On March 3rd/4th,the long assoiation of Conyingham Road Depot and Lucan was ended,with the transfer of Routes 25/25A to Phibsboro Depot.Conyingham Road's serving of Lucan had stretched back to the days when Trams did the trip,and hence after when buses took over.
Here is a photo feature on the 25's,from the mid 90's to the present.
Irish Terminus .com thanks Fred Dean for sharing some of his Bygone 25/25A photos for the Feature.
Above is RA314 outside Conyingham Road,in the days of Two Tone green.RA314 herself has since migrated with the Route to Phibsboro, being withdrawn in late 2008 and sold to Network Warrington.
In 1996 VA's took over the 25A when it went high frequency.VA6 is seen here coming onto O'Connell Street.
RH's were also assoiated with the route,particularly from 1997 onwards when RH68/70-72 formed part of it's allocation.
In 1995 RA226-229 joined the route,spending a good deal of time on it until the RV's arrived in 1997.
In 1999 RV610-619 joined the route,and even with all their subsquent transfers,at least one member of the batch remained on the Route Daily until the move to Phibsboro.Note RV610's branding.
The 25A's original terminus was at a turning circle in Arthur Griffith,which has since been filled in.On Conyingham's last day running the route,RV518 picks up at the 1996 onwards stop.
The 25's are normally predominatly AV Operated on the weekends. However on Saturday March 3rd the Last Conyingham Road 25A was operated by RV520.She is seen here after arrival at Lucan Superquinn at Midnight, Sunday March 4th 2007.
RV517-520 were also regulars in the route, after being ousted from the Railink in November 2003.
The Starting of Route 151 was the main reason for the 25's moving,as Conyingham were required to run it.AX522 is seen here at Docklands on the morning of March 4th 2007.
Although Conyingham Road does not serve the 25 / 25A, the depot still operates into Lucan. Routes 25N & 67N are operated from there, and route changes with Route 151 to operate Via Griffen Avenue to an extension to Adamstown now bring the route into the Lucan area.
Last Conyingham Buses on the 25s(Sat 3.3.07) RV517,518,520,610,AV226,AV351,352,400,412,410.
Last Conyingham 25-AV410 Last Conyingham 25A-RV520
First Phibsboro Buses on the 25/25A (Sun 4.3.07) AV36,40,46,93,306,334
First Phibsboro 25-AV40 First Phibsboro 25A-AV334
Apoligies for the Poor Quality of some of the March 4th Photos,but unfortunatly we can't control the weather!
