Luas Connolly Station latest images
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Still cant get over the fact that this section cost €30 million.
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Here’s a side elevation taken a few weeks back before the cladding was applied.
As for the costs the RPA has claimed that the actual figure is closer to 12 million. Still a heap of money though.
Compaired to the original photomontages you can see that the structure has been made much bulkier and the support legs are fatter.
JJ
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This is one I downloaded a long time ago from the old Luas/RPA web site. The new sites have far less photos and information.
You can see from this image that the traffic island has been changed. There was a line of trees with a bus pull in behind but on site they have just widened Amiens Street.
The canopy structure seems to have a lattice and the supports are in a different location.
JJ
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This side of the station is a mess as it is without this clunky cluttered addition. It doesn’t integrate into the area, and less still to the station. An opportunity lost, following in the footsteps of the terminal. Those sail yokes have a tendancy to get very grubby if not maintained too, so going by IE’s record they may end up looking even worse.
And just on this part of Connolly, think someone’s said it before but the 90s grey block that attaches itself to the right-hand side of the 1840s facade has to be the most insensitive not to mention ugliest and grottiest addition to any old building in the city. It is a disgrace, esp when seen from the ped crossing at Talbot St.
And the old facade is still in dire need of a proper restoration, perhaps it will be carried out with this project or soon after. -
On a simlar note from the Examiner today:
**Greens reiterate call for integration of LUAS tram lines :: latest
The Green Party has reiterated its call for the two LUAS tram lines in Dublin to be linked.
Party spokesman Ciaran Cuffe said the €100m cost of linking the two lines would be a small price to pay for an integrated tram system.
“I don’t think it’s too late and I think it would give fantastic benefits to a lot of people,” he said.
Mr Cuffe was speaking following the official opening of the Red Line between Tallaght and Connolly Station this morning.**
Eh – correct me if I’m wrong – but aren’t these two lines built to a different standard, thus integration near impossible?
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I thought that Frank McDonald had said, in a recent article, that the rumour that the lines were of a different standard was a myth and in actual fact they were the same.
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Quite Right notjim.
The gauge of both Luas Lines is the same and its possible to run the 40m trams on both lines with no difficulty. The tracks on the green line are spaced wider apart to allow for wider bodied vehicles passing each other( means the platform edges may need to be shaved back or else the body of the tram at the base can be narrowed with a wider section above). Some Hannover trams are built like this allowing the same platform width but a wider body above providing more seating room.
Had a run on the line today. Disapponted to see the station at Connolly not fully open yet and ticket machines not giving sample tickets as with Green Line launch but overall looks like a good service.
JJ
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