When was your first time

Fbjm

on the LUAS? Apart from the first week it opened and everyone used it because it was new and free

Did you start using it right away, or have you only recently used it for the first time? And if you haven't used it, why not? And do you want to use it some day, just to try it out?

I ask because I had to go to Fortunestown yesterday and had no other way to get there. After applauding myself for getting on the right LUAS, I felt strangely excited, as you do in all new experiences. It was a largely uneventful journey, but I enjoyed it none the less.

ItsAWindUp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTo7wKumolU

billybudd

never used it and dont intend to, looks as dull as a weekend in offaly. they should have put in vintage trams that reflect our city, not some silver carriage without character or style.

mickdw

Only used it the once. Quite useful I guess but I dont live in Dublin.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I live in the schticks so it was up and running and good while before I got near it.

Dotrel

I've only used it once. Had no problems. Tho from what I've heard you get more scumbags on it than during the average bus-ride.

bradolf pittler

never used it....hate going to dublin.

HalloweenJack

Think I've only been on it once or twice. No great shakes.

Once you've been on one modern tram, you've been on them all.

themadchef

Never, ffs, i still have issues with escalators!

nlgbbbblth

Red Line - 30 September 2004. During its first week.

Never been on the Green Line.

mattjack

bradolf pittler wrote: »

never used it....hate going to dublin.

Slowly,slowly, nice and easy ....the next Dublin bashing thread starts

SEPT 23 1989

I was on it before it went into service

Mike 1972

Never used it. but then Ive only been to Dublin twice since it started.

Used Trams in Amsterdam and Krakov ? Wound up travelling in the completly wrong direction in the latter thanks to the lack of signage/information w języku angielskim (bloody mad foreigners with their talking different and using the wrong side of the road.......) but managed to (unintenionally) skip the fare for the same reason.

phasers

I dunno like 4 years ago or something, it's hardly a milestone like

squod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf_tmG-AeEA

citizen_p

went on it about a year after it opened, was nothing speacial when compared to public transport in other countries, and isn't exactly hard to get lost on OP

cocoshovel

I cant remember when it was. I just know I was going to see a hurling match with my parents (I dont even like hurling but I used to tag along) and I got it from the red cow into the city. I remember thinking how slow and loud it was.
That was ages ago.

Now I use it about once a year when going to concerts in the O2. Its grand and imagine Dublin would be even ****tier without it. Sure there is a lot of junkies, and homeless people around it but once you get past them its cool.
My trick is to get on right behind the drivers cab, most scum try dont go there. Or at least I found during my few experiences.

jaykay74

Fbjm wrote: »

I felt strangely excited, as you do in all new experiences. It was a largely uneventful journey, but I enjoyed it none the less.

You should try the bus, its a riot. Top deck, front. Go wild :pac:

Fbjm

jaykay74 wrote: »

You should try the bus, its a riot. Top deck, front. Go wild :pac:

:pac:

mattjack

Mousey- wrote: »

went on it about a year after it opened, was nothing speacial when compared to public transport in other countries, and isn't exactly hard to get lost on OP

What does public transport in other countries have that makes it special ?

Blisterman

I was on the first ever Luas.

I win.

Latchy

First time was 3 years ago when I got the Stephens Green link all the way out to Dundrum and was far quicker then the old bus route I used to take and and in same week , also got on at Collins barracks to go into town ...my only two times on the LUAS .

starlit

I think my first time using the Luas was about three years after it opened. Any time I've been in Dublin I be on the Luas fairly regularly.

Temptamperu

I cant remember, I hate the thing though full of scum (tallaght line of course) too many stops and all within 10 minutes walk of each other. Its quicker to jump on a bus.

westendgirlie

Who planned the stupid thing? It doesn't even cross the river. Bit stupid that you have to make a 10 min+ walk to continue your journey.

Oh, first and last time I used it was Summer 2007.

Killer Pigeon

Unlike most commoners, I have never been fortunate enough to copulate on the LUAS.

Mark200

westendgirlie wrote: »

Who planned the stupid thing? It doesn't even cross the river. Bit stupid that you have to make a 10 min+ walk to continue your journey.

Oh, first and last time I used it was Summer 2007.

Eh what river are you talking about? The red line crosses the liffey does it not? I've only been on the green line. First time was from town to Dundrum about a year after it opened. Last month I got it from town to Milltown and back. I found it to be very efficient.

whydoibother?

First time was about July 2005 and then almost daily for the following four years. Rarely now as I no longer live in Dublin.

Fluorescence

Dunno, I rarely ever use the damn thing - maybe 3 or 4 times a year. It's only useful if you live on one of the two lines, both of which only service a fairly restricted amount of south Dublin. Plus it's too expensive - bus is much cheaper.

