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Dublin Bus

Dublin Bus is a public transport

Public transport

Public transport comprises passenger transportation services which are available for use by the general public, as opposed to modes for private use such as automobiles or vehicles for hire....
operator in the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
. It operates an extensive bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
network of nearly 200 radial, cross-city and peripheral routes in the city of Dublin

Dublin

Greater Dublin Area

Greater Dublin Area , or simply Greater Dublin, is a term which is used to describe the city of Dublin and the surrounding counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, County Kildare, County Meath, South Dublin and County Wicklow in Republic of Ireland....
. The company, established in 1987, is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann

Córas Iompair Éireann

C?ras Iompair ?ireann is a statutory corporation of the Republic of Ireland, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for the provision of most public transport services in the Republic of Ireland and, jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, between the Republic and Northern I...
which is owned by the Irish Government

Irish Government

The Government of Ireland is the Cabinet that exercises executive authority in Republic of Ireland. The Government is headed by a prime minister called the Taoiseach, and a deputy prime minister called the T?naiste....
. Dublin Bus operates the vast majority of bus services in Dublin but in recent years an increasing number of other bus companies

Public Transport Operators in Dublin

A large number of companies operate public transport services in Dublin, most of which are state owned or semi-state owned....
have received licences to operate in Dublin from the Department of Transport

Department of Transport (Ireland)

The Department of Transport is a Department of State of the Government of Ireland that is responsible for transport policy and overseeing transport services and infrastructure....
.

in Bus is the main transport provider in the Greater Dublin Area and carries 70% of all peak time public transport users into Dublin

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Dublin Bus is a public transport

Public transport

Republic of Ireland

Bus

Dublin

Greater Dublin Area

Córas Iompair Éireann

Irish Government

Public Transport Operators in Dublin

Department of Transport (Ireland)

The Department of Transport is a Department of State of the Government of Ireland that is responsible for transport policy and overseeing transport services and infrastructure....
.

Background

Dublin Bus is the main transport provider in the Greater Dublin Area and carries 70% of all peak time public transport users into Dublin

Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
. The network carries on average 500,000 customers a day and 150 million a year. The company currently employs around 3,729 full-time staff members and utilises a fleet of 1,182 buses.

Since the opening of the Luas

Luas

Luas , also promoted in the development stage as the Dublin Light Rail System, is a light rail or tram system serving Dublin, the first such system in the decades since the closure of the last of the Dublin tramways....
tram

Tram

A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railroad car, of lighter weight and construction than a train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets....
system, Dublin Bus has lost approximately 30% of its passengers to the Tallaght

Tallaght

Tallaght is the largest town, and county town, of County of South Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It was one of the earliest settlements in the southern part of the island, and one of medieval Ireland's most important monastic centres....
(Red Line) and Sandyford

Sandyford

Sandyford is a suburb of Dublin, located in D?n Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Republic of Ireland. A major part of Sandyford today is comprised of the Sandyford Industrial Estate and related developments....
(Green Line) Luas routes to the city centre. The planned Dublin Metro

Dublin Metro

The Dublin Metro is a planned Rapid transit system for the city of Dublin. The first two lines were set out in the Irish Government's 2005 Transport 21 transport plan: they are known as Metro North and Metro West....
may also cause losses for the company.

Fares

Dublin Bus fares are generally calculated on a stage system based on distance travelled. There are several different levels of fares, which apply on most services. Certain routes (particularly Xpresso, see below) use a different fare system.

Dublin Bus follows an "exact fare - no change" policy on almost all buses for passengers who pay cash fares - to minimise the risk of staff being robbed, passengers must place the exact fare in coins (notes are not accepted as the counting machines in the garages cannot process them) in the fare box before the ticket is issued; in the case of overpayment a "change ticket" is issued which can only be exchanged for cash at the company's head office on O'Connell Street

O'Connell Street

O'Connell Street is Dublin's main thoroughfare. One of Europe's widest streets, it measures 49m in width at its southern end, 46m at the north, and is 500m in length....
. The only exception are routes 747 and 748, the express routes to and from Dublin Airport

Dublin Airport

Dublin Airport , is operated by the Dublin Airport Authority. Located in Collinstown, in the Fingal part of County Dublin, it is by far the busiest airport in Ireland - over 23.3 million passengers passed through the airport in 2007....
, where with a minimum fare of €6, banknotes are accepted and change is given in cash.

