Luas

[lostcarpark]

Today it was announced that the govenment would be seeking the public's input into the selection for the Luas tram line to link the two currently disjoint lines, the so-called BX line.

There are five routes to choose from, but the general press seems to be very vague on what they actually are.

After some digging, I can reveal that the route details can be downloaded as a PDF from a not-so-well publicised spot on the RPA webiste by clicking here.

Here's a picture cut from the Acrobat file:



Personally I have a problem with all of the proposed routes that when the Metro comes along in a few years it will also go under O'Connell Street too, which is rather wasteful duplication. Why not start with route C and send Luas up Jervis Street or Capel Street so that when Metro is added in, the two serve a larger portion of the city?

Comments

[dubnordie.livejournal.com]

Considering that (as far as I'm aware) nothing like the dart or the Luas or anything else seems to address the whole northside away from the coast (I'm thinking about that bit between Malahide/Howth and Ballymun), I'd like to see that being addressed with something. Malahide already have the Dart, the trains, and the buses, Ballymun have the buses (and a proposed Luas line I think), and that whole Drumcondra/Swords road area has.......the bus. and cars. that's it. oh, and the port tunnel (useless in terms of public transport).

I thnk the whole town to airport is going to looked at with a Luas going there either via Howth/Malahide area or Ballymun area. In either case, once again Drumcondra/Swords will again miss out

[lostcarpark.livejournal.com]

Drumcondra/Swords is actually catered for quite well by the government's ten year plan - assuming it survives the next election. The Metro will run from Stephens Green to Swords via Ballymun and the Airport. The Metro will differ from Luas in that it will all be off-street and will have longer, faster trains running at higher speeds.

Drumcondra will be on the Maynooth Dart line, which will be electrafied as part of the plan.

After the BX section, the Green Luas line will be extended further north to form an interchange with the Maynooth DART line, but no further north (a shame, because continuing up to Finglas would make heaps of sense.