Dublin Bus introduced a new Route 92 service from Heuston Station on
Monday 29th November 2004.
Route 92 is marketed as a link between the luas red & green light rail lines.
heuston station
north quays
city centre
trinity college
nassau street
kildare street
leeson street
stephens green
heuston station
platform 10
north quays
aston quay
westmoreland street
suffolk street
dawson street
stephens green
Volvo B6BLE, WV 13 ( 99 D 60013 ), a low floor midibus with Wright Crusader bodywork operates route 92 along the north quays from heuston station towards the city centre. Originally delivered to Clontarf Garage for routes 103/ 104, it was transferred to Donnybrook & until has been operating mostly on route 63 to Kilternan.
Volvo B6BLE, WV 21 ( 00 D 70021 ), formerly delivered to Broadstone Garage for City Imp route 123 recently transferred to Donnybrook where route 92 is operated from. Seen above outside Heuston Railway Station at route 92's terminus. Alongside the bus is the LUAS tram stop for services to/ from Tallaght allowing convenient transfers for passengers.
Rear view of WV 21 sporting the new Dublin Bus core livery, also taken at Heuston Station, with the famous Guinness Brewery in the background.
WV 4, 14 & 21 has so far received the side roof panel route branding, showing the main locations route 92 passes. 3 WV's are required to operate the service.
WV 14 boarding at Heuston Station, with a healthy load despite a double decker route 90 on front. The route 90 timetable remains unchanged despite the introduction of route 92 alongside.
Interior of WV 14 with most seats occupied.
Route 92 uses these low floor / easy access Volvo B6BLE midibuses, requiring 3 buses to operate the service. All photos taken : Saturday 4th December 2004
ROUTE 92 INFORMATION :
( the original timetable )
Operates from HEUSTON STATION ( MAIN ENTRANCE )
CITY CENTRE STOPS :
Bachelors Walk, D'Olier Street / Aston Quay ( route 90/ 90A/91 stops )
Operates Monday to Saturday ....
7am to 7 pm every 20 minutes
7 pm till 11 pm every 30 minutes
Approx Trip time:
25 minutes (Heuston Station - City - Stephens Green )
20 minutes ( Heuston Station - City Centre )
Fares :
1.30 euros FULL DISTANCE ( Heuston to Stephens Green )
1.00 cent INTERMEDIATE POINTS
Full timetable available from DUBLIN BUS timetable
Dublin Bus Route 92
Heuston Station
Bachelors Walk
D'Olier Street/ Westmoreland Street
Trinity College
Kildare Street/ Dawson Street
Saint Stephens Green
Leeson Street
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The first new buses for Dublin Bus this year entered service in December 2008.
New Volvo B9TL's with Alexander Dennis Enviro400 bodywork entered service at Conyngham Road on Monday 8th December 2008, when EV 53 & 59 were allocated to high frequency route 151 ( Docklands to Adamstown )
Here is a feature on Conyngham Road EV 59 ( all photos Wed 10th Dec 2008 )
EV 59 ( 08 D 30059 ) seen at Route 92 Wilton Terrace terminus Wednesday 10th December 2008. This is the first day Conyngham's EV class have entered service on route 92, since their introduction on Monday 8th, only route 151 has been allocated the two delivered EV's ( 53 & 59 ) so far.
Wilton Terrace became a new terminus for Bus Eireann last weekend with the introduction of selected 100X services, giving cross city connections between Dublin City Centre & Dundalk.
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New Enviro 400 EV 59 at Heuston Station, terminus for route 92
EV 59 turning onto Kildare Street, connecting Heuston with south city
The 2008 Enviro 400's ( EV 51-100 ) have a number of minor modifications to the 2007 class ( EV 1 - 50 ), including :
new partition at wheelchair area in lower saloon
new side " full destination " LED display compared to route number display
extra hopper windows on upper deck towards rear
higher grab rail over front upper deck windscreen
new nearside outside CCTV camera
USSC air controlled drivers seat
The 2008 EV allocation is :
Conyngham Road : EV 51 to 64
Donnybrook 11
Clontarf 15
Harristown 10
Along with the 50 Enviro 400's, Dublin Bus is receiving 50 similar engined/ chassis Volvo B9TL's, with Wright Gemini bodywork ( classified VG )
Donnybrook WV 13, with its specialised Route 92 nearside/ offside route graphics heads onto O'Connell Bridgeon the 21st May 2005
Donnybrook WV 14 on route 92 in May 2005
Despite Donnybrook operating route 92 when this photo was taken in June 2005, Conyngham Road Volvo Olympian RV 345, usually allocated to route 78A is operating a 92, with superbly dressed scrolls, probably a rail universal to cover a gap in service.
Volvo B6BLE WV 7 of Donnybrook nudges into Aston Quay, as Leyland Olympian RH 152, itself a former Donnybrook RH but transfered to Conyngham Road is operating a route 90 to Heuston Station. ( 18th June 2005 )
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Update February 2010
In February 2010, Volvo Olympians RV 611, 612 & 616 were introduced back into service at Broadstone having been previously withdrawn & stored pending disposal. Their re introduction was prompted following the fitting of the new GPS / AVL system to each Dublin Bus & as Broadstone/ Phibsboro buses were being taken out of service, these 3 Olympians were reintroduced to cover for buses away being fitted. The instalation is carried out by a third party contractor in Offally & involves buses being removed from the system for a few days.
In the same batch, RV 613 was still in actice service at Phibsboro Garage working normal routes, RV 614 had been disposed some time ago via Ensignbus to an operator in Liverpool. RV 615 is operating at Clontarf, along with similar substitution bus RV 514 while their fleet is fitted with AVL.
RV 616 is seen in this feature operating some route 92 services ( Heuston Station, O'Connell Brdige, Nassau Street, St Stephens Green, Leeson Street & Wilton Terrace ) 2nd March 2010.
RV 616 having operates a route 91, in the CIE days, special rail shuttles would operate from Heuston Station, right under the canopy & beside the platform to the City Centre. These rail shuttles operated to meet train arrivals & departures.
In the Dublin Bus days, these rail shuttles became more formalised, with route 91 used to denote services.
RV 616 on the station concourse at Heuston, terminus for routes 90, 91 & 92, along with the Airlink 748 service to Dublin Airport
RV 616 at Wilton Terrace just off Leeson Street, this is the current terminus route 92, sharing it with cross city route 140
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WARNING
Route 92 no longer operates. It was canceled on Saturday 18th September 2010 & replaced by Route 145 which operates from Heuston Station via Dublin City Centre to Foxrock, Bray, Ballywaltrim & Kilmacanogue.