4leto

I took my first Luas trip about 2 months ago, at the moment I have no car and the weather was to bad to cycle.

I was extremely impressed by it, its comfortable fast and very regular. I would like to see Dublin have more of them. If they could possibly get one for the Malahide road as it is one of the cities busiest arteries, at least it seems that way.

**Timbuk2**

Fbjm wrote: »

I felt strangely excited, as you do in all new experiences. It was a largely uneventful journey, but I enjoyed it none the less.

I was excited as well with all the transport when I was in London this summer. The underground etc. is great, but the best is the Docklands Light Rail trains - they don't have drivers, so you can sit in the front, look out as if you were the driver - the excitement!

whydoibother?

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

I was excited as well with all the transport when I was in London this summer. The underground etc. is great, but the best is the Docklands Light Rail trains - they don't have drivers, so you can sit in the front, look out as if you were the driver - the excitement!

Love doing that. Unfortunately, I have no reason to use it and feel a bit wierd going on it just for fun but nearly would.:o

jackie1974

I have never used it but would if I lived in Dublin, I was in Paris in May and loved the metro and rer they stank and were full of crazies at night but that added to the experience.

Fishooks12

from Tipp but find myself in Dublin a good bit and have to say the Luas is a joy to use

westendgirlie

Mark200 wrote: »

Eh what river are you talking about? The red line crosses the liffey does it not? I've only been on the green line. First time was from town to Dundrum about a year after it opened. Last month I got it from town to Milltown and back. I found it to be very efficient.

Perhaps I should of phrased it better. The lines don't crossover. If I was on Connolly St side (is that North or South?) And I wanted to go somewhere on the other side of the river. Are there any stops on the Luas that I can use for both lines? As far as I remember I had to walk over the river to Stephen's Green.

joshrogan

Newstalk wrote:

A man has died after being struck by a Luas tram in Dublin this evening.

It happened on Steeven’s Lane in Kilmainham close to the Heuston Station stop at around 4.30pm this afternoon.

The man was a pedestrian and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim was aged 35.

His body has been removed to the City Morgue.

The road is currently closed to facilitate a forensic collision examination.

Luas Red Line were disrupted for much of the evening.

Source: http://www.newstalk.ie//2011/news/man-dies-in-dublin-after-struck-by-luas-tram/

Somone obviously wanted to experience it after seeing this thread and got a little too close :pac:

4leto

joshrogan wrote: »

Source: http://www.newstalk.ie//2011/news/man-dies-in-dublin-after-struck-by-luas-tram/

Somone obviously wanted to experience it after seeing this thread and got a little too close :pac:

That meant to be funny.

ZombieBride

From down the country but used it once with the aide of a Dublin friend of mine to go to the Zoo, had to hop on and off, it was weird.

Fbjm

Temptamperu wrote: »

I cant remember, I hate the thing though full of scum (tallaght line of course) too many stops and all within 10 minutes walk of each other. Its quicker to jump on a bus.

the bus aras stop is the most pointless stop for any public transport system in ireland. it is literally a 20 second walk from the connolly stop! why!!

parker kent

Blisterman wrote: »

I was on the first ever Luas.

I win.

The OP did say "Apart from the first week it opened", so you actually lose on a technicality :pac:

If you were on the ceremonial first Luas with Seamus Brennan and co, that doesn't count either!

alwaysadub

I've used it twice in total i think. Would have to get a bus from my estate to get the luas so no point using it, just stay on the bus if i have to.

Oranage2

LUAS - Are they those electrical bus things you can get at Heuston station?

Rhyme

The LUAS is no great shake, people need to get over to Seattle and ride the slut.

Big Nasty

I first used the luas (green line) in about April / May 2005 shortly after it first opened and many times since. Never been on the red line but I believe it tends to be swamped and full of scroates - I've never found using the green line to be unpleasant.

The fasinating thing about the green line is that it follows the same path as the old Harcourt Line that closed in 1958. The Milltown Viaduct was built in 1854 and the route the line takes from Kilmacud to Harcourt is the same as the original line. As a kid I used to rockclimb in the area where the old line was previously layed around the Kilmacud / Balally area. It's amazing any of this route was never built on over the years and it was handy enough to resurrect.

There's a little history for y'all!

OneArt

Been on it a few times because it was better than walking. I only used it three or four times when living in Dublin because I lived in the 'Mun and it never went anywhere I needed to go.

F*cking love the German trams, they're absolutely everywhere. The undergrounds are the best because they avoid traffic and they're a lot cooler in the summer time. Dublin could do with some subterranean sewer-trains!