There are several types of pre-paid tickets available, including:

single day and multi-day tickets ("Ramblers"), some of which are sold in booklets as well as singly
tickets corresponding to cash fares
90 minute tickets which allow unlimited travel (or more precisely the right to board as many buses as required) for 90 minutes (only available in booklets of 10 or a ten use smartcard)
tickets valid on Dublin Bus and Iarnród Éireann
Iarnród Éireann

Iarnr?d ?ireann is the national railway system operator of Republic of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of C?ras Iompair ?ireann ....
or Luas
Luas

Luas , also promoted in the development stage as the Dublin Light Rail System, is a light rail or tram system serving Dublin, the first such system in the decades since the closure of the last of the Dublin tramways....
or all three

All prepaid tickets must be validated in a machine by the door of the bus at the start of each journey.

Old age pensioners and certain other people are allow to travel free of charge; this is part of the national "Free Travel Pass" system operated by the Department of Social and Family Affairs

Minister for Social and Family Affairs (Ireland)

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs is the senior government minister at the Department of Social and Family Affairs in the Government of Ireland....
.

Minimum fares are payable on some services in order to discourage passengers wishing to travel short distances from using seats which could be used by those who wish to travel longer distances. A standard fare (currently €50) is theoretically payable by those who evade payment of the full fare for the journey, but is rarely collected.

Routes

The main radial routes are focused upon Dublin's sixteen Quality Bus Corridor

Quality Bus Corridor

Quality Bus Corridors are an initiative to give bus priority to buses in Dublin, Republic of Ireland in order to reduce journey times and improve service consistency....
s which provide buses with daytime access to the city centre.

Express buses (branded "Xpresso") operate on similar routes, but have a limited number of stops and a higher minimum fare.

Dublin Bus operates a "Nitelink" service of approximately 24 routes overnight between Monday and Saturday, with the greatest service frequency being on Friday and Saturday nights - special (higher) fares apply on Nitelink buses.

No "Park and Ride" services are available.

There is also a unique Ghost Bus Tour

Dublin Ghost Bus Tour

The Dublin Ghost Bus Tour is a unique night-time bus tour through Dublin, Ireland taking in several supposedly haunted places and taking in a lot of the history of the city....
through some of the supposedly haunted places in the city.

Route Network

As of September 09th, 2008:

