Dublin's Luas:Green Line approaching Taney Bridge, Dundrum

[Amsterdam819]

shes a beaut a real beauty mmmmm south dublin! :D decent folk decent place

[Queenofmynamesucks]

Approx how long does it takes to get from Town to Dundrum with the Luas?

I've never taken advantage of it's speed ,but am now considering it! (well when it comes to green line!)

[Jimtrek]

I was in the south of France recently and in Nice they have an identical tram service. Thanks for the posting. As regards the station names, they have taken the English name and just translated it to Irish, instead of going to the trouble to find out its initial gaelic place name. Quite sad really.

[pjdscott]

It is sad - how hard can it be to get the names right in Irish? It drives my wife mad everytime she hears them!

Thanks for your comment - I have seen pictures of the Nice trams but not experienced them - they look great!

[10pauin]

@Jimtrek so Nice must do like has done Dublin, it has to say the names of the stops in the trams in french and also in occitan, doesn't it?

(i'm not english)

[plumbcrumbles]

Didn't they change the "Dún Droma" in "Dundrum - Dún Droma" because the "Dún Droma" part sounded like a scumbag saying "Dundrum"?

[pjdscott]

Yep - a lot of the station announcements are very suspect!

[kenconnor2006]

When I was a boy I would take the train from here. I stood just on the left in your last frame and watched the last train from Harcourt Street pass with my mam. Closing that line was stupid just as that part of Dublin was growing in the 60's. There should be more Luas lines.

[pjdscott]

My gran and grandad used to live in Churchtown overlooking the line, but unfortunately it had closed by the time I was interested in trains.

[MrMe345]

@pjdscott I have a huge intrest oin the Harcourt Lin. such a pity they closed it :(

But it is being reborn through LUAS WooHoo.

The bride's Glen line extension opens on 16th Oct.

[pjdscott]

@MrMe345 Excellent news and thanks for your comments - I see we're getting free travel all weekend on the Green line! Hope to see you there! All the best, PJD

[miertnincsnev]

Thanks for posting this video, mate!

[pjdscott]

It's really impressive - it was named the William Dargan bridge after a famous nineteenth-century Irish railway engineer. Thanks for watching my video - all the best,

Peter

[LMB222]

Thanks for the explanation. What I'm not really sure of is what LUAS really is. Here in this video it looks like a fast tram (no level crossings, etc.), but in another video I see the tram in normal street operation. Am I right in thinking that it's a mix of a "fast tram" (according to the previous definition), and a normal city tram? (That's what modern tram systems really are nowadays).

[pjdscott]

My pleasure for the explanation. The name "Luas" is a brand name - it is the Irish word for "speed". Technically these vehicles are known by various names - tram, streetcar, LRT [light rail transit]. As you observe, they operate on streets as well as on dedicated railways. I'm glad you think they're fast - check my Connolly station departure for an example of cautious running!

[LMB222]

That would be Stadtbahn in German.

[pjdscott]

Of course! I have been on a few German light rail systems, and found them extremely impressive.

[LMB222]

Cool bridge.