Here are some other GNR Regents to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the last withdrawal from Dublin service (AR302 on 25th September 1967).
AR294 was a typical Clontarf Regent with open platform, used mainly on route 29, but also route 31 and some school/peak extras. It dates from 1948 and was w/d in March 1967. Photo was taken in early 1960s. Bus had been repainted in CIE green, which was its final livery. GNR destination boxes were maintained on all these except 301, so destination was "Dublin" in GNR fashion.
This photo of 293 was taken in GNR days. This bus also dated from 1948, but along with 295 and 297 it was fitted with platform doors around 1952 for the Skerries route. It is seen in Eden Quay loading for Skerries. It went to Summerhill when CIE took over in late 1958, but came off frontline route 33 service in 1960. It was used on peak services on cross-city routes (12, 16 and 19) until withdrawn at some unknown date in the mid-60s.
AR301 was one of the later, 1953, batch of longer Regents, with an extra seat row and 66 seats. There were 9 of these built, numbered 299-307 by GNR. 300 and 305 were destroyed by fire in 1955. 299, 306 and 307 always operated out of Drogheda and Dundalk. The other four ended up in Dublin City Services of CIE, 302 in Summerhill; 301/3/4 in Clontarf. They all lasted until 1967.
These buses all had platform doors, which made them unusual on city routes out of Clontarf. AR301 (and 304) were regular on the 29 (303 was on the 31), but OneOneTwo has recorded it straying as far as Bulfin Rd. on route 20. 301 and 304 were the only Dublin ARs to be painted into the CIE blue and cream livery, while 301 was the only one to receive a CIE style destination display, with route number.
The bus behind in this Amiens St. shot is R627, a regular Clontarf bus on routes 54/54a, which in those days operated from Killester across town to the Kimmage area.
The photos of 294 and 301 came to me from the late Eamon McArthur, who also had many memories of the GNR buses in the 1960s, as he lived in Whitehall (where he saw the Skerries buses) and went to school in Fairview (Clontarf territory). I would like to dedicate this post to his memory.
AR294 was a typical Clontarf Regent with open platform, used mainly on route 29, but also route 31 and some school/peak extras. It dates from 1948 and was w/d in March 1967. Photo was taken in early 1960s. Bus had been repainted in CIE green, which was its final livery. GNR destination boxes were maintained on all these except 301, so destination was "Dublin" in GNR fashion.
This photo of 293 was taken in GNR days. This bus also dated from 1948, but along with 295 and 297 it was fitted with platform doors around 1952 for the Skerries route. It is seen in Eden Quay loading for Skerries. It went to Summerhill when CIE took over in late 1958, but came off frontline route 33 service in 1960. It was used on peak services on cross-city routes (12, 16 and 19) until withdrawn at some unknown date in the mid-60s.
AR301 was one of the later, 1953, batch of longer Regents, with an extra seat row and 66 seats. There were 9 of these built, numbered 299-307 by GNR. 300 and 305 were destroyed by fire in 1955. 299, 306 and 307 always operated out of Drogheda and Dundalk. The other four ended up in Dublin City Services of CIE, 302 in Summerhill; 301/3/4 in Clontarf. They all lasted until 1967.
These buses all had platform doors, which made them unusual on city routes out of Clontarf. AR301 (and 304) were regular on the 29 (303 was on the 31), but OneOneTwo has recorded it straying as far as Bulfin Rd. on route 20. 301 and 304 were the only Dublin ARs to be painted into the CIE blue and cream livery, while 301 was the only one to receive a CIE style destination display, with route number.
The bus behind in this Amiens St. shot is R627, a regular Clontarf bus on routes 54/54a, which in those days operated from Killester across town to the Kimmage area.
The photos of 294 and 301 came to me from the late Eamon McArthur, who also had many memories of the GNR buses in the 1960s, as he lived in Whitehall (where he saw the Skerries buses) and went to school in Fairview (Clontarf territory). I would like to dedicate this post to his memory.
