Photo of the Week - Week 6:


AV110 in its Donnybrook days operating Route 18 at the Old Lucan Road terminus on the 31st May 2014.

The new year brought a new computer, and also a hectic schedule hence the lack of update. Its been quite sometime since my last bus photo, so I must get up to Dublin soon. For the bus enthusiast, the allocation is most important. That unusual bus, on that unusual route, the extraordinary is something that keeps us chasing. The latest bus, the oldest bus in its final days. Yesterday's shock appearance of WV51 on the 114 for a few laps fits all of the above, an extraordinary allocation of a bus to a normally double-deck route on a Saturday (normally WV's are kept in the sheds), while also being a bus on borrowed time with the order of the Streetlite replacements. Alas, it appears nobody caught up with it. The allocation is key, will it show up on the route where I thought it would be, will it come out at all? One of my most horrendous days was making a special trip to Dublin to catch the Lucosade tri-sided advert buses during the last Rugby World Cup. Little did I know the allocation for the day was to go to Donnybrook for some photographs together, as I trapsed the city from Skerries to Tallaght trying to find them. Thankfully VG49 reappeared on the 747 in the evening, and was a feature on this site. Understanding the allocation, your best guess, is always important for the enthusiast. Does that Euro return, or go special? Where did I see that bus last?


AV110 at the Sandymount first pick up stop on Newgrove Avenue on the 31st May 2014.

The 20B route has a place close to my heart, and when its principal allocation of 00 D AVs were transferred for further service elsewhere, I had to find them. AV110 featured already, operating Route 145 and then a shock appearance on Route 90, and AV115 was featured on the 239 also on these pages. I found AV110 a few times more, lucky everytime. At least that's how it felt. So what's the element of luck? Reading accounts of bus enthiasts about buses in the 50s and 60s, its clear that there were fairly strict allocations. Today's allocations are not so strict, yes a WV will appear on the 44B, the VTs are kept to certain routes, but buses interchange a lot more. Garages like Harristown operate with pools of buses, feeling like Willy Wonka at times, with the bus you want operating in but never coming out. With a larger PVR to daytime requirement, there are also a lot more buses that just appear for half a lap. And then there's the pull ins, when a bus will go in allocated to one route, but will be pulled out by a driver of another route. Annoying if you had spotted it before pull in.


AV110 is seen waiting at the level crossing on Sandymount Avenue operating Route 18 on the 31st May 2014.

The following is the full allocation of all Dublin buses on the 1st January 2017. The bus (e.g. Bus 1) represents an board working of a single vehicle, however in possibly half the cases, there is more than one bus listed. In all cases, I have listed them in sequential order, starting with the first bus allocated to the board, and in sequence until the last. The 1st was a Sunday operation and on Sunday's there are a lot of pull-ins, especially the first few buses which are typically work outs, the driver pulling the bus out of the garage, operating a few laps, and then pulls the bus back in, totalling about 5hr40 of work. Routes like the 7/A, or the 41/B/C have a city terminus were buses are left parked up for the next driver. In this cases, buses can swap position, as the driver picks the most convenient bus at the terminus. The routes in and out of Harristown are also notable in how frequent buses are swapped, buses parked in a general pull-in/pull-out bay allowing the driver a bit more choice of bus. Finally a route operated by both garages will have a bus 1 and a bus 101, representing the first bus from either garage. This is the represenation on the AVL system also.

