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.
A test tram passes the Red Cow Inn in August 2004
Trams started running on the Luas Red Line between Connolly and Tallaght on this day Sun 26th Sept 2004. Today, we celebrate the Red Line's 14th Birthday! Happy Birthday Luas Red Line and Thank You for your support over the years. pic.twitter.com/Cmh69fhZuE
— Luas (@Luas) September 26, 2018
You wait around for ages…
This morning.
O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
The first cross city Luas.
Stephen Hanlon writes:
Wasn’t this much fuss when Obama and [British] Queen Liz came to town!
Update:
This afternoon.
Middle pic from left: Minister for Transport Shane Ross, Taoiseach Leo Vardkar, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe on the first Luas to traverse Dublin city.
Big day out.
Pics Rollingnews and Leo Varadkar
Meanwhile…
@broadsheet_ie @rte are looking for a new big show after @LOVEHATETVDRAMA. I smell a TV show! pic.twitter.com/oYR3puSZq7
— Stephen Hanlon (@Hanlon_Stephen) December 9, 2017
Name that model, anyone?
Green Weds Red.
For the weekend that’s in it.
Fergus Keane, of FRO Films, writes:
The Green and Red Luas lines are being joined tomorrow afternoon, and a few actors in Dublin came together to mark this holy matrimony…
Meanwhile…
Good ideas can take time to arrive. Here’s our ‘Join the Dots’ @luascrosscity campaign from @greenparty_ie back in 2004 #Luas pic.twitter.com/SLYWVhgxP1
— Ciarán Cuffe (@CiaranCuffe) December 8, 2017
In fairness.
This morning.
Cheeverstown, Dublin 24
Two passengers were injured during a collission between a truck and a Luas between 6-6.30. There is currently no tram service from Belgard and Saggart.
Two passengers injured in Luas collision with truck (RTÉ)
Pics: Rollingnews, RTÉ
Meanwhile…
This morning.
Father Mathew bridge, Dublin 2
John Gallen writes:
..some lad in a van to stubborn to move on… Expletives ensue… Not the best start for a Friday :)
This afternoon.
O Connell Bridge
Finishing off the Luas cross city connection. Taken from the 10th Floor of O Connell Bridge House, D’Olier Street, Dublin 2 (Heineken Building).
Soon we will all walk those lines.
FIGHT!
Sam Boal/Rollingnews
This lunchtime.
The junction of Queen Street and Benburb Street, Dublin.
Pics RTÉ and Dublin Fire Brigade
This morning.
Mark O’Toole writes:
Is the Luas Red Line [Northside] ticket fraud ad playing on stereotypes? Hope the Green Line one is #totesmorto…
Anyone?
[Scene of a crash on the Luas Red Line at the Jervis stop in January 2013]
Breaking News reports:
“…the Red Line saw 34 collisions last year compared with only four on the Green Line. The Abbey Street and Jervis Street junction has been the location of 11 accidents involving cars and trams over the past decade.”
