It was withdrawn and scrapped in 2000. 

25/07/1998

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Csalem

1990 sees Bus Eireann KR 99 in Dingle, County Kerry. This bus was delivered new to CIE in 1985. It became a school bus after 1998 and was withdrawn by 2007.

Most of the passengers in the photograph seem to be backpackers, with the rear emergency door being used to load/unload the rucksacks.

02/08/1990

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mikeybhoy

Great picture

Csalem

1984 sees KC 8 in Galway. This bus was delivered new to CIE in October 1983. It spent all its working life in Galway and survived in service until at least 2000. 

The bus is operating a service on route 5 to Ballybane Road. Bus Eireann still operate this connection today, as route 405.  

18/08/1984

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Csalem

1980 sees M 88 at the station in Galway with a service on the Interlink route to Dundalk. Interlink was the name of a network of routes that allowed people to cross Ireland without having to go to Dublin. It was operated by CIE (later Bus Eireann) and Ulsterbus. This service to Dundalk had connections in Athlone with the bus to Belfast. Today Bus Eireann operate the remaining routes 65, 70, 72 and 73. Ulsterbus still operate routes 270 and 271. Route 70 still operates from Galway to Dundalk, but only on a Sunday during college-term. 

M 88 was delivered new to CIE in 1971. It became a school bus under Bus Eireann in 1995 and was withdrawn in 1997. 

25/08/1980

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Csalem

1994 sees Bus Eireann KD 180 at the bus station in Parnell Place in Cork. This bus was delivered new to CIE in 1982. It was withdrawn by Bus Eireann in the late-1990s. The bus is in an all-over ad for Rehab Recycling.

The bus is displaying Monkstown as a destination. This has predominately been served by route 223, although in more recent times route 216 has been extended there. 

29/08/1994

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Csalem

1985 sees D 481 at the station in Galway. The bus was delivered new to CIE in 1973. In 1987 in transferred from Bus Eireann up to Dublin Bus, to become a driver trainer in the capital. It was withdrawn and sold for scrap in 1992.

The front of the bus is displaying 2. The present day route 402 operated by Bus Eireann runs from Seacrest to Merlin Park, via the city centre. 

13/09/1985

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Csalem

1986 sees M 91 at the Knock Shrine. This bus was delivered new to CIE in 1971. In 1992 it joined the Bus Eireann school fleet and was withdrawn in the late-1990s. In the photo the bus is in CIE Tours livery.

Knock Shrine each year used to see a large bus operation take place, shuttling people who were undertaking the pilgrimage to / from Claremorris station. Trains from all around the country brought people to Claremorris.

28/09/1986

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Csalem

1997 sees Bus Eireann KC 125 in Cork. This bus was delivered new to CIE in 1984 and was withdrawn some time after 1999. The bus is on route 10 (or 210). This connected Glasheen with Mahon. It ceased to operate in 2012 when it was replaced by extended routes 215 and 216.

07/10/1997

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Csalem

1984 finds a sad looking C 79 at Dundalk Garage. This bus was delivered new to CIE in 1965. Initially it was based in Donnybrook Garage, before moving to Summerhill Garage in 1973. In both instances it was operating services within the Dublin city network. It was withdrawn in 1984 and scrapped at Dundalk.

The bus garage in Dundalk is on some of the old railway land where the GNR(I) used to maintain a works. 

12/10/1984

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Csalem

1982 sees D 701 in Limerick on route 3 to Rathbane. This bus was new to CIE in 1975. In 1985 it migrated to Dublin and was withdrawn by Dublin Bus in 1994.

Bus Eireann still serve Rathbane with route 303 which runs from Pineview to O'Malley Park. 

23/10/1982

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Csalem

1999 sees Bus Eireann KC 101 in Galway. This bus was new to CIE in 1984 and was withdrawn in the early-2000s, after spending its last few years as a school bus. The bus is on route 4 to Merlin Park. Currently Merlin Park is served by route 402. The bus is in an all-over ad for Esso. 26/10/1999

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Csalem

2007 sees AD 70 at the bus station in Dundalk. This bus (also the last member of the AD fleet) was delivered new to Dublin Bus in 1994 and was withdrawn in 2006. Then in the first half od 2007 it entered service with Bus Eireann in Dundalk (though retained Dublin Bus livery and branding). Most ADs that transferred to Bus Eireann were used on school duties, though some did turn up on scheduled services like AD 70 here. The final examples were withdrawn in the 2010s. 

13/11/2007

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Csalem

2001 sees DPC 16 at the station in Galway. This Plaxton Pointer was delivered new to Bus Eireann in 2000. It was withdrawn by 2012 when it was put up for sale. Bus Eireann operated 32 of these buses, and a further 11 short-wheelbase versions. 

Routes 5E operated between Rahoon and Ballybane. It and the 5W became the 405 in 2012.

26/11/2001

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Csalem

1984 sees PL 22 at the station in Wexford. This Plaxton bodied , Leyland chassis, coach was new to CIE in 1969 and was withdrawn in 1985. It was one of forty such coaches to be delivered to CIE. The PL designation was used on two other coach types subsequently by Bus EIreann.

