Dublin Luas Trams, June 2009

Sights and sounds on Dublin's Luas trammway.

The trams are a version of the hugely successful Alstom Citadis. The Luas is international standard gauge (1435mm/4'8 1/2") rather than the unusual broad gauge (1600mm/5'3") of the rest of Ireland's railways. This made cost savings in the purchase of of-the-shelf equipment and opens Dublin up to the second hand tram market.

The word luas is Irish Gaelic for speed. Early publicity for the scheme also had luas as a highly contrived acronym; this was quickly dropped. The name was originally intended for the system, but "luas" is now also used as a new Irish word for tram.

P.S. "hello" to the driver on 3014.

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[hernandez1952]

Nice video. The trams look fab.

[michaelinlondon]

Thanks for commenting. Dublin is a great city.

[FerroviasdeSP]

Da hora os VLT's de Dublin!!!

[COVENTRYSUCKS]

Similar to the Tram system in Nottingham and Sheffield, could do with it in Milton Keynes!

[nac2thabone]

Thanks for the vid! We were in Dublin a month ago. Nice city and lovely Luas service.

Greets from the Netherlands

[locogrib22]

Very good video, nice station shot at 4.00