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RE: Dublin & Ireland
Hello,
Apologies for the lack of updates, I was away on a number of trips to a number of interesting places, hopefully will post some pictures over the next few months. At long last the Dublin Bus EA single deckers have appeared on the 99, which has a PVR of one and some of the local routes in West Dublin/ East Kildare. Hopefully I will get pictures soon. Some photos from this month:
The Galway Races draw a big crowd over race week and Bus Éireann operate a shuttle service from the City Centre to the race track in Ballybrit - north east Galway. Demand has reduced as high frequency route 409 provides a much cheaper alternative to the shuttle. Also the 'quality' of coach provided can be interesting, these are mostly school vehicles having a rest over the summer.

SP78 Eyre Square, Galway 3 Auugst 2024 - former Expressway Coach and one of the SPs painted in this livery. To be fair, the school bus logos are removed.


SR40 Galway Station 3 Auugst 2024 - This was on the 424 on service work, perhaps running back home in service, though its age would suggest that it doesn't have long left in service.


EW88 Waterloo Road 9 August 2024 - Back in Dublin, the EW class continue to roll out. EW100 is in service, however EW1 and some of the lower numbered batch have still not appeared.


GT124 Waterloo Road 9 August 2024 - Southern Circular S2 is operated by Dublin Bus.


11628 Roebuck Road, UCD 9 August 2024


11589 Roebuck Road, UCD 9 August 2024 - S4 is operated by Go Ahead and the routing through UCD allows for nice photographic opportunities.


11905 Blackrock 9 August 2024 - S6 is also operated by Go Ahead.


VT48 UCD Bus Park 9 August 2024 - The VT class live on. A high proportion of the Dublin Bus fleet is in TFI livery but the figures are skewed by buses that should be withdrawn by now, including the AXs, VTs, VGs and EVs, many of which are in DB livery, though not all.
Note the ad on the side of the bus encouraging public transport use - this is a Department of Transport ad, usually these would be TFI ads.

More here:
https://transportsceneireland.smugmug.co...ugust-2024