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Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson
Fire out
Alstom engineers on site now trying to get the electricity back on
Services might be back running within the next 30 minutes or so
Cheers to Colm for ringing in
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Service back to normal. the reason the power lines are disconnected is because a tram will have a short circuit if the power is isolated while trams are turned on! therefore the trams (4) that where between jervis & connolly had to be powered off, or else the trams inner batteries would waste & the trams would have to be towed from the city back to the depot in red cow. this is a slow process as the trams being towed can only travel at max 25km per hour.
the lines would also have to be isolated as a safety precaution for the fire services!