LUAS in Harcourt Street (Update No.8)

Gabriel – are the trams staying that colour? Silver with no livery. I like that.. very minimalist and modern.

i didn’t realize the sherriff street bridge was going, i guess that’s good, how are we going to get over the canal without blocking it for canal traffic, I guess a much lower bridge would still have clearance.

Possibly something like the Structure at Guild St, to facilitate the movement of boats from the Liffey.

I am a little sad to see the bridge go, as it is a great vantage point back towards Mount St and The BOI in Baggot St looks great.

Many artists often gathered there to get perspectives as well. But hopfully some new public vantage point will be provided, even higher hopefully

While getting drenched on the way to the pub last night I had a quick squint at the new LUAS overhead cables and supports.

They are really cool and such an improvement from the muck used on the DART line.

It may be over budget and years late but at least it appears that it will look great.

Roll on the metro

i imagine that after all the bad press, they only want to go at it once more, so they are waiting for when they are working at the wiring before the work on the other stuff.

Perhaps the cobble-lock is considered more sympathetic to the environs of the station.

I don’t like the purple printed concrete on Abbey St – it stands out like a sore thumb.
Perhaps it will look better when the rest of the roadway is resurfaced, assuming it’s going to be.

The area around Connolly looks fantastic, it’s weird really – having such a large wide plaza area surrounded by decent modern buildings in Dublin.
The ramp lost it’s purpose with the dissapperace of horses & carriages, in hindsight it should have been demolished years ago, pity the contractors didn’t accidently knock the new terminal as well…

Which one of the four surfaces is used depends on whether traffic needs to share the line:

Tarmac – if traffic needs constant access to the line, usually at crossings of for access
Dark cast concrete – if traffic must be able to mount the tracks to pass an obstruction
Cobbles – if traffic is never allowed on the line
Light cast concrete (pretty shoddy, imho) – when a footpath crosses the line

I think the tracks on the reservation of the Naas Road and along the M50 are just tracks, as are the raised tracks on the southside. Is this the case?

yeah most of the track is in concrete, see attached pic of luas running along side the m50 … I don’t think anything else is justified in these areas …

Rory,
Just a point about the granite sets, no Southside bias, the area through the back of the Four Courts and Smithfield has been finished with granite cobbles and sets throughout as well.

I’ve attached a photo taken by one of the site operatives who’s a friend, it shows the view from the “balcony”area looking back towards Busaras.

JJ

I’ve made this argument before on previous threads.
Luas has an extreme southside bias in that none of the line really serves Northsiders at the moment, yet runs through their part of the city centre (though the extension will help matters).
The only Northsiders who’ll use it would be a couple of hundred residents of Stoneybatter/Conyngham Road really. Everybody else is close enough to walk to town. Someone living in Smithfield might or might not use it – but it’s primary purpose isn’t serving them.
I still find it hard to believe that either line was considered more important than one up past DCU, through Ballymun and on to the airport.
And even though I think the Dundrum/Sandyford line has the benefits of passing through some wealthy areas – it was built largely because the track was already there.