  • Route 1:
  • Bus 1: SG216
  • Bus 2: SG247 GT113
  • Bus 3: SG246
  • Bus 4: SG250
  • Route 4:
  • Bus 1: SG160 AX622 SG163
  • Bus 2: SG181 GT45
  • Bus 3: SG64 SG152
  • Route 7/A:
  • Bus 1: SG24 (7/A) SG120 (7) SG22 (7)
  • Bus 2: SG28 (7/A)
  • Bus 3: SG120 (7/A) SG22 (7A) SG120 (7A)
  • Bus 4: SG27 (7/A) SG15 (7)
  • Bus 5: SG16 (7/A)
  • Bus 6: SG234 (7/A) SG22 (7) SG24 (7)
  • Bus 7: SG26 (7/A)
  • Bus 8: SG17 (7A)
  • Bus 9: SG19 (7)
  • Bus 10: SG20 (7A)
  • Bus 11: SG27 (7A)
  • Bus 12: SG237 (7A)
  • Route 9:
  • Bus 1: SG217 GT158
  • Bus 2: GT156
  • Bus 3: GT149 GT146
  • Bus 4: SG221 GT149
  • Bus 5: GT151
  • Bus 6: SG140
  • Bus 7: SG253
  • Bus 8: GT152
  • Bus 9: SG137 SG258
  • Bus 10: GT159
  • Bus 11: SG134
  • Route 11:
  • Bus 1: GT1 GT19
  • Bus 2: GT2 SG240
  • Bus 3: GT3
  • Bus 4: GT5
  • Bus 5: GT8 SG17
  • Bus 6: SG23
  • Bus 7: SG225
  • Route 13:
  • Bus 1: SG264
  • Bus 2: GT127
  • Bus 3: GT124
  • Bus 4: SG77
  • Bus 5: SG268
  • Bus 6: GT121
  • Bus 101: GT32 GT38 SG46
  • Bus 102: GT38 SG46 VG15
  • Bus 103: GT135
  • Bus 104: GT36 GT133
  • Bus 105: GT134
  • Bus 106: GT44 GT134
  • Route 14:
  • Bus 1: SG236
  • Bus 2: GT9
  • Bus 3/4: See Route 61
  • Bus 5: GT13
  • Bus 6: GT14
  • Bus 7: SG28
  • Bus 101: GT53
  • Bus 102: SG102
  • Bus 103: SG109
  • Bus 104: SG101
  • Route 15:
  • Bus 3: SG248
  • Bus 5: SG95
  • Bus 7: SG210
  • Bus 10: SG245
  • Bus 11: SG214
  • Bus 13: SG88
  • Bus 15: EV7
  • Bus 101: SG182
  • Bus 102: SG58
  • Bus 103: SG163
  • Bus 104: SG180
  • Bus 105: SG183
  • Route 15A:
  • Bus 1: SG211 GT103 SG208 GT103
  • Bus 6: SG213
  • Bus 12: SG87 GT110 GT106 SG245
  • Route 15B:
  • Bus 2: SG209 SG215 GT110 GT105
  • Bus 4: SG208 GT109 SG215
  • Bus 8: SG86
  • Bus 9: SG93
  • Bus 14: SG249 GT112
  • Route 16:
  • Bus 1: AX637
  • Bus 2: AV428 AV396
  • Bus 3: AV397 EV47
  • Bus 4: AV396
  • Bus 5: AV422
  • Bus 6: AX626
  • Bus 7: AX636
  • Bus 8: AV424
  • Bus 9: AX463
  • Bus 10: EV48
  • Bus 11: AV423
  • Bus 12: AV397
  • Bus 13: VG49
  • Route 17:
  • Bus 1: GT15 SG20
  • Bus 2: GT17
  • Route 17A:
  • Bus 1: EV65 SG53 SG54
  • Bus 2: AV377 SG152 EV68
  • Bus 3: EV74 VG15 SG53
  • Bus 4: EV68 GT128 SG181
  • Bus 5: AX503 SG54 EV74
  • Bus 6: AV283 AX456
  • Bus 7: AV448 AV377 AV448
  • Bus 8: AV447 SG172
  • Bus 9: AX622 AV283 GT128
  • Bus 10: AX547
  • Route 18:
  • Bus 1: AX644 GT19 AX467
  • Bus 2: AX645 AX616 AX645
  • Bus 3: AX646 AX645
  • Bus 4: AX467 GT19
  • Bus 5: AX465
  • Bus 6: SG33
  • Route 25/A/B:
  • Bus 1: AV412 (Both 25A/B) GT22 (all 25A)
  • Bus 2: AV357, AX609 (both 25A/B)
  • Bus 3: AX602 (both 25A/B)
  • Bus 4: AV400 (25B), AV399 (25A/B) SG264 (25B)
  • Bus 5: AV298 (both 25A/B)
  • Bus 6: AV408 (25A) AV407 (25A/B) AV358 (25B)
  • Bus 7: AV406 (25A/B) AX533 (25A)
  • Bus 8: AV402 (25A/B) AV294 (25)
  • Bus 9: AX604 (25)
  • Bus 10: GT30 (25A/B)
