Luas's 1st fender-bender. less that 22 hrs!

Sleipnir

One of Dublin's new LUAS trams was involved in a minor collision with a car on Harcourt Street this morning. The car collided with the tram while it was turning onto the street. Around 300 passengers were temporarily evacuated from the tram before being allowed to board again a short time later. Nobody was injured in the incident and it caused no delays to the LUAS service, which began operating at 3pm yesterday.

Victor

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Luas tram and car in minor collision
01 July 2004 19:41

A Luas tram was involved in what is being described as a minor collision with a car on Harcourt Street this morning.

The wing mirror of the car was slightly damaged and the tram sustained minor damage in the incident.

Around 300 passengers were evacuated from the tram but were allowed back on within a matter of minutes and the tram resumed its journey.

The Railway Procurement Agency says 40,000 people used Luas yesterday.

By mid-morning today, the agency says it had already carried around 12,000 people. Queues began building at around 10.30am this morning and extra trams had to be put on to meet demand.

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Luas tram in minor collision on Harcourt Street
From:ireland.com
Thursday, 1st July, 2004

A Luas tram was involved in a minor collision with a car on Harcourt Street this afternoon.

The incident happened at lunchtime when a tram travelling from St Stephen's Green clipped the wing-mirror of a car turning right from Harcourt Street onto Clonmel Street.

Passengers were evacuated from the tram but were able to resume their jounrey after a number of minutes.

The tram suffered minor damage and has since been taken out of service as a precaution.

No one was injured in the incident.

Victor

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Tram and car in minor accident
From:ireland.com
Friday, 2nd July, 2004

Around 300 commuters were forced off a Luas tram yesterday after it was involved in a collision with a car on Dublin's Harcourt Street. It was the first accident involving the new light-rail system.

The Rail Procurement Agency, which is responsible for implementing Luas, said the accident was a minor one and no injuries had been sustained.

The Luas was travelling northwards at around 11.30 a.m. when a motorist attempted to turn right onto Clonmel Street from Harcourt Street.

The car collided with the front carriage, breaking an indicator on the Luas and the wing mirror on the car.

The Luas carriage and the car were also scraped in the collision.