Beside the bus is a CIE Bedford truck, number BKL 82.

30/11/1984

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Csalem

1996 finds SS 715 at the depot in Westport. This one of around 800 school buses ordered by the Irish government, after secondary level education was made free in 1967. This bus was new to CIE in 1973 (SS 1 was new in 1967 and SS 800 arrived in 1979). It was withdrawn by Bus Eireann in 2001 and sold for scrap. For many years these buses were a common sight throughout Ireland, even in the most rural or isolated areas. 

05/12/1996

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cml387

It showed a big commitment in education by the government then to supply a fully free bus service for all secondary school student swho needed it.

They were pretty spartan but perfectly fine for a short journey. I used to like the seat up at the very front across from the driver. The naughty boys and girls favoured the back😊

Csalem

Christmas Eve 1986 sees KR 50 at the bus station in Cork. This bus was new to CIE in 1985. Around 2000 it joined the Bus Eireann school fleet and was withdrawn by 2007. 

The destination on the bus is Ballyvourney, a village in West Cork on the main road to Killarney. It is still served by Bus Eireann, but only by Expressway route 40. 

24/12/1986

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Csalem

1982 finds C 251 at the bus station in Cork. This bus was new to CIE in 1966 and was withdrawn in 1985. It spent all its life in Cork.  

The ad on the side of the bus is for Unidare Pumps. This was a company based in Finglas in Dublin but was dissolved in the early-2000s.

30/12/1982

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Csalem

2010 sees Bus Eireann DPC 101 in Balbriggan operating town route 104. This bus was new in 2002 and initially operated routes in Waterford city. Around 2008 it moved up to Dublin but by March 2010 it had been withdrawn. It was then sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.

The town service in Balbriggan began in 2005, initially operating a counter-clockwise route from the railway station via the Moylaragh housing development, the Harry Reynolds Road and Dublin Street. In the timetable it was known as the 101T, but in 2006 gained 104 after the route between Blanchardstown and Ashbourne ceased to operate and freed up the route number. In 2011 the route was split in two with a northern loop and a southern loop, and in 2017 it became the B1.  

08/01/2010

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Vic_08

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120056262#Comment_120056262

You are wrong about the Ashbourne - Blanchardstown 104, this did not cease running in 2006. It remained until Feb 2010, 2 odd months after your picture was taken. It was replaced when the 105 was diverted to serve Blanchardstown Shopping Centre (and Ashbourne every other hour)

Both routes were sort of 104 at the same time. 104 was the public number for the Ashbourne - Blanch but that was 104a in the duty/fares database wile the Balbriggan was 104 in the fare but had no real public number, it was just the town service.

As you have pictured it was not unusual for 104 to be displayed on the Balbriggan town route because of that.

Losty Dublin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120056262#Comment_120056262

Was the 101T the only Bus Éireann service to run wholly within Dublin?

Csalem

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120071474#Comment_120071474

Believe so.

Csalem

1998 sees Bus Eireann BG 33 parked between duties at Mullingar station. This Bristol RE was new to Citybus in Belfast in 1978. It was one of forty-six REs bought by Bus Eireann from Ulsterbus and Citybus between 1991 and 1993 for school bus duties. It was withdrawn and scrapped in 2001. 

In the background are some buses Bus Eireann purchased from Singapore to also do school bus duties. 19/01/1998

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Csalem

1986 finds SS 355 parked at the station in Longford. This bus was one of 800 school buses delivered to CIE between 1967 and 1979. SS 355 was new to CIE in 1969 and was withdrawn by Bus Eireann in the 1990s. 

23/01/1986

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Csalem

1996 finds Bus Eireann KR 53 at the bus station in Drogheda. This bus was new to CIE in 1985, and was initially based in Kerry. It was withdrawn in the early-2000s.

30/01/1996

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Csalem

2008 finds DPC 109 at the bus station in Sligo on route 478 to Cartron. This was one of eleven short Dennis Dart / Plaxton Pointer buses delivered to Bus Eireann in 2002. Initially based in Waterford, the bus moved to Sligo around 2007 but was withdrawn in 2009. It was then sold on (around 2010) to another operator in the United Kingdom.

Routes 478 and 478A were the local routes in and around Sligo town and were replaced in late-2014 by new routes S1 and S2.

The bus station in Sligo is below the railway station.

13/02/2008

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Csalem

1997 finds VW 9 on Henry Street in Limerick with a service to Clareview. VW 9 was one of nine Volvo Wrights Endurance buses delivered to Bus Eireann in Limerick in 1997. In late-2000 it moved to Cork and was withdrawn in 2010. It was sold on to another Irish operator, and was in service up until at least 2021. The VW was the start of Bus Eireann's long standing relationship with Wrights for city / town single deckers, with the VWL and VWM following, as well as the DWR and DWM. The last VWL was delivered in 2012. TFI continued this tradition on with StreetLites arriving between 2017 and 2019.  

Clareview in Limerick is still served by Bus Eireann city route 302. 

Spaights Shopping Centre is now Dunnes Stores, and the 302 still departs from outside. 

20/02/1997

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