Work begins on Luas Green Line extention - Irish Independent - 27 February 2007

[Mark Gleeson]

The RPA talk about 50m trams but fail completely to apply it out in the field

NONE of the platforms on B1 are capable of taking a 50m tram by design, they would need to be extended later

While there is provision for up to 90m platforms Beechwood Sandyford things get really fun at say Harcourt where the track would need to be realigned to allow an extension

Of course if Stephens Green had been built correctly it would have two 100m+ platforms so you could stack trams up as is common in Europe

2 1/2 minutes is possible with 40m trams but 50m trams would suck more electricity out of the system

[Colm Moore]

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

While there is provision for up to 90m platforms Beechwood Sandyford things get really fun at say Harcourt where the track would need to be realigned to allow an extension

I keep hearing 90m trams. Are people confusing 90m trams with 90 second frequency? I know Rod does.

Of course if Stephens Green had been built correctly it would have two 100m+ platforms so you could stack trams up as is common in Europe

I've seen 5 trams in Stephens Green (with another arriving, still on Harcourt Street). The problem is you can't add trams to the back of the queue, you would either need a turning circle or an extra set of points.