Dublin United Transport Company

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The Dublin United Transport Company (DUTC) operated trams and buses in Dublin, Ireland until 1945. Following legislation in the Oireachtas (Transport Act 1944), the DUTC and the Great Southern Railways (Ireland) were vested in the newly-formed Coras Iompair Éireann in 1945.[1]

Dublin's first electric trams ran between Haddington Road and Dalkey in 1896, initially by the Dublin Southern Tramways Company, but soon incorporated into the DUTC. [2] The DUTC was originally known as the Dublin United Tramways Company (1896) Limited, later changing the "Tramways" part of its name to "Transport" reflecting the final abandonment of trams in 1944 in favour of buses.

The DUTC's logo (sometimes known as "the Flying Snail") was adopted as the logo of CIÉ and continued to be painted on the side of Dublin's buses until the 1960s.

The Hill of Howth Tramway (which closed in 1959) was never part of the DUTC, instead being operated by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) prior to that company's incorporation into CIÉ (and the UTA) in 1958.

Unlike the 1435mm gauge Luas tram system (opened in 2004), the DUTC trams used tracks of the 1600mm Irish standard gauge.

[edit] See also

• Dublin Bus (a division of CIÉ and direct successor to the DUTC)

[edit] External links

• Preserved DUTC tramcar 253
• National Transport Museum of Ireland