This morning.
Luas maintenance workers on scene of a suspected cable fire on Marlborough Street which brought the Luas Red line to a halt this morning.
There is no Red Line service operating from Smithfield and The Point/Connolly. Red Line services are operating from Tallaght/Saggart to Smithfield only.
Green Line services are operating from Brides Glen to St Stephens Green only and from Dominick to Broombridge only.
Pandemic < spooky season pic.twitter.com/S7TvgkA1Vj
— Aísling Kavanagh (@aiskavanaghx) September 21, 2020
YIKES!
Eamon Ryan, Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport at the launch of a public consultation on the Emerging Preferred Route (top) for Luas Finglas at Luas Broombridge Depot this morning
This morning.
A Luas extension to Finglas will put a ‘grass track’ through three local parks, according to the plan that has been drawn up by Transport Infrastructure Ireland.
Via RTÉ:
The 4km Finglas track would provide four extra stops on the Green Line, as well as 600 spaces for a new park and ride facility at the new terminus at Charlestown.
The route going out for public consultation would go through Tolka Valley Park, Barnamore Grove linear park and Mellows Park.
A brochure [at link below] published by TII and the National Transport Authority for public consultation states that this will allow most of the new section to be a grass track, which is “an attractive innovation for urban transport in Ireland”.
Finglas Luas extension would see ‘grass track’ through 3 parks (RTÉ)
Brochure here
This evening.
Dublin city centre.
Earlier…
Omg they just kicked everyone without masks off the Luas
A terrible beauty was born
— Aiso (@aisolougho) July 13, 2020
Um
Meanwhile…
Covid-1984 Effect, Redux: “Why Face Masks Don’t Work: A Revealing Review”. This carefully annotated 2016 review was removed https://t.co/om2zfPQMqv, but fortunately archived. The title & conclusions explain why. https://t.co/XI0C0S7ehp pic.twitter.com/uclhR1ysLZ
— Andrew Bostom (@andrewbostom) July 13, 2020
Oh.
Yesterday.
Luas and Dublin Bus passengers in Dublin city centre…
….as outgoing Minister for Transport Shane Ross warned:.
“We are going to get to a situation in the next few weeks where it’s close to bursting and where there’s not enough capacity on public transport.
“We’ve increased the capacity to 50% which will mean a lot more people can get on the buses and the trains but to match that, to protect people’s health, we’ve made mandatory face masks so everybody getting on to public transport in the next few weeks or days, they’ll have to wear a face mask.”
And good luck with that.
The plan first aired in 2006 for a cablecar which would run 80 metres above the Liffey between Heuston and the Docklands
The initial ‘Celtic Tiger’ period of the 2000s threw up a colourful variety of proposals for the Liffey Quays, Dublin, including the ‘Suas’ cablecar. See more here – https://t.co/VoAolcXbUO pic.twitter.com/tu58Wzmhms
— An Taisce (@AnTaisce) April 23, 2020
We dared to dream big, in fairness.
Previously: Whatever happened to… Cable cars suspended hundreds of feet above the River Liffey?
Consistent issue of RTC’s for Luas red line. It’s effectively running the gauntlet between Heuston and Connolly in particular. The current junction layouts are not safe enough. No doubt buildings obscure sight lines. Need to look at speed limits and limiting traffic in general. https://t.co/vWiUooeRxU
— Dermot Hanney (@HanneyDP) March 30, 2020
Earlier this morning.
At the intersection of Benburb Street and Queen Street near McGettigan’s Bar in Smithfield, Dublin 7.
A crash took place between a Luas tram and a truck.
The Dublin Fire Brigade have reported that one person has suffered non-life threading injuries.
One injured as Luas car derailed in crash with truck in Smithfield, Dublin (Irish Mirror)
Pics via Dublin Fire Brigade
This morning (8am).
Irish Rail Maynooth-Dublin train (top) and a Red Line Luas tram (above) in Dublin city.
Not all bad then.
Pics via Peter Grimes and Declan Duke
@Luas why is your LUAS every morning this week pulling off when people are running to it? A train pulls up and 30 people are getting off, and your luas pulls off as they get to it , leaving everyone standing at broombridge for 12 minutes until the next one comes along.
— Mike Flynn (@MikeFly26561112) February 4, 2020
Your drivers can clearly see people running across the footbridge and down the steps, but pulls off, wheres the common sense and decent courtesy? It’s not as if there is another one, they are 10-12 minutes apart.
— Mike Flynn (@MikeFly26561112) February 4, 2020
@Luas Could you please explain why the @Luas train leaving Broombridge at 9.36 didnt let people in who just arrived with the M3 Parkway train? We stood on the platform for 10 seconds and couldnt open the doors. Very frustrating.
— Gosia Davies (@DaviesGosia) January 24, 2020
This morning.
Anyone?
