RV551 & RV411

Former Harristown, now Summerhill RV551, seen on Parnell St. during it Harristown days on Route 40D, with the scroll advising of a dirersion on the route.
ver the other side of Parnell Street former Phibsboro RV411 terminating on Route 120:

RV375 & RV639

Former Summerhill RV375 on Route 16 towards Santry
Phibsboro RV639 on former Route 172 at Dunard

RV435 & RV588

Former Summerhill RV435 is seen on Parnell Square East display a numeral scroll for the former Park & Ride route number 254...
Harristown's RV588 on the now finished evening peak departure on Route 40A from St. Stephen's Green.

Some other RV's...

Summerhill's RV552 rounds College Street on the 16A towards Nuytgrove Avenue
While Harristown's RV572 is seen laying over in Blanchardstown Centre between departures on Route 239.

The decreasing number of RV's...

With the decreasing number of RV's on the city streets, I've decided to look over some of my recent and not so recent photos and post a few up here... over the next few days expect to see RV's across many depots/routes...

Donnybrook's RV569 to kick us off:
RV569 is seen here at the 44 terminus on Townsend St., and not Eden Quay as the scroll states!

Birmingham

Last weeks trip to Coach & Bus Live was a little disappointing with quite a small show at the NEC this year. However, a trip into the centre of Birmingham allowed for some good photos. It was nice to see that National Express West Midlands still had some vintage MCW double deckers in operation, even if, to use the phrase of another site, they were a 'scare at peak time' for the most part.
3070 is seen here after just leaving the terminus of Route 107 bound for Sutton Coldfield.

College Green Bus Gate

At the same time Swedish furniture giant IKEA was opennig its doors to the public, College Green in the city centre was cloing its doors to private cars... becoming buses, taxis and cyclists only Monday to Friday 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm.

Phibsboro AV381 is seen here passing through College Green while a member of the Gardai directs a motorist away from the area.
For more information on the College Green bus gate, click here.