It would be very effective in Cork. Also it might save us from Bus Eireann!!!!
Cork's >300,000 people despite the official city population being a lot smaller due to ridiculous city limits not including most of the near suburbs! A tram system would be highly sucessful.
To be fair to RPA they didn't break the Luas system. It's just a freakish design problem that wasn't predicted.
Trams in Cork could work :
Western route South Mall & Grand Parade - Washington Street - Western Road - UCC - onwards to Bishopstown/Wilton & CIT... out to Ballincollig.
Southern Route: Grand Parade, South Mall, past City Hall, down the quay side, on to Blackrock, Mahon via Mahon Point, over the South Link, into rochestown and Douglas and south to Carriagaline.
Eastern Route: Starting at Merchant's Quay...Connecting with the bus station.. over a new bridge... past the end of mc curtain street, into Kent Station / Major new quay side development.... Along the lower glanmire road...
Flat route : continue along the lower glanmire road and into glanmire / riverstown along the old N8 route.
Hilly route: along the lower glanmire road... up the silver springs hill serving eastern parts of mayfield and then cross-country to glanmire taking a more gentle incline than the existing roads.
Northern Route:
Along the quays (either side)... into shandon ... blackpool village ... up and into knocknaheeny / hollyhill (hills may be a problem but im sure it could be worked around ... I'm not sure what the max incline for a tram system is. Alternatively, it could have bus connections from the hillier northern suburbs and the tram could serve the flat route along the blarney road.
The city would have 2 hubs, 4 lines and interconnection possibilities.. Unlike Dublin!
Hub A: End of the Southmall.
Hub B: Beside the bus station (in front of flor griffen)
Interconnecting line running between the two along the side of Merchant's Quay Shopping centre i.e where the car park enterance is(can't remember the name of the street)