Summerhill Garage VG 35 at route 20B terminus in Beaumont. VG 34 & 35 were operating from Summerhill in standard city format, operating routes 16/16A, 20B, 33 & 41 group
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Lower deck view, wheelchair area front nearside
Upper deck view
Dublin Bus has currently 50 VG type buses, a Volvo B9 engine & chassis on a Wright Gemini body.
VG 1 to 35 are in standard Dublin Bus format, in various garages.
VG 36-48 in Airlink format ( extra luggage racks lower deck )
VG 49-50 dual purpose standard / Airlink racks
Summerhill Garage has :
VG 34-35 ( standard livery ) VG 36-48 ( Airlink livery ) VG 49-50 ( standard livery )
Summerhill Garage VG 38 in Airlink format on route 748 at Airport
A Wright Pulsar, with the same body lines as the Gemini, with advanced hybrid technology also operates from Summerhill
Selected Monday to Friday am & pm peak journies are extended to/from St Stephens Green via O'Connell Bridge. AV 271 seen on Hume Street
Eden Quay
City Centre
Bus Aras
Connolly Station
North Strand
Fairview Park
Malahide Road
Griffith Ave
Malahide Road
Donnycarney
Skellys Lane
Collins Avenue
Beaumont Road
Artaine Shopping Centre
Kilmore Road
Ardlea Road
Maryfield Drive
Volvo Enviro400 - EV 50 makes a very rare appearance on route 20B in November 2010.
The EV class ( 37 to 50 ) had just moved over from Harristown to Summerhill earlier in the month to replacing the WV class on route 123.
Ocassionally, the odd EV working on other Summerhill routes was taking place once that days 123 allocation had been cleared.
EV 50 was the last of the 2007 batch, EV50's own entry into service was delayed by several months while it was allocated to the Dublin Bus Technical Dept in Broadstone.
Route 20B was merged with route 14 from Sunday 7th August 2011
Diesel electric hybrid WH 1 at Maryfield Drive.
WH 1 operated the 20B quite frequently in between allocations to the 16, on the 20B usually on morning or evening peak stints.
The final day of route 20B
Saturday 6th August 2011
ALX 400 AV 270 makes a rare appearance on route 20B on the last day, its usually allocated to Skerries/ Balbriggan route 33, seen above on Collins Avenue heading towards the City Centre.
Another very rare appearance on the last day, VG 47 recently stripped of its Airlink branding seen on the Beaumont Road heading towards the City Centre. While the debranded Airlinks 46 to 48 appear frequently on the 16 & 123, usually not allocated to the 20B.
Volvo Gemini VG 34 heads for Ardlea Road, seen above just past Beaumont House.
Summerhill's wedding bus AV 419 glows in the sunshine on an evening trip to Ardlea Road, it & similar wedding AV 418 have just been resprayed, still with that milky sheen.
Photo 17th April 2011
AX 627 setting down at Beaumont Hospital, some specially selected morning departures from the City Centre operate into the hospital Mondays to Saturdays & this trend continues with the new 14.
Wright Crusader WV 38, usually allocated to the 123 operates an evening peak run to Beaumont.
