2024 - Update 17:

Phibsboro's VT49 is seen on a rare allocation to the C1 on Castle Road on the 19th June 2024 (click on photo for larger version).

Since the loss of the 38/A to Broadstone, Phibsboro have been limiting their VTs to the 39/A. There was a notable exception with VT47 appearing on the X25 on the 13th June. So it was somewhat of a shock to find VT49 on the C1/2 on Wednesday the 19th June. It operated a lap on the C1, before returning from Adamstown as a C2 being swapped out on Bachelors Walk. Its only the 2nd time I've come across a VT on the C-spine, so its very rare. Broadstone had allocated VTs to the 25A/B for a number of years, but with the C-Spine extension of those routes to St. John's Church, the narrowness of the roads around Sandymount make them an awkward type to operate on the routes.

Phibsboro's VT49 is seen on Castlegate Way on the C1 on the 19th June 2024 (click on photo for larger version).

Phibsboro's VT49 at Adamstown Station about to return as a C2 on the 19th June 2024 (click on photo for larger version).