[PR] National Transport Authority launches Luas Cross City website

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Údarás Náisiúnta Iompair, National Transport Authority

National Transport Authority launches Luas Cross City website
16th May 2013

National Transport Authority launches Luas Cross City website


The National Transport Authority today (May 16, 2013) launched www.LuasCrossCity.ie the new Luas project information and updates website – for the public, for businesses and for visitors.

The site has been designed to carry increasing amounts of detail as the project progresses, with an easy-to-use Search function so users find what they’re looking for easily and without delay.

The National Transport Authority and the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) will be working with businesses, the public and local interest groups throughout the project, and the new website will help us deliver key information to commuters, customers or tourists as the project progresses. The site will also provide a channel for people to raise their queries or concerns, and we will be able to provide information as required.

Throughout the four year programme, all public bodies involved in this project are committed to ensure that our Capital’s vitality and vigour is maintained and enhanced in every way possible; a project website supports this integrated approach. Dublin City Council will play a key role given their overall remit as a local authority. The National Transport Authority and the City Council will shortly appoint a joint Luas Cross City Communications Director to ensure close liaison with city stakeholders. Dublin Bus, who are in contract with the National Transport Authority for the delivery of transport services, also has a key role to play in serving the city throughout the construction period. Significant advance planning has been completed on the re-organisation of bus services to maintain the quality of service that customers expect. Plans are also in place to accommodate deliveries to businesses and efficient car movements throughout the city while the works are on-going. An Garda Síochána are at the heart of all this traffic management planning.


For more information see HERE

http://www.nationaltransport.ie/news/national-transport-authority-launches-luas-cross-city-website/

Sierra Oscar

Good to see an information website go live, judging by this thread there is a great lack of understanding as to what this project is about. Seemingly a lot of people think it is only about linking the Red & Green line together, while forgetting about the expansion as far as Broombridge.

Con Logue

The Cross City Project won't be really complete until there is a mass of Chicken Licken "The sky is falling" type stories circulating about it. Here's one of my favourites from the last time out.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/978178/posts

Gotta love the uncited reference to Quaintness.

Con Logue

Here's one of the best negative stories about Luas, thankfully quoted on Boards at the time as the SBP archive is paid for access now.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1730966

dowlingm

Given that it isn't possible to interoperate between Red and Green it's a link in only the barest sense. (love how the LuasCrossCity timeline puts in a bar for 2018 but not a number by the way!)

expectationlost

moans are one thing this is another "Beat the Cross City Blues with our Spotify playlist", will this be the response to any delays, happy dappy claptrap?

etchyed

dowlingm wrote: »

Given that it isn't possible to interoperate between Red and Green it's a link in only the barest sense.

It's a link in that it allows interchange between the two. To suggest that the use of the word "link" is somehow disingenuous is, well, disingenuous.

Con Logue

expectationlost wrote: »

moans are one thing this is another "Beat the Cross City Blues with our Spotify playlist", will this be the response to any delays, happy dappy claptrap?

And we're off! How very dare the RPA put a Spotify list on their website! The Nerve of them! Treacy Hogan will be burning the midnight oil on this blatant use of something.

loyatemu

dowlingm wrote: »

Given that it isn't possible to interoperate between Red and Green it's a link in only the barest sense. (love how the LuasCrossCity timeline puts in a bar for 2018 but not a number by the way!)

It will be possible to interoperate between them - there will be junctions at O'Connell St and Marlborough St.

OK they'll be operated as 2 separate lines 99% of the time, but this is no different to any other tram system elsewhere.

dowlingm

Trams can be interchanged between the lines but only in certain directions because the RPA couldn't make the geometry work without excessive property acquisition.