longer luassanna. Just in time for the election
 

from Indo 18 April 2007

Longer Luas carriages coming down the track
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Martin Cullen with engineers under a Luas tram at the Red Cow depot yesterday

FIRST we had the 'bendy-bus'.

Now its the turn of the 'telescoped tram'.

Commuters packed onto rush-hour Luas trams are finally getting some relief in the shape of longer trams.

The existing 30m-long trams will be 'stretched' to add on a further 10m in length.

The longer trams, 26 in all, will increase capacity by 40pc.

Yesterday, Transport Minister Martin Cullen met the mechanics involved in extending the fleet of Luas trams on the Tallaght-Connolly Station line.

Mr Cullen was accompanied by Tom Mulcahy, chairman of the Railway Procurement Agency and chief executive designate of the new Dublin Transportation Authority.

The minister was also attending the signing of the contract for 18 extra trams costing €51.2m.

Last year, a total of 26m passengers used the two Luas lines, a 16pc increase on the previous year.

The first of the extended trams are due in service next month.

Mr Cullen said the large number of passengers using Luas was also helping to reduce climate changing emissions.

Treacy Hogan


I like the auld guff about climat change. cos all the electricity comes from ardnacrusha and pollaphuca.....

We eagerly await the first one in service, after all http://www.platform11.org/media/pres...no=pr_028.html

It seems the RPA owe us an apology

does mr. Hannon still work there and will ye remind him?

He does and if you think the 2004 incident was bad, last years one on Newstalk was even better

Of course the fact they have a 40m tram on test means nothing, its when it enters service....

How lame is that, the minister of transport meeting mechanics who add 10m sections to trams. Can't see the german verkehrsminister doing that! Does Cullen not have an actual job to do? :mad:

Well on monday, he was sitting at the edge of a table seat on a 29k going to Adamstown.
The bert must be wider than the IE average, (like meself)

And he was in Claremorris on Friday, having tea, sandwiches and biscuits with the lunatic fringe of the railway development group.

"Lets close Dublin, and move the capital to Mayo, Amen"

Pol Pot would be proud of you.

Im like a rottweiler in waiting.

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All Ger Hannon had to say was, "yes we will be looking into the issue of 40m trams on the red line." But instead he insulted us in May 2004 and did the same on live radio in early 2006. The fact is, P11 were right. End of story.

Did the picture of the dog scare everyone?!!

This should set things right: http://www.rpa.ie/upload/documents/M...er%20Trams.pdf

Time to take his leash off, Derek :D