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AX585 DCU - The Helix 11 February 2022

Dublin City University is the major university on the northside of Dublin City - Nearly half way between the city centre and the airport. It is much newer than Trinity and UCD, both southside Unis. Basically due to some issue, DCU was not served by direct bus routes though the Ballymun Road routes passed by its original main entrance. I won't give the full history of what serves it but DB route 44 was extended onto the grounds eventually and in more recent times Go Ahead routes 104/ 220. In more recent times, peak routes 31D/ 42D and 70D were introduced, morning and evening only services - one run each way. These meander a bit around the place, but then that is the function of these routes, to provide a single bus to the Uni from different northside locations.
Anyway, AX585 was on the 42D this evening. The roll-out of the PA class, will see the AX vanish soon, no date given but it can't be far off. The AX displays the usual high standard of care that DB gives to its fleet these days. This was not the case in the 'good old days'.