Luas Extension: How will it work?

MarkoP11

It carries 30k+ per hour more than sufficent, Luas only takes 5k
It gets there as quick if not quicker than a heavier solution
Its Luas compatable

The presented metro option fully meets all the requirements laid down, its fit for purpose

steve-o

But is there any hope of Green line and Metro North EVER being joined together? (like the original plan for Luas before those politicians interfered).

antoinolachtnai

And if it doesn't join up, how exactly is Stephen's Green station going to work?

It's going to be crazy, hundreds of people people going down escalators every six minutes to continue their journey north. If there's any sort of delay on the underground train, there's could end up being a couple of thousand people standing on the underground platform.

Slice

To venture a guess; I'd imagine that whenever it's realised a metro line terminating at St Stephen's Green in unworkable (probably not before the line is completed) plans will quickly be drawn up to take the line southbound, most likely down a new alignment that won't intergrate with the Green line whatsoever... probably in the direction of Rathfarnham.

The Government/RPA have already made this mistake once insofar as terminating the Green line at St Stephens Green when it should have been drawn north to either connect with the Red line or onwards to Ballymun. Obviously that is a mistake that's only now being rectified with the planned connection between the two lines. In fact Transport21 more or less recognises that mistake by providing for the need to bring the Green line northwards to link with the Maynooth Surburban line.

In other cities bus routes and rail routes feed through the centre instead of terminating in the centre - when is someone going to realise the amount of congestion such an approach causes???

Victor

Winters wrote:

Nowadays you cant have on street running without low floors. Accessibility is also the key word.

What I'm suggesting is that Luas trams should have one floor level, no the current two. Teh current layout is anti-accessibility as it limits the number of wheelchairs, prams, etc.

Winters wrote:

Considering the Alstom units were off the shelf cost difference would be marginal in the purchase of rolling stock.

But its a cost to Alstom, that they pass on to customers. Fair enough if there is an engineering reason to have it, but I don't know of any.

Slice wrote:

In other cities bus routes and rail routes feed through the centre instead of terminating in the centre - when is someone going to realise the amount of congestion such an approach causes???

O_o

RPA An Larism

MarkoP11

Even if the Luas trams where all low floor it wouldn't make much difference since the aisle is too narrow, To go level floor would mean a higher platform edge which would then make the stops look out of place and lead to accesiibilty problems there