  • Bus 11: SG72 (25A/B)
  • Bus 12: AV403 (25A/B)
  • Bus 13: AV407 (25A/B) AX605 (25B)
  • Route 27:
  • Bus 3: SG212
  • Bus 5: SG90
  • Bus 7: SG91
  • Bus 9: SG96
  • Bus 11: SG94
  • Bus 101: GT119 GT61
  • Bus 102: GT62
  • Bus 103: GT116
  • Bus 104: GT114
  • Bus 105: GT68
  • NOTE: EV11 also did a gallop/lap on Route 27
  • Route 27A:
  • Bus 1: SG205
  • Bus 2: GT65
  • Bus 3: SG202
  • Route 27B:
  • Bus 1: AX621 GT48 SG169 AX622
  • Bus 2: AX625 AX621
  • Bus 3: AX504 GT139
  • Bus 4: AX499 SG159
  • Bus 5: AX625 SG179
  • Route 29A:
  • Bus 1: SG203 SG206
  • Bus 2: SG39 GT64
  • Bus 3: SG42
  • Bus 4: SG130
  • Bus 5: SG199
  • Route 31/32:
  • Bus 1: SG200 (31) GT118 (32)
  • Bus 2: EV76 (31/A)
  • Bus 3: EV11 (31/32) GT61 (31)
  • Bus 4: GT69 (31)
  • Bus 5: GT60 (32)
  • Bus 6: GT70 (31/A/32)
  • Bus 7: EV20 (31)
  • Bus 8: EV16 (31) SG42 (31)
  • Bus 9: SG45 (31)
  • Bus 10: EV85 (31)
  • Bus 11: SG200 (31)
  • NOTE: AV362 also did a partial gallop on Route 31
  • Route 33/A:
  • Bus 1: GT56 (33/A)
  • Bus 2: SG100 (33/A)
  • Bus 3: SG197 (33/A)
  • Bus 4: SG190 (33/A)
  • Bus 5: SG187 (33) AV337 (33)
  • Route 33B:
  • Bus 1: VG15 AX509
  • Bus 2: VG23
  • Bus 3: VG18
  • Route 37:
  • Bus 1: SG139 SG221 GT146
  • Bus 2: SG219
  • Bus 3: SG145 SG13
  • Bus 4: SG256
  • Bus 5: SG4
  • Bus 6: SG143
  • Bus 7: SG139
  • Route 38/A:
  • Bus 1: AX571 (38/A)
  • Bus 2: AX569 (38/A)
  • Bus 4: AX589 (38/A)
  • Bus 5: AX560 (38/A) GT156 (38/A)
  • Bus 6: VG5 (38/A)
  • Bus 7: SG254 (38/A)
  • Route 39/A:
  • Bus 1: VT57 (39)
  • Bus 2: VT60 (39A)
  • Bus 3: AX586 (39)
  • Bus 4: AX599 (39A)
  • Bus 5: AX562 (39)
  • Bus 6: AX590 (39)
  • Bus 7: AX568 (39A)
  • Bus 8: AX591 (39A/last 39)
  • Bus 9: AX583 (39)
  • Bus 10: AX593 (39A)
  • Bus 11: AX601 (39)
  • Bus 12: AX600 (39A)
  • Bus 13: AX564 (39A)
  • Bus 14: SG132 (39A) SG12 (39A)
  • Bus 15: AX578 (39A)
  • Bus 16: AX585 (39A)
  • Bus 17: AX570 (39)
  • Bus 18: AX575 (39A)
  • Route 40:
  • Bus 1: GT29 GT26
  • Bus 2: SG266 SG75
  • Bus 3: SG84 SG266 GT27
  • Bus 4: GT123
  • Bus 5: SG74
  • Bus 6: GT29
  • Bus 7: GT27 SG266
  • Bus 8: SG83
  • Bus 101: SG60
  • Bus 102: SG53 SG179
  • Bus 103: SG61 SG174
  • Bus 104: SG54 SG51 (SG51 also did last 40B)
  • Bus 105: SG146
  • Bus 106: SG164
  • Bus 107: SG63
  • Bus 108: SG167 SG65
  • Route 40B/D:
  • Bus 1: SG173 (40B/D) SG61 (40B/D) GT142 (40D)
  • Bus 2: SG179 (40D) SG173 (40D)
  • Bus 3: SG169 (40B/D) GT133 (40D)
  • Bus 4: SG174 (40B/D)
  • Bus 5: SG172
  • Route 41/B/C:
  • Bus 1: AX632 (41/C) AV338 (41/B/C)
  • Bus 2: AX628 (41/C) SG102 (41/B/C) EV41 (41/C)
  • Bus 3: AV338 (41/C) AV337 (41C)
  • Bus 4: AX633 (41/C)
  • Bus 5: AV337 (41/C) AV427 (41/C) SG102 (41/C)
  • Bus 6: AV427 (41/C) SG187 (41)
  • Bus 7: AX463 (41/C)
  • Bus 8: AX632 (41/41C)
  • Bus 9: EV41 (41/C) AV427 (41/C)
  • Bus 10: AX628 (41/C)
  • Bus 11: EV37 (41/C)
  • Bus 12: ??