#	Start	End	Lowfloor
1	Parnell Square	Poolbeg Extension	Yes
2	Parnell Square	Sandymount (St.John's Church) / Belfield UCD	Yes
3	Larkhill	Sandymount (St.John's Church) / Belfield UCD	Yes
4	Harristown Bus Depot	Blackrock	Yes
4A	Harristown Bus Depot	Stradbrook (Abbey Road)	Yes
5	O'Connell Street	Sandyford Industrial Estate	Yes
7	O'Connell Street	Loughlinstown Park / Cherrywood Business Park	Yes
7A	O'Connell Street	Mackintosh Park	Yes
7B	O'Connell Street	Shankill / Cherrywood Business Park	No
7D	O'Connell Street	Dalkey	No
7N	College Street	Shankill (Woodbrook)	Yes
8	O'Connell Street	Dalkey	Yes
10	Phoenix Park	Belfield UCD	Yes
10A	Phoenix Park	Stillorgan Shopping Centre	Yes
11	Wadelai Park	Kilmacud Road	Yes
11A	Wadelai Park	Mather Road North	Yes
11B	Wadelai Park	Belfield UCD	Yes
13	Merrion Square	Harristown Bus Depot	No
13A	Merrion Square	Harristown Bus Depot	No
14	Parnell Square	Dundrum Luas Station	No
14A	Parnell Square	Dundrum Luas Station	No
15	Eden Quay	Scholarstown Road	No
15A	Eden Quay	Greenhills (Limekiln Road)	No
15B	Eden Quay	Whitechurch	No
15E	Eden Quay	Scholarstown Road	No
15F	Eden Quay	Ellensborough	Yes
15N	College Street	Ellensborough	Yes
15X	Belfield UCD	Templeogue (Bridge)	Yes
16	Santry	Ballinteer (Kingston)	No
16A	Dublin Airport	Rathfarnham Lower	No
17	Blackrock Station	Rialto	No
17A Dublin Bus (No. 17A) Dublin Bus route 17A is a bus route in Dublin, Ireland that runs from Finglas to Kilbarrack via BallymunIt is operated by Dublin Bus....	Kilbarrack	Finglas (Mellowes Road)	No
18	Old Lucan Road / Palmerstown Cemetery	Sandymount Green	Yes
19	Jamestown Road	Bulfin Road	Yes
19A	Jamestown Road	Greenhills (Limekiln Road)	Yes
20B	Eden Quay	Beaumont (Ardlea Road)	Yes
25	Pearse Street	Lucan (Dodsboro)	No
25A	Pearse Street	Lucan (Superquinn, Newcastle Road)	No
25N	Westmoreland Street	Lucan (Dodsboro)	Yes
25X	Belfield UCD / Waterloo Road / Merrion Square	Adamstown Station / Lucan	No
26	Pearse Street	Palmerstown (Cherry Orchard)	Yes
27	Talbot Street	Clare Hall	No
27B	Eden Quay	Harristown Bus Depot	Yes
27C	Leeson Street Bridge	Clare Hall	No
27N	D'Olier Street	Artane Roundabout	Yes
27X	Belfield UCD	Clare Hall	No
29A	Eden Quay	Newgrove Cross	No
29N	D'Olier Street	Baldoyle Road	Yes
31	Eden Quay	Howth Summit	Yes
31B	Eden Quay	Howth Summit	Yes
31C	Sutton Station	Howth Station	No
31N	D'Olier Street	Howth Summit	Yes
32	Eden Quay	Portmarnock	Yes
32A	Eden Quay	Malahide	Yes
32B	Eden Quay	Portmarnock	Yes
32X	Belfield UCD	Malahide	Yes
33	Lower Abbey Street	Balbriggan	Yes
33A	Swords	Balbriggan	Yes
33B	Swords	Portrane	No
33N	D'Olier Street	Balbriggan	Yes
33X	Stephen's Green	Skerries	Yes
37	Hawkins Street	Carpenterstown	Yes
37X	Belfield UCD	Carpenterstown	No
38	Hawkins Street	Damastown	Yes
38A	Hawkins Street	Damastown	Yes
38B	Hawkins Street	Blanchardstown IT	No
38C	Hawkins Street	Tyrellstown	No
39	Hawkins Street	Ongar	Yes
39A	Hawkins Street	Ongar	Yes
39B	Belfield UCD	Ongar	No
39C	Hawkins Street	Ongar	Yes
39N	Westmoreland Street	Tyrellstown	Yes
39X	Belfield UCD	Ongar	No
40	Parnell Street	Finglas (McKelvey Avenue)	No
40A	Parnell Street	Finglas (St.Margarets Road)	No
40B	Parnell Street	Toberburr	No
40C	Parnell Street	Finglas (St.Margarets Road)	No
40D	Parnell Street	Tyrellstown	No
