Luas - a system in decline

LeinsterDub

donvito99 wrote: »

A pedestrian was killed a few years ago at this exact location if I'm not mistaken in almost identical circumstances i.e. vehicles hits Luas, vehicle spins out and runs over pedestrian. Everyone else in their metal cage walks away relatively unharmed, as usual.

FYP
A pedestrian was killed a few years ago at this exact location if I'm not mistaken in almost identical circumstances i.e. Driver hits Luas, driver spins out and runs over pedestrian. Everyone else in their metal cage walks away relatively unharmed, as usual.

AndrewJRenko

donvito99 wrote: »

A pedestrian was killed a few years ago at this exact location if I'm not mistaken in almost identical circumstances i.e. vehicles hits Luas, vehicle spins out and runs over pedestrian. Everyone else in their metal cage walks away relatively unharmed, as usual.

I think that was further down, at Jervis junction - a Chinese lady iirc.

gmisk

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

I think that was further down, at Jervis junction - a Chinese lady iirc.

Yep it was down near the leprechaun mueseum

AMKC

BrownFinger wrote: »

At 9.30am ?

Awe ok. Well the people that own the pub would have been in getting it ready for the day and cleaning up from the night before. I thought it had happened around 11 or 12 as I seen it on the 1 news.

LeinsterDub

AMKC wrote: »

Awe ok. Well the people that own the pub would have been in getting it ready for the day and cleaning up from the night before. I thought it had happened around 11 or 12 as I seen it on the 1 news.

Pubs are all closed

L1011

LeinsterDub wrote: »

Pubs are all closed

I think that was their point, there was nobody there due to the pubs being closed.

LeinsterDub

L1011 wrote: »

I think that was their point, there was nobody there due to the pubs being closed.

They implied people would be going in to clean the pub , they pubs have been closed for two weeks. No cleaning required

Podge_irl

LeinsterDub wrote: »

They implied people would be going in to clean the pub , they pubs have been closed for two weeks. No cleaning required

They implied people would be going in to clean the pub and more people would have been on the Luas if not for the current situation.

L1011

LeinsterDub wrote: »

They implied people would be going in to clean the pub , they pubs have been closed for two weeks. No cleaning required

IF the pubs weren't closed. This isn't a particularly difficult concept to get, really.

PhilOssophy

L1011 wrote: »

IF the pubs weren't closed. This isn't a particularly difficult concept to get, really.

Exactly. If there had been 50 people walking by they would have been killed too. But there wasn't.

MJohnston

Jesus lads, I know we can’t get outside but this is what you’re arguing about? Step away from the keyboards!

LeinsterDub

L1011 wrote: »

IF the pubs weren't closed. This isn't a particularly difficult concept to get, really.

Sorry. I tried to delete this comment as soon as I posted it as I was being rather stupid / slow but I guess I was too slow to even do that right. Oops

bureau2009

Firstly, I notice there is no social distancing on the Luas. Why is the Luas different from other forms of public transport?

Secondly, it seems to me that addicts are using certain sections of the Luas all day, possibly to facilitate their addiction. Are there no checks on this, is a blind eye being turned to this activity?

I was on the Luas yesterday, Jervis to Heuston. There was a nasty incident on the tram which security took hold of. It felt like Dublin is a third world country, dangerous and deeply unpleasant.

bureau2009

Mr.S wrote: »

Oh come on, if that's what you think about seeing a few drug-addicts on public transport, then don't go to any major city.

Seats are blocked off on the Luas for social distancing. The issue (I assume) is that because of the sporadic volume and multiple doors, it's hard to enforce.

I have seen them at Heuston limiting numbers though.

Seats are no longer blocked off on the Luas. No social distancing.

cgcsb

bureau2009 wrote: »

Firstly, I notice there is no social distancing on the Luas. Why is the Luas different from other forms of public transport?

Secondly, it seems to me that addicts are using certain sections of the Luas all day, possibly to facilitate their addiction. Are there no checks on this, is a blind eye being turned to this activity?

I was on the Luas yesterday, Jervis to Heuston. There was a nasty incident on the tram which security took hold of. It felt like Dublin is a third world country, dangerous and deeply unpleasant.

People in the third world can't afford hard drugs, those that take such things are either super rich or they die real quick as a result of the lack of state services.

GT89

bureau2009 wrote: »

Seats are no longer blocked off on the Luas. No social distancing.

Have the removed the seat signage? I have noticed a lot more of the signage has been removed either by accident or vandalised lately and not replaced.

bureau2009

GT89 wrote: »

Have the removed the seat signage? I have noticed a lot more of the signage has been removed either by accident or vandalised lately and not replaced.

It looks like social distancing has completely ceased on the Luas. No seat signage whatsoever and people sitting right next to each other.

PhilOssophy

Social distancing has ceased everywhere.

GT89

bureau2009 wrote: »

It looks like social distancing has completely ceased on the Luas. No seat signage whatsoever and people sitting right next to each other.

Impossible to implement social distancing on the Luas though anyway not like a bus where the driver can just sail past stops

L1011

They stopped opening all doors at every stop a few months ago - well, a few drivers still do it. Which is quite annoying as if you're carrying something its rather hard to elbow the button.

alroley

Had to get a train, dart and luas over the weekend.

The train and dart were great - everyone social distancing and wearing masks.

The Luas was a complete joke - no social distancing and probably 1/4 of people not wearing masks.

L1011

alroley wrote: »

and probably 1/4 of people not wearing masks.

Don't have to pass staff to get on = less masks.

I've noticed that trains heading in to Connolly from the Maynooth line have worse adherence than out of Connolly - as the stations are mostly unmanned.

L1011

Red line, or at least the Docklands section, is suffering severely from poor service at the moment. One or two days a week there's either no service or a >20min frequency at peak and the platform signs are often wrong showing inaccurate times or ghost trams.

Is this mechanical problems or staffing?

magicbastarder

it's because since the Luas changed to a free service, they can't afford to run them as often.

L1011

20m headway again this evening

L1011

15m headway this morning.

The service being proposed and the service being provided are not even related anymore.

Qrt

Red Line service has gone to crap in the past few months. I was once left waiting 40 minutes for a saggart tram, and when I called the depot (I was that annoyed) they said that whenever there’s disruption, they send all the trams to tallaght…

I might tempt myself onto a LUAS again some time soonish to further progress my rehabilitation into society. I live on the green line. Don’t know what I’m in for.

L1011

15m headway in the docklands all week. Some reasons given some days, but there is clearly more going on.

mikeybhoy

Was at a concert in the 3 Arena last night and no Luas for 17 mins I walked to O'Connell Street to catch my bus before there was any sign of a Luas. Surely they should be putting on additional capacity for concerts and the like.

DaBluBoi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118869748#Comment_118869748

What time was this?

mikeybhoy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118870550#Comment_118870550

Around 10:30-11ish would've thought there'd be extra trams for the concert though

Qrt

Luas has gone absolutely dire. They keep talking about covid absences but Dublin Bus have managed to keep the show on the road. I’ve reported it many times, even contacted a TD, to little avail.

LXFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118878459#Comment_118878459

To be fair, Dublin Bus has had a lot of curtailments or cancellations too due to driver absences.

Most days there are 14s and 15s curtailed to Eden Quay for example.