  • Bus 13: EV47 (41)
  • Bus 14: SG187 (41/C)
  • Route 42/43:
  • Bus 1: EV85 (42)
  • Bus 2: SG206 (42)
  • Bus 3: GT61 (43) SG39 (43)
  • Bus 4: SG201 (43)
  • Bus 5: EV89 (42)
  • Bus 6: SG126 (42)
  • Bus 7: EV77 (43)
  • Bus 8: SG125 (42)
  • Bus 9: SG128 (42)
  • Bus 10: SG203 (42)
  • Route 44:
  • Bus 1: SG237 SG226
  • Bus 2: SG238
  • Bus 3: SG239
  • Bus 4: GT20
  • Route 45A:
  • Bus 1: AX555
  • Bus 2: AX611 AX617
  • Bus 3: AX612
  • Route 46A:
  • Bus 1: GT12
  • Bus 2: SG231
  • Bus 3: SG240 SG117
  • Bus 4: GT95
  • Bus 5: SG229
  • Bus 6: GT98
  • Bus 7: SG30
  • Bus 9: SG32
  • Bus 10: GT90
  • Bus 12: GT92
  • Bus 13: SG34
  • Bus 14: GT94
  • Bus 15: SG35
  • Bus 16: GT96
  • Bus 17: SG36
  • Bus 18: SG110
  • Bus 19: SG37
  • NOTE: SG234 did a lap or two on the 46A also.
  • Route 47: Shared with Route 46A allocation
  • Bus 8: GT89
  • Bus 11: SG228
  • Route 49:
  • Bus 1: GT79
  • Bus 2: GT78
  • Route 53:
  • Bus 1: GT64 (tracks as 826001 as its a Uni)
  • Route 54A:
  • Bus 1: AX538
  • Bus 2: AX639
  • Route 56A:
  • Bus 1: GT109 GT105 GT103 GT102
  • Bus 2: GT110 SG87 SG211 AX519
  • Route 59:
  • Bus 1: EV96
  • Route 61: Shared with Route 14 allocation
  • Bus 3: GT10
  • Bus 4: GT11
  • Route 63:
  • Bus 1: EV97
  • Bus 2: EV98
  • Route 65/B:
  • Bus 1: GT72 (65)
  • Bus 2: GT73 (65B)
  • Bus 3: GT77 (65B) GT111 (65B)
  • Bus 4: GT113 (65B)
  • Bus 5: GT76 (65)
  • Bus 6: AX477 (65B) AX519 (65B) GT107 (65)
  • Bus 7: AX517 (65B)
  • Route 66/A/26:
  • Bus 1: SG132 (66) AX560 (26)
  • Bus 2: SG220 (66)
  • Bus 3: AX577 (66A) AX560 (66)
  • Bus 4: AX572 (66)
  • Bus 5: SG258 (26/66) VG3 (26)
  • Bus 6: SG3 (26/66)
  • Bus 7: VG7 (66A)
  • Bus 8: SG13 (26) AX593 (66)
  • Route 67:
  • Bus 1: SG260
  • Bus 2: SG137
  • Bus 3: GT146 VG6
  • Bus 4: SG12
  • Bus 5: VG4
  • Bus 6: GT147
  • Bus 7: SG135
  • Bus 8: SG133
  • Bus 9: VG6
  • Route 68/69:
  • Bus 1: EV57 (68) AX533 (68) GT123 (68)
  • Bus 2: GT31 (69) GT122 (69)
  • Bus 3: GT22 (68/9)
  • Bus 4: GT25 (68/9)
  • Bus 5: GT23 (68/9)
  • 834096: SG72
  • Route 70: Shared with Route 38 allocation
  • Bus 3: AX595
  • Bus 8: AX557
  • Route 75:
  • Bus 1: AX614 AX522 AX615
  • Bus 2: AX615 AX646
  • Bus 3: AX616 GT5
  • Bus 4: AX617 AX611
  • Bus 5: AX464
  • Route 76:
  • Bus 1: AV404 AV402
  • Bus 2: AX605 EV60
  • Bus 3: AX297 AV406
  • Bus 4: AV294 AV399
  • Bus 5: AV413
  • Bus 6: AV400
  • Bus 7: AV357
  • 834097: AV357
  • Route 77A: Shared from Route 27 allocation
  • Bus 1: GT103 SG211 AX492
  • Bus 2: GT112 SG249 SG94
  • Bus 4: GT102 GT110
  • Bus 6: GT106 SG208 GT105
  • Bus 8: GT105 GT106 SG215 SG208