40N	Westmoreland Street	Finglas South	Yes
41	Lower Abbey Street	Swords Manor	No
41A	Swords Manor	Lower Abbey Street	No
41B	Lower Abbey Street	Rolestown	No
41C	Lower Abbey Street	Swords Manor	No
41N	D'Olier Street	Swords Manor / Portrane	Yes
41X	Belfield UCD	Swords Manor	No
42	Lower Abbey Street	Malahide (Coast Road) / Portmarnock	Yes
42A	Lower Abbey Street	Beaumont Hospital	No
42B	Lower Abbey Street	Blunden Drive	No
42N	D'Olier Street	Portmarnock	Yes
43	Lower Abbey Street	Swords Business Park	Yes
44	Townsend Street	Enniskerry	No
44B	Townsend Street / Ranelagh / Dundrum	Glencullen	Yes
44C	Townsend Street	Ballyogan	No
44N	College Street	Cornelscourt	Yes
45	Eden Quay	Bray (Esplanade / Oldcourt)	Yes
45A	Dún Laoghaire Station	Ballywaltrim	Yes
46A Dublin Bus (No. 46A) Dublin Bus Route 46A is a bus route in Dublin, Ireland, that runs from Mountjoy Square, in Dublin city centre, to Dun Laoghaire railway station in Dun Laoghaire....	Mountjoy Square / Parnell Square	Dún Laoghaire Station	Yes
46B	Mountjoy Square / Parnell Square	Sandyford Industrial Estate	No
46C	Mountjoy Square / Parnell Square	Cherrywood Business Park	No
46D	Mountjoy Square / Parnell Square	Carrickmines Cross	No
46E	Mountjoy Square / Parnell Square	Blackrock Station	No
46N	College Street	Dalkey	Yes
46X	Dublin Airport	Dún Laoghaire Station	No
47	Donnybrook Church (Bus Depot)	Belarmine	Yes
48A	Parnell Square	Ballinteer	No
48N	College Street	Rathfarnham (Yellow House)	Yes
49	Eden Quay	The Square (Tallaght)	Yes
49A	Eden Quay	Belgard Road	Yes
49N	College Street	Kilnamanagh	Yes
49X	Belfield UCD	Ellensborough	Yes
50	Ringsend Road	Citywest	Yes
50X	Belfield UCD	Killinarden	Yes
51	Neilstown	Aston Quay	No
51A	Lower Abbey Street	Beaumont Hospital	No
51B	Aston Quay	Grange Castle Business Park	Yes
51C	Aston Quay	Grange Castle Business Park	Yes
51D	Aston Quay / Waterloo Road	Woodford (Watery Lane)	No
51N	Westmoreland Street	Woodford	Yes
51X	Belfield UCD	Dunawley	No
53	Eden Quay	East Wall Road	Yes
53A	Eden Quay	Alexandra Road	No
54A Dublin Bus (No. 54A) Dublin Bus route 54A is a bus route operated by Dublin Bus. It begins at Eden Quay and terminates at Kiltipper, South of Tallaght.Approximate journey time 70 minutes....	Eden Quay	Ellensborough (Kiltipper Way)	Yes
54N	College Street	Cheeverstown Road	Yes
56A	Ringsend Road	The Square (Tallaght)	Yes
58C	Parnell Square	Dún Laoghaire Station	No
58X	Shankill (Woodbrook)	Dublin Airport	No
59	Dún Laoghaire Station	Mackintosh Park	Yes
63	Mountjoy Square / Parnell Square	Kilternan	Yes
65	Eden Quay	Blessington / Ballymore / Ballyknockan	Yes
65B	Eden Quay	Citywest	Yes
65X	Belfield UCD	Killinarden	No
66	Pearse Street	Maynooth / Kilcock	Yes
66A	Pearse Street	Leixlip (River Forest)	Yes
66B	Pearse Street	Leixlip (Castletown)	Yes
66D	Waterloo Road	Leixlip (Easton Road)	Yes
66N	Westmoreland Street	Leixlip	Yes
66X	Belfield UCD / Waterloo Road / Stephen's Green	Maynooth / Leixlip	Yes
67	Pearse Street	Celbridge	Yes
67A	Pearse Street	Maynooth	Yes
67N	Westmoreland Street	Maynooth	Yes
67X	Belfield UCD / Waterloo Road / Stephen's Green	Celbridge	Yes
68	Aston Quay	Newcastle / Greenogue Business Park	Yes
69	Aston Quay	Rathcoole	Yes
69N	Westmoreland Street	Saggart	Yes
69X	Aston Quay	Rathcoole	Yes
70	Hawkins Street	Dunboyne	Yes
