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Luas Line C1 work to commence soon

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    #32
    Ste.phen
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    I presume this is because it's being funded (or brown enveloped?) by developers who own land in that area?

    That line is barely ticking by as it is, extending it is a stupid idea IMHO


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    #33
    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    Would it be ridiculous to suggest the following:

    Re-align the entrance to connoly, tram drives up, just overruns the the entrance to the luas platform and then reverses in, driver has clear view and/or activate the trailing end's bell as well. (They can drive in reverse right?)


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    #34
    Victor
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    If you can imagine a safety officer giving birth to a large number of exotic yellow birds ...


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    #35
    Ste.phen
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    Victor wrote:
    If you can imagine a safety officer giving birth to a large number of exotic yellow birds ...
    I'm not sure it makes a difference, but there IS a camera mounted on both ends of the tram, isn't there? (which can be viewed from the cab - i've seen the drivers watching them, but i don't know if they're able to bring up specific cameras, or just the forward facing and side cameras)


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    #36
    MarkoP11
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    It wouldn't be allowed, makes no sense, would add precious extra seconds to the journey the walkthough in Connolly as built won't be a delay, the track/tram transponder stuff wouldn't work either.

    Health and safety and the RSC would throw a complete bender anyway

    And there ain't a reverse selection lever as far as I know in a Luas tram, if there is its probably off the main console and has a safety seal on it to prevent accidental use


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    #37
    loyatemu
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    how long will it take the driver to walk the length of the tram and switch directions anyway?

    no more than a minute i'd say.

    given how close the stops are (Busaras, Connolly, Georges Dock, Mayor Square, all within about 5 minutes walk of each other) it not going to be a particularly quick section anyway.


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    #38
    BrianD
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    I would hazard a guess that when the line is completed there will be no driver walking from one end of a tram to the other. Trams will probably either terminate at Connolly or The Point. I presume that there will be provision for trams to avoid the Connolly stop? A timetable that had every other tram terminating at Connolly would be workable. Busaras is close enough to the station without being a major inconvenience for passengers.


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    #39
    loyatemu
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    BrianD wrote:
    I would hazard a guess that when the line is completed there will be no driver walking from one end of a tram to the other. Trams will probably either terminate at Connolly or The Point. I presume that there will be provision for trams to avoid the Connolly stop?

    yeah - theres a triangle proposed at Connolly.


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    #40
    spacetweek
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,973 Mod ✭✭✭✭spacetweek


    Don't see having to walk to the other cab being a prob - Connolly is a major stop anyway, loads of passenger interchange, people dragging luggage off/on, it will take at least 1 min to wait for passenger movements to cease anyway. If anything the driver will be waiting for the passengers to settle down rather than the other way around.


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