[21-1-2007] Luas Red Line Connolly Blackhorse

[Mark Gleeson]

Line closed since lunchtime due to a incident at junction with Queen's Street.

Services suspended Connolly to Blackhorse

[Dave]

Once again the question has to be asked - Why Blackhorse and not Heuston? Heuston has crossovers, trams can park on the bridge if needs be so what's the problem?

[Rashers]

What was the incident?

[Mark Gleeson]

All I know is incident Blackhall Place / Queens Street

You can assume it was a red light jumper or possibly a pedestrian

And you can't run Heuston since the track layout is not designed for that

Can't find any more information, nothing on the Luas site

[Dave]

And you can't run Heuston since the track layout is not designed for that


I don't understand that Mark. There are crossovers so what's not layed out correctly?

[Mark Gleeson]

No crossover in Heuston just the turnback platform

So to do Tallaght Heuston would require

Arrive Heuston as normal proceed to Sean Heuston bridge.
Reverse into central platform
Proceed back to the oubound track on Sean Heuston bridge
Then head as normal for Tallaght

Very complex

[Derek Wheeler]

Services back to normal now. Still no confirmation on the cause.

Please use the infrastructure section in the members area for any more discussion on the technical aspects of Luas operation in a situation like this.