70A	Hawkins Street	Dunboyne	Yes
70B	Belfield UCD	New Ongar Road	No
70N	Westmoreland Street	Dunboyne	Yes
70X	Belfield UCD	Dunboyne	No
74	Britain Quay	Stocking Avenue	Yes
74A	Britain Quay	Stocking Avenue	Yes
75	Dún Laoghaire Station	The Square (Tallaght)	Yes
76	Ballyfermot (Old Lucan Road)	Fettercairn	No
76A	The Blanchardstown Centre	The Square (Tallaght) / Fettercairn / Balrothery	No
76B	Ballyfermot (Old Lucan Road)	Balrothery	No
77	Ringsend Road	Jobstown	No
77A	Ringsend Road	The Square (Tallaght)	No
77N	College Street	Westbrook Estate	Yes
77X	Belfield UCD	Citywest / Ellensborough	Yes
78	Aston Quay	Liffey Valley Centre	No
78A	Aston Quay	Liffey Valley Centre	No
79	Aston Quay	Ballyfermot (Spiddal Park)	Yes
79A	Aston Quay	Park West	Yes
79X	Neilstown Road	Bachelor's Walk	Yes
83	Harristown Bus Depot	Kimmage	No
84	Eden Quay	Kilcoole / Newcastle	Yes
84N	College Street	Greystones	Yes
84X	Eden Quay	Kilcoole / Newcastle / Newtownmountkennedy	Yes
86	Shankill	Sandyford Industrial Estate	No
88N	Westmoreland Street	Ashbourne	Yes
90 Dublin Bus (No. 90) Dublin Bus route 90 is a bus route operated by Dublin Bus. It begins at Heuston Station and terminates at Connolly Station.External links...	Heuston Rail Station	International Financial Services Centre	Yes
91	Heuston Rail Station	O'Connell Bridge	Yes
92 Dublin Bus (No. 92) Dublin Bus route 92 is a bus route operated by Dublin Bus. It begins at Heuston Station and terminates at Wilton Terrace.Approximate journey time 30 minutes....	Heuston Rail Station	Wilton Terrace	Yes
102	Dublin Airport	Sutton Station	Yes
103	Clontarf Station	Omni Park	Yes
104	Clontarf Station	Cappagh Hospital	Yes
105	Malahide	Dublin City University	No
111	Dún Laoghaire Station	Loughlinstown Park	Yes
114	Blackrock Station	Ticknock	No
115	Blackrock Station	Ballyogan	No
116	DCU / Parnell Square	Whitechurch / Ballinteer / Sandyford / Clonskea	No
117	D'Olier Street	Belarmine	No
118	D'Olier Street	Kilternan	No
120	Parnell Street	Ashtown Station	No
121	Drimnagh	Rathoath Road	No
122	Drimnagh	Ashington	No
123	Marino	Walkinstown (Kilnamanagh Road)	Yes
128	Rathmines	Clongriffin	Yes
129	Leeson Street Bridge	Baldoyle	Yes
130	Lower Abbey Street	Castle Avenue	Yes
140	Wilton Terrace	St.Margaret's Road (Hampton Wood)	Yes
142	Rathmines	Portmarnock	Yes
145	Mountjoy Square / Parnell Square	Kilmacanogue	Yes
150	Fleet Street	Rossmore	Yes
151	Docklands (Castleforbes Road)	Adamstown Station	Yes
161	Rockbrook	Nutgrove Shopping Centre	Yes
172	Kildare Street	Dunard	No
184	Bray Station	Kilpedder / Newtownmountkennedy	No
185	Bray Station	Palermo / Shop River	No
201	Citywest	Bohernabreena	Yes
202	Citywest	Kilnamanagh	Yes
206	Ballyfermot (Old Lucan Road)	Ballyfermot (Drumfinn Road)	No
210	Tallaght (The Sqaure)	Liffey Valley Centre	Yes
220	Ballymun	Ladys Well Road	Yes
236	The Blanchardstown Centre	Tyrellstown / Ballycoolin Industrial Estate	No
237	The Blanchardstown Centre (Circular)	via Carpenterstown	No
238	The Blanchardstown Centre (Circular)	via Corduff	No
239	The Blanchardstown Centre	Liffey Valley Centre	No
270	The Blanchardstown Centre	Dunboyne	No
746	Dún Laoghaire Station	Dublin Airport	Yes
747	Busarus via O'Connell Street	Dublin Airport	Yes
748	Heuston Station	Dublin Airport	Yes

