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Alexander Dennis Enviro 400ER City 11m #PAD 76

11 june 2021 - Galway, Eyre Square North (R863).
404: Westside Shopping Centre → Oranmore
To compliment the previous shots of hybrids, here is one from the back. The lack of a window on the lower floor is noticeable, and so is the lack of an offside emergency exit - however, the latter is not built into dual-door constructions to begin with. Another novelty is the wide rear scroll also showing the destination - the last buses in Ireland to have the destination shown on the rear were half-cab constructions from the 1960s. The Operator`s logo is located in only one spot on the outside - on the nearside between the doors - which is a controversial topic amongst many Irish fans, for whom the introduction of the new nationwide liveries is an attempt at hidden privatisation due to the reduction of Operators` identities... completely missing the point that at this stage it`s the network that is key and not the Operator.

Author: TranslatorPS

Place: Galway / Gaillimh (Galway / Gaillimh) | Owner: Bus Éireann Dublin / Baile Átha Cliath | Transport Authority: Transport for Ireland | Route: 404

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Alexander Dennis Enviro 400ER City 11m #PAD 80

29 may 2021 - Galway, Siobhán McKenna Road.
404: Oranmore → Westside Shopping Centre
A short digression before the description proper: drivers still keep on setting up the Newcastle destination on the 404 despite the route terminating at Westside probably purely out of habit... which would be fine if it didn`t terminate at Westside S.C. for the past nine years, only serving Newcastle along the way.
The 74 units for Dublin Bus are numbered from PA1 to PA74 (the AVL numbers being 41001 to 41074), and the first route on which they appeared was the 140 operated by Broadstone garage (this route was transferred over from Harristown a few months prior, but even that garage will be receiving these hybrids, but for the 4). Dublin`s 140 is so far the only route on which they are meant to appear, however one bus has been sighted on the 66 already for example (most likely on one of the split duties which are numbered independent of route-based numbering). Bus Éireann`s fleet numbers follow on from Dublin Bus`, with a different prefix however - they are PAD75 to PAD100. These buses may and indeed do appear on everything in Galway - the target is to operate the entire city network in Galway with these hybrids - but so far only scarcely: today I only noted one each on the 404, 405, and 409, and a fourth one parked behind the railway station, and yesterday I was able to see one per each of 401, 402, and 404.
My thanks and regards to the driver!

Author: TranslatorPS

Place: Dublin / Baile Átha Cliath (Dublin / Áth Cliath) | Owner: Bus Éireann Dublin / Baile Átha Cliath | Transport Authority: Transport for Ireland | Route: 404

Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban #VWL163

29 march 2018 - Galway City, University Road/R863

Author: René