Which Luas BX option do you favour?

Victor

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Borzoi

Victor wrote:

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Underground would be nice, quicker and more direct

dubhthach

B or D, I think the separate Crossing is better in the Longrun. D is the shorter of the two lines but B ties the Luas line into the Dart system at Pearse (well also would result in been able to have direct Heuston <-> Pearse service)

MarkoP11

dubhthach wrote:

D is the shorter of the two lines but B ties the Luas line into the Dart system at Pearse (well also would result in been able to have direct Heuston <-> Pearse service)

Same rail service will serve Stephens Green so its not really an issue and IE will be running Heuston Howth via Pearse and St Stephens Green as well as Hazelhatch Balbriggan

TheBigLebowski

Definitely A in my opinion.

dowlingm

Not sure what the modified ones are.

The object of the link-up is (obv) to link the two lines. If metro is to go to O'Connell Street and on to St S G then that sorts that but there is also the objective of proceeding on to Broadstone/DIT - I think the South Great Georges St route could go along Dame Street westward to Capel Street and then north to Broadstone, meeting the other line between Four Courts and Jervis. Getting off Capel Street to Broadstone itself looks tricky I admit. However this plan would get in the way of ramming the LUAS from Lucan down O'C St. since there would then be no trackage along Dame St E to O'Connell Bridge, but is it really worth that level of disruption?

penexpers

Anyone that avoids O' Connell St, I think.

Victor

My suggestions

http://members.boards.ie/victor/luas%20bx%20bc%20victor.GIF

http://members.boards.ie/victor/luas%20bx%20f%20victor.GIF

MarkoP11

F ain't happening TCD are not going to allow Luas across the campus, that route will also require demolition of the old engineering building, don't see that happening with a TCD engineering professor in charge

As far as I know TCD refused a metro route under the campus, well the route did pass under the 3 oldest buildings on site including the bunker in the old library where the Book of Kells is kept

strassenwolf

Could option F be underground through TCD?

MarkoP11

College Park (thats the green bit with the Cricket, Soccer and Rugby fields) is a roughly 10-15 feet below Nassau Street level, Kildare street is already quite a noticable hill so its not practical

And there have been plans to build 6 stories down on that site