Fleet

Double decker

Class name	Body	Chassis	Introduced	Number
"RV"	Alexander R-type	Volvo Olympian Volvo Olympian The Volvo Olympian was a rear-engine double decker bus built by Volvo Buses in Irvine, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was first built in 1992 and replaced the Leyland Olympian and the Volvo B10M....	1997–1999	315
"AV"	Alexander ALX400 Alexander ALX400 The Alexander ALX400 is a 2-axle double-decker bus body built by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders . It was one of the ALX-series bodywork, all except ALX100 feature the same designs on the front and rear panels, built for new generation bus chassis produced since late 1990s....	Volvo B7TL Volvo B7TL File:First VNW32359 on 83.jpgVolvo Buses B7TL is a low-floor double-decker bus which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian ....	2000–2005	447
"AX"	Alexander ALX400 Alexander ALX400 The Alexander ALX400 is a 2-axle double-decker bus body built by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders . It was one of the ALX-series bodywork, all except ALX100 feature the same designs on the front and rear panels, built for new generation bus chassis produced since late 1990s....	Volvo B7TL Volvo B7TL File:First VNW32359 on 83.jpgVolvo Buses B7TL is a low-floor double-decker bus which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian ....	2006	200
"VT"	Alexander Dennis Enviro500	Volvo B9TL Volvo B9TL The Volvo B9TL is a low-floor double-decker bus built by Volvo Buses since 2002. It superseded the older Volvo B10TL and the Volvo B7TL....	2005, 2007	70
"DT"	Alexander ALX400 Alexander ALX400 The Alexander ALX400 is a 2-axle double-decker bus body built by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders . It was one of the ALX-series bodywork, all except ALX100 feature the same designs on the front and rear panels, built for new generation bus chassis produced since late 1990s....	Dennis Trident 2 Dennis Trident 2 Dennis Trident 2 is a 2-axle low-floor bus double-decker bus chassis originally built by Dennis Specialist Vehicles in the United Kingdom, which was unveiled in 1997 and replaced the Dennis Lance....	2003	10
"EV"	Alexander Dennis Enviro400	Volvo B9TL Volvo B9TL The Volvo B9TL is a low-floor double-decker bus built by Volvo Buses since 2002. It superseded the older Volvo B10TL and the Volvo B7TL....	2007-2008	100
"WH"	Wright Pulsar Gemini HEV	Based on VDL DB250LF VDL DB250 The VDL DB250 is a double-decker bus sold in the United Kingdom through VDL Bus International's UK dealer Arriva. Apart from the UK, a small number of DB250 had been sold for service in Istanbul, Turkey....	2008	1
"VG"	Wright Eclipse Gemini Wright Eclipse Gemini The Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini is a type of double-decker bus body built for Volvo B7TL and later Volvo B9TL and Volvo B5L for use in the United Kingdom....	Volvo B9TL Volvo B9TL The Volvo B9TL is a low-floor double-decker bus built by Volvo Buses since 2002. It superseded the older Volvo B10TL and the Volvo B7TL....	2008	50

Withdrawals of RV's are underway, to be completed by 2011.