  • Bus 10: GT107
  • Route 79/A:
  • Bus 1: AV295 (79/A)
  • Bus 2: AV358 (79) AV413 (79)
  • Bus 3: AV351 (79A)
  • Bus 4: AV408 (79)
  • Bus 5: AX607 (79)
  • Bus 6: AV404 (79)
  • Bus 7: GT31 (79)
  • Route 83/A:
  • Bus 1: GT33 (83/A) GT140 (83)
  • Bus 2: GT45 (83/A) GT37 (83)
  • Bus 3: GT37 (83/A) GT140 (83/A) SG160 (83/A)
  • Bus 4: SG65 (83/A) GT139 (83) GT37 (83/A) GT33 (83)
  • Bus 5: GT139 (83/A) GT32 (83/A)
  • Bus 6: GT128 (83/A) VG14 (83/A)
  • Bus 7: VG14 (83/A) SG182 (83)
  • Bus 8: GT140 (83) SG160 (83A)
  • Bus 9: SG159 (83/A) GT38 (83/A)
  • Bus 10: GT45 (83/A)
  • Route 84:
  • Bus 1: GT4 GT93
  • Bus 3: GT93 SG224
  • Route102:
  • Bus 1: VG13 EV65
  • Bus 2: VG24 SG64
  • Bus 3: VG17
  • Route 104:
  • Bus 1: GT118
  • Bus 2: SG205
  • Route 120:
  • Bus 1: VG2 GT153
  • Bus 2: AX557
  • Bus 3: VG8
  • Bus 4: AX568
  • Bus 5: SG145
  • Route 122:
  • Bus 1: VG11
  • Bus 2: AX582
  • Bus 3: GT154
  • Bus 4: GT153
  • Bus 5: SG10
  • Bus 6: SG141
  • Bus 7: GT144
  • Route 123:
  • Bus 1: SG105
  • Bus 2: SG186
  • Bus 3: SG108
  • Bus 4: SG194
  • Bus 5: SG189
  • Bus 6: GT55
  • Route 130:
  • Bus 1: SG40
  • Bus 2: GT66 EV20
  • Bus 3: SG44
  • Bus 4: GT71 GT127
  • NOTE: EV11 and GT69 both did a gallop/lap on Route 130
  • Route 140:
  • Bus 1: SG168 SG161
  • Bus 2: SG177 SG168
  • Bus 3: SG47
  • Bus 4: SG152
  • Bus 5: AX507
  • Route 145:
  • Bus 1: SG224 GT16
  • Bus 2: SG25
  • Bus 3: SG31 GT4
  • Bus 4: See Route 184
  • Bus 5: SG123 GT13
  • Bus 6: SG227 GT12
  • Bus 101: SG18 GT100
  • Bus 102: SG29 SG242
  • Bus 103: SG112
  • Bus 104: SG113
  • Bus 105: SG233
  • Bus 106: SG111
  • Bus 107: SG230
  • Bus 108: SG115
  • Route 150:
  • Bus 1: EV4
  • Bus 2: EV7
  • Bus 3: EV3
  • Bus 4: EV6 SG214 GT77
  • Bus 5: AX491 SG214
  • Route 151:
  • Bus 1: EV60 SG81
  • Bus 2: GT122 SG74
  • Bus 3: EV64
  • Bus 4: EV59
  • Bus 5: SG76
  • Bus 6: SG73
  • Route 184: part of Route 145 allocation
  • Bus 4: GT21
  • Route 185: Part of Route 84 allocation
  • Bus 3: GT91
  • Route 220:
  • Bus 1: VG6 AX577
  • Bus 2: GT158 VG3
  • Bus 3: AX563
  • Route 238:
  • Bus 2: AX509
  • Bus 3: AX503
  • Bus 4: AX551
  • Route 270: (from 238 allocation)
  • Bus 1: GT142 EV68 VG23
  • Bus 2: AX551
  • Bus 3: AX456
  • Route 747:
  • Bus 1: VG46
  • Bus 2: VG27
  • Bus 3: VG32
  • Bus 4: VG37
  • Bus 5: VG43
  • Bus 6: VG38
  • Bus 7: VG40
  • Bus 8: VG42
  • Bus 9: VG36
  • NOTE: VG44 and VG31 also both did a gallop on the 747.
  • Route 757:
  • Bus 1: VG36
  • Bus 2: VG29
  • Bus 3: VG49
  • Bus 4: VG39
  • Bus 5: VG44 VG31
  • Bus 6: VG33

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