Other Dublin Bus Related Websites:

Just a small list has been included for the moment. There are plenty more excellent Dublin Bus enthusiast sites on the web than have been noted here, but here are a select few:

Present Day Interest:

Irishbuses.com:
With over 250 pages of content Kevin Horgan's Irishbuses.com represents a vast anthology of Dublin Bus Features. Launched in the summer of 2004 (new and improved from the former dublinbusphoto.com), the website is constantly updated with new photo features and is always one to feature the new start up routes. The site is best viewed by thrawling through the site map and some real gems can be found in there. Watch out for blah blah blog, it shows the lighter side of public transport enthusiasm. Kevin Horgan has also recently launched a flickr site on which you can find regular photo additions.

Dublinbus.cc:
Tony Murray's site was launched in 2004, as a continuation of the BusIreland.org site. It is currently celebrating its 5th Year of Dublin Bus coverage. It has an excellent collection of Dublin Bus photos, organised by class. The website also has many youtube videos to view, especially those of new vehicles delivered to Broadstone bus depot. Also of note is the photo of the day section, always great photos and you can view older editions by clicking on dublinbus.cc+1. December 2009 also saw a whole month of D-class photos from the renown photographer Darren Hall whose photos appear regularly on the site. See also the sister sites Cork Bus and Bus Ireland Archive for more excellent photographs.

Pat Losty's Flickr Page:
Renowned photographer Pat Losty, author of the recent Wheeling in the year features and KD feature on dublinbus.cc, has very recently launched a flickr webpage to share some of his excellent pictures with a general transport theme. Though only launched in the past few days, buses feature prominently with ships, aviation and haulage trucks also having albums. This site is sure to be an excellent addition to the Dublin Bus webspace so check regularly for updates.

Gavin Ward's Flickr Page:
Gavin Ward has now joined the flickr brigade as bus enthusiasts flock to the image hosting site. Gavin's previous irishdecker site was always up to date with the modern and out of the ordinary. Over the years Gavin has amassed a great collection of photographs, and some of the first uploads are of retro core livery buses. Though only in its infancy, this site is sure to be the source of some excellent Dublin Bus photos.

Darren Hall's Flickr Page:
Renowned photographer Darren Hall has also launched a Flickr page in recent weeks. Already he has uploaded a large quanities of photos from his excellent historical collection and present day items. Again Darren's flickr site has a large quantity of bus photographs, but he also focusses on a wider transport persepective with photos of planes, trains and fire engines. Well worth a daily visit, though if you haven't visited yet you might need a couple of days/weeks to catch up.

Jonathan McDonnell's Flickr Page:
Just like bus enthusiasts to act like the proverbial bus. You wait ages for a new website and four come along at once. The renowned accolade just keeps rolling with Jonathan McDonnell and his new Flickr site. Again buses feature heavily in this site, with Jonathan focussing mainly on his excellent Dublin City Service photos from the 1980s. Aviation also appears quite heavily, with ships and trucks also covered. Again keep it bookmarked and visit regularly.

Garaiste Forums:
Set up by Gabriel Conway as an upgrade from the previous Proboards 'Bus Travel Ireland' forums, Garaiste is a hive of enthusiast posting. However current service and fleet changes are no longer discussed, one can still view posts prior to 2010. The site boasts a large amount of historical interest postings.

Irish Terminus:
Timmy Butler's site contains some great features. It is also noted for its pictures of ex-DB RA's in the UK. Also the bus and transport pictures of the week contain some very out of the ordinary photos.

Fred's Transport & General Pix Gallery:
Fred Dean Jnr has amased a huge collection of bus pictures on his phototopic site. It is a must visit for all those interested in Bus Eireann operations, however the site also has large collections of Dublin Bus Vehicles too. Of note are the historical features from the late 90s of Dublin Buses.

Bus Dublin:
Francis Dempsey's brand new Bus Dublin site replaces Irishbusphoto.com. It boasts some good features on current Dublin Bus services. The opening page is a great place to find some present day shots.

Dublin-Bus Phototopic:
Gary Mitchelhill launched his site in May 2009 with some excellent Dublin Bus photos. Not much has been added recently, but worth a visit.

Bus Scene Ireland:
Phototopic site run by Redstar. Features a large collection. Well worth a read is the 33X page and the pages dedictated to each of the current fleet classes.

Historical Interest:

DublinTransport.com:
Darren Johnson's site aims to be a vast anthology of Dublin Bus History. Set up as a wiki, it can be added to by all enthusiasts but has of yet to truely get a full complement of contributors. It however is still an excellent read and a great place to upload your knowledge or even your memories of you favorite routes.

Wheeling in the Years.com:
Taking on the concept of RTE's excellent television series 'Reeling in the Years', this joint venture from DublinBuses.com and DublinBus.cc takes a look back at over two decades of road transport in Ireland with a special focus on buses, featuring photographs from Patrick Losty (years completed: 1987-2009) and Jonathan McDonnell (years completed: 1989-1990). This site is not to be missed, focussing on Dublin Bus from its very formation. Photographs of real historic (well in a bus sense) content are common place in this excellent series.

Classic Irish Buses:
Shane Conway's site provides an outstanding collection of information on Irish bus types. With all the major Irish Operators included (Dublin Bus, CIE, GNR(I), DUTC, Lough Swilly, Ulsterbus, IOC and many more), this site is full of excellent photos and very detailed fleet lists of Irish Buses from yesteryear. This site is a fantanstic collection of information and well worth a few days reading. January 2010 should see a new feature on the C-class buses to mark their 40th anniversary. Shane also has a phototopic site where you can find lots of excellent historical photos.

Transport Enthusiast Club of Ireland (TEC-Ireland):
This website is developed by a group of preservationists heavily involved in CIE vehicle preservation. You will find some excellent photos from the events that they attend. Also of note, are the brilliant videos uploaded onto Youtube which require hours of viewing.

Dublin's New Tri-Axels:
The late Eamonn McArthur's fototopic site must hold hundreds if not thosands of photographs, dating from old to more recent. Well worth a visit, but you'll probably need to pencil in a few hours or so.

Route Information:

DublinBus.ie:
As has been said many times on this site, if you're looking for current service information refer to the Dublinbus site. It has recently undergone a revamp and a fantastic new addition to each timetable is a map that shows the position of each bus stop on the route in question on google maps. This represents a fantastic leap forward in information provision and coupled with the recently launch network spider map, getting bus route information has never been easier.

MK Maps:
This site allows for contributors to upload Dublin Bus routes onto google maps. The routes noted on the map are very well detailed, and seemingly have been updated by enthusiasts. This site however is not up to date, and is always a few months behind route ammendments. The last round of major service changes to DB routes have yet to be noted on this website.

Next Bus:
Type a route number into this web program and it returns the current t/t information. Of course you could just look for this information on the dublinbus site itself. Available as an iphone app, but then again so is the internet.