Luas | Trams in Dublin Explained

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  • čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
  • A short video about how the Luas system in Dublin came to be and an explanation of some of the future plans!
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Komentáře • 30

  • @Thoroughfare
    @Thoroughfare  Před 2 lety +9

    CORRECTION SORTA: *When I say they use 76 varients of the Alstom Ciradis I meant they have 76 Ciradis Trams with several different varients.

    • @Myrtone
      @Myrtone Před 2 měsíci

      Some are 70% low floor with pivoting end bogies and fixed centre bogie, while others are 95% low floor with only fixed bogies. The E class Melbourne tram, however, is also 95% low floor but with four pivoting bogies as is Gothenburg's M33. The upcoming G class will be 95% low floor again, with pivoting end bogies and fixed centre bogies.

  • @seansoraghan3245
    @seansoraghan3245 Před 2 lety +21

    Dublin needs a metro

    • @Myrtone
      @Myrtone Před 2 měsíci

      Why not extend the DART underground?

    • @ryancarroll3957
      @ryancarroll3957 Před měsícem +1

      ​@@Myrtonethat was the original plan.
      But we don't finish infrastructure projects here.
      Dart and metro were to match up.
      Never happened
      In fact the original dart plan was for two lines, one on the coast and one partially underground to west Dublin.
      Never finished
      We have a planning system that lets evert bust body neighborhood nimby object it makes projects impossible to finish

  • @joshuaW5621
    @joshuaW5621 Před rokem +2

    As an Irish man myself, I appreciate the attempts at pronouncing the names of CIÉ and the places.

    • @retrocd7991
      @retrocd7991 Před 8 měsíci +1

      CIE - Cycling is easier

    • @patchso
      @patchso Před 4 měsíci +1

      Thoroughfare should have a go at all the pronunciations just to give his Irish viewers a laugh :-)

  • @AndrewG1989
    @AndrewG1989 Před 2 lety +7

    Dublin as the Capital City of the Republic of Ireland does have good transportation. And the Luas trams are very nice as well. Great video 👍

    • @Thoroughfare
      @Thoroughfare  Před 2 lety

      Thanks!

    • @samkendlinhobbs8494
      @samkendlinhobbs8494 Před 2 lety +4

      As somebody who lives I can attest that it most definitely does not have good transportation. It’s usually quicker to walk anywhere between the canals than the tram, and cycling is always quicker
      Good video though!

    • @Thoroughfare
      @Thoroughfare  Před 2 lety

      @@samkendlinhobbs8494 Thanks!

    • @stephenmurphy2212
      @stephenmurphy2212 Před 2 lety

      @@samkendlinhobbs8494 Agreed. The government can’t even get the underground metro built. 🚇

    • @tarlavos7301
      @tarlavos7301 Před 2 lety +4

      As someone who lives in Dublin City the transport is awful its impossible to rely upon it and good luck tying to get anywhere on the weekends

  • @derlaurenz
    @derlaurenz Před 2 měsíci +1

    The fact that it took so long to connect the two lines seems to me, somehow being, unfortunate planning ... sts

    • @Thoroughfare
      @Thoroughfare  Před měsícem

      Whilst I can't really speak on the efficacy of their planning. They have being doing some interesting stuff with redesigning the bus network in Dublin recently, which might help transit overall. Thanks for the comment!

  • @sglenny001
    @sglenny001 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Providing retrospective but an system similar to the tyme and wear metro might of been better suited

    • @Runboyrun89
      @Runboyrun89 Před 9 měsíci

      The intention was for Metrolink to go further south and “takeover” the Green Line south of Charlemount to Sandyford (which is now a large urban area in its own right which a lot of EMEA HQs such as Microsoft). The Green Line is already at capacity.
      That was scrapped though because people didn’t want the line closed.
      I think now it is likely that Metrolink will extend south to Donnybrook/Ballsbridge - UCD - Sandyford.
      I think we will likely see as well DART Underground revived and extended to Poolbeg which would provide a further heavy rail link East to West.
      The lack of any construction in 6 years since the LUAS was extended is unacceptable though- a city with a hell of a lot of wealth and growing rapidly. A legacy of the financial crash.

    • @sglenny001
      @sglenny001 Před 9 měsíci

      @@Runboyrun89 intresting

  • @deividasverbickas6233
    @deividasverbickas6233 Před 7 měsíci +1

    If you ever want to use the LUAS, do NOT use it at rush hour, kinda an obvious thing with transport but still, you will packed like sardines!

  • @mattpbent
    @mattpbent Před 2 lety +2

    chorus un per air ann =CIE

    • @seanbonella
      @seanbonella Před 2 lety

      Córas Iompair Éireann

    • @mattpbent
      @mattpbent Před 2 lety

      @@seanbonella I spelt it phonetically, he clearly can't pronounce irish

    • @anoniaino
      @anoniaino Před 11 měsíci

      but it’s iompar, with an m.
      so umper (not unper)

    • @retrocd7991
      @retrocd7991 Před 8 měsíci

      CIE - Cycling is easier

  • @simeranand
    @simeranand Před 2 lety +9

    Dublin is probably the only developed country with very very poor transport infra and it’s expensive and most of the areas you will find one bus in an hour.

    • @LeMerch
      @LeMerch Před 2 lety +6

      The new bus system is great. The lines now connect almost everywhere and they will become 24hrs.
      Also, they are now building the MetroNorth which is the first underground metro from south city to the airport and onto Swords.. I think eventually an underground will be built off this.

    • @simeranand
      @simeranand Před 2 lety

      @@LeMerch they are not building it now as in now now. The work has not even started it. It was planned to be completed in 202x and now it is planned to be completed in 2035.

    • @pmberry
      @pmberry Před rokem +5

      You've not been to Leeds then.