Articulated buses

Class name	Body	Chassis	Introduced	Number
"AW"	Wrightbus Wrightbus Wrightbus is an independent coachbuilder and pioneer of the low-floor bus. Based in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, it was established in 1946 by Robert Wright and currently run by his son William Wright....	Volvo B7L Volvo B7L Volvo Buses B7L is a low floor citybus with a rear engine mounted on the left of the rear overhang, it is built as a replacement of the Volvo B10L.... A	2000	20

Single deckers

Class name	Body	Chassis	Introduced	Number
"VL"	Alexander	Volvo B10L Volvo B10L The Volvo B10L is a rear-engined, low-floor single-deck city bus chassis built by Volvo Buses between c. 1993 and c. 2005. An articulated version of the B10L, known as the B10LA, was also produced....	1997	4

Midibuses

Class name	Body	Chassis	Introduced	Number
"WV"	Wright Crusader 2	Volvo B6BLE	1999–2000	50

History and Preservation

As the vehicles become of age they have been withdrawn to make way for newer technology. Types of significance such as the Bombardier

Bombardier

Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian companies list of conglomerates, founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limit?e in 1942, at Valcourt , Quebec in the Eastern Townships, Quebec....
/GAC (Irish built) have been preserved by the National Transport Museum of Howth who house R1 (the first double decker service bus in Ireland).

Many ex-CIE types have been acquired for preservation by private preservationists, some of whom associated with the Transport Enthusiasts Club (TEC). The vehicles are garaged, restored and run by the owners without state funds and take part in films, television programs and in vintage rallys. One event was CIE60th. The 30th of October 2005 saw Dublin Bus host CIE60th in the new Harristown depot. This event was done in co-ordination with the Transport Enthusiasts Club. Buses new and old were on display showing the contrast and how far the company had come.

Dublin's main bus operator was formerly the Dublin United Transport Company

Dublin United Transport Company

The Dublin United Transport Company operated trams and buses in Dublin, Ireland until 1945. Following legislation in the Oireachtas , the DUTC and the Great Southern Railways were vested in the newly-formed Coras Iompair ?ireann in 1945....
. This company was incorporated into CIÉ

CIE

CIE is an acronym which can stand for:* Cambridge International Examinations, an international examination board* Commercial Information Exchange, a real estate database for commercial properties, similar to a residential Multiple Listing Service ...
in 1945, but regained partial autonomy in 1987 when Dublin Bus was created as a wholly-owned subsidiary company of CIÉ.

Accidents

Wellington Quay Tragedy

On 21 February 2004 at Wellington Quay, Dublin, a bus mounted on a pavement and ploughed into a queue of 30 people, killing five and injuring 14. The driver was charged with dangerous driving, his trial began in February 2007 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

Courts of the Republic of Ireland

The Courts of the Republic of Ireland consist of the Supreme Court of Ireland, the Court of Criminal Appeal , the High Court , the Circuit Court and the District Court , the lowest court of the land....
. He has since been found not guilty of any misdoings

Bus Roof Damage

On 5 February 2009 a bus enroute from Abbey Street

Abbey Street

Abbey Street is located on Dublin's Northside and is one of the principal shopping streets of Dublin, running from the The Custom House in the east to Capel Street in the west....
to Artane

Artane, Dublin

Artane, sometimes spelled Artaine , historically Tartaine is a Northside suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Neighbouring districts include Coolock, Beaumont, Dublin, Killester, Raheny and Clontarf, Dublin; to the south is a small locality, Harmonstown, straddling the Raheny-Artane border....
collided with a tree on North Strand Road

North Strand Road

North Strand Road is a street in the Northside of Dublin, Ireland....
and the entire roof section was torn off. The driver was treated in hospital with shock but apart from that there was no injuries as no passengers were seated in the upper saloon. The bus was an Alexander ALX400

Alexander ALX400

The Alexander ALX400 is a 2-axle double-decker bus body built by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders . It was one of the ALX-series bodywork, all except ALX100 feature the same designs on the front and rear panels, built for new generation bus chassis produced since late 1990s....
.

Dublin Bus

Background

Fares

Routes

Route Network

Fleet

Double decker

Articulated buses

Single deckers

Midibuses

History and Preservation

Accidents

Wellington Quay Tragedy

Bus Roof Damage

See also

External links