Happy New Year! Welcome to 2011
(VT33 when brand new poses on Custom House Quay with a special Happy New Year scroll)As part of the Lucan/North Kildare Network Direct changes Route 26 was rerouted and extended to Merrion Square.
After leaving Merrion Square the 26 follows the routing the 66/a/b & 67 take through the city centre until Victoria Quay, just south of Heuston Station. The 26 then heads left out St. John's Road, before turning right down the South Circular Road and left into Chapelizod. This chosen routing did bemuse some people, however, since the announcement of Network Direct for Clondalkin and the shortening of the 68 & 69 to Red Cow Luas, having the 26 serve this stretch of road makes more sense now.
After Chapelizod, the 26 takes the Kylemore Road to Ballyfermot, through Ballyfermot Village, past Cherry Orchard Hospital to its new terminus at Palmerstown Cemetery.
This terminus was previosuly used by selected departures on the 18 before they were all extended to the Old Lucan Road terminus.
Seen here in November 2005, the 18 was running on the other end to Sandymount (St. John's Church) as seen here...
