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Provincial Past
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In fairness those Bombardier buses, single or double decker, were hideously ugly.
And knowing some people who worked in the plant in Shannon at the time, the management and engineering left something to be desired as well.
Whatever about the engineering, looks wise they were perfectly fine. Look at some of the UK stuff at the time - that was ugly!
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1983 sees M 200 parked in the bus station in Cork This bus was one of 213 Leyland Leopards delivered to CIE between 1971 and 1973. Specifically, this bus was in the final twenty built specifically for CIE Tours. This batch had larger windscreens than the rest. M 200 was delivered new in 1972 and re-engined to become MD 200 in 1982. It became a school bus in 1991 (MDS 200) and was withdrawn in 1999. In the mid-1980s it was repainted into the same tour livery as the KE Class but it ended its days in Bus Eireann livery. 04/01/1983
Provincial Past (48) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr 0 -
1998 sees KR 158 at the bus station in Drogheda. Part of the bus station is fenced off while work is taking place on modernising the building and station layout.
KR 158 was delivered new to CIE in 1985 and was withdrawn in the early-2000s. The bus is seen branded above the side windows for Brú Na Bóinne, the name of the Newgrange complex located west from Drogheda along the River Boyne. A new visitor centre opened there in 1997 and Bus Eireann ran some shuttle services from Drogheda to it. A PL bus also received this branding for the service, but today it is just the nondescript route 163 that serves Newgrange from Drogheda. The current bus does not have a multi-lingual welcome sign in the front window either, unlike KR 158.
17/01/1998
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1986 sees C 170 parked at Longford Garage. This bus was delivered new to CIE in 1966. In early 1986 it became a school bus and was withdrawn by Bus Eireann in 1996. 23/01/1986
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1994 sees LA 2 parked up between school duties in Trimblestown. The bus was delivered new to Ulsterbus (as 1918) in 1975. It was sold to Bus Eireann in 1990 when the company needed some buses for school duties. It was withdrawn towards the end of 2001 and sold for scrap in 2002. 27/01/1994
Provincial Past (51) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr 0 -
1994 sees LA 2 parked up between school duties in Trimblestown. The bus was delivered new to Ulsterbus (as 1918) in 1975. It was sold to Bus Eireann in 1990 when the company needed some buses for school duties. It was withdrawn towards the end of 2001 and sold for scrap in 2002. 27/01/1994Provincial Past (51) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr
Amazing to see 26 years on the road....0 -
1994 sees LA 2 parked up between school duties in Trimblestown. The bus was delivered new to Ulsterbus (as 1918) in 1975. It was sold to Bus Eireann in 1990 when the company needed some buses for school duties. It was withdrawn towards the end of 2001 and sold for scrap in 2002. 27/01/1994Provincial Past (51) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr
I heard that the ones which were in Kells Transport Museum made it back across the border in the last year or two. Not sure how many but definitely some0 -
1995 sees Bus Eireann KR 150 parked between duties in Letterkenny. This bus was delivered new in 1985 and was based in Stranorlar for all its public service career. In the early 2000s it became a school bus and moved to Longford Garage. 07/02/1995
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1995 sees Bus Eireann KR 150 parked between duties in Letterkenny. This bus was delivered new in 1985 and was based in Stranorlar for all its public service career. In the early 2000s it became a school bus and moved to Longford Garage. 07/02/1995Provincial Past (52) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr
I always liked those type of destination blinds. To get to a KC or KR they probably came from a C and an E beforehand. KC 174 in Waterford had an all irish blind for it's whole working life, rarely ever changing from SLIABH CAOL/PAIRC EÓIN, it nearly ripped when someone tried to turn the handles !!!0 -
1983 sees CIE KE 7 in Killarney with an Expressway service to Cork. This bus was delivered new to CIE in 1981. It was later modified to become part of the tour fleet and was withdrawn around 1996. 08/02/1983
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1997 sees VC 29 in Limerick with a service on route 12. The bus is painted in the special Super Coach livery for certain services on this route that were introduced in 1996. The bus had a toilet onboard, and an onboard host provided refreshments. This upgraded service only lasted a few years before the 12 was absorbed back into the standard Expressway network. The route fully ceased operating on the 29th January 2021.
VC 29 was delivered new in 1996. The Volvo Caetano bus ended its career as a school bus in Cavan and was withdrawn around 2016. 20/02/1997
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1986 sees KR 64 and SS 348 parked between duties in Stranorlar, County Donegal. KR 64 was delivered new to CIE in 1985 and spent its career operating out of Stranorlar. It ended its days in the early 2000s as a school bus. SS 348 was delivered new, as a school bus, to CIE in 1969. It was withdrawn by Bus Eireann in 1989. 26/02/1986
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1989 sees Bus Eireann KR 198 parked between duties at Limerick Bus Station. The bus is in an all-over ad / special livery for Aer Lingus to highlight its allocation to the Limerick to Shannon Airport route. Buses on airport shuttles in Dublin and Cork received similar liveries.
KR 198 was delivered new to CIE in 1986, having being built by GAC at its Shannon factory. Around 2000 it joined the schools fleet in Limerick and was withdrawn after 2004. 04/03/1989
Provincial Past (56) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr 1 -
1985 sees C 205 at Limerick bus / railway station. The bus was delivered new to CIE in 1966. Initially based in Broadstone in Dublin, it moved to Limerick in 1972. In 1986 it moved to Thurles after becoming a school bus. It was withdrawn in 1995.
The bus has a variety of destinations on display - Ennis, Galway and Rathluirc. Rathluirc became Charleville in 1989 following a plebiscite of the residents. If all three destinations are correct, the bus could be on the equivalent of present-day Expressway route 51 from Cork to Galway.
08/03/1985
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1998 sees SS 783 parked at Drogheda station. This school bus was delivered new to CIE in 1979. It had a Bedford chassis and a body by VanHool McArdle. Like most school buses it was initially painted in a yellow and white livery, but Bus Eireann repainted it into the standard red and white livery after 1987. The bus was withdrawn around 2000. 17/03/1998
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1989 sees M 142 parked at Drogheda Bus Station. This bus was delivered new to CIE in 1972 and was withdrawn in 1997. The bus received a DAF engine in 1980, and became MD 142. The bus is in Expressway livery, whereas the M beside it is in standard Bus Eireann livery. 26/03/1989
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1993 sees KD 185 on St. Patrick Street in Cork with a service on route 8 to Lotabeg. This bus was delivered new to CIE in June 1982 and was withdrawn at some point after 1995. Route 8 is now the 208 and runs from Ashmount to Curraheen Road. 03/04/1993
Provincial Past (60) by Cathal O'Brien, on Flickr 1
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