[Kevin K Kelehan]

Originally Posted by RTE Interactive

RPA happy with LUAS design

05 January 2006 17:01
The state body responsible for Dublin's LUAS tram system, the Railway Procurement Agency, has said it is happy with the design used for the light railway, despite an engineering study that identified serious flaws in sections of the track.


The RPA was responding to comments by one of the country's leading civil engineering experts who today questioned the design and construction of the Luas lines.

Eugene O'Brien, Professor of Civil Engineering at UCD, said a number of issues were raised in the report.

The engineering study commissioned by AMB Joint Ventures, the company which built the LUAS, found flaws in the system and said repair work on sections of the track is needed.

The study was carried out by the Institute for Railway Engineering at the University of Graz in Austria.

The Director of LUAS at the RPA, Michael Sheedy, acknowledged that some materials had not performed as anticipated.

The RPA said repair work on both LUAS lines is due to commence in the next few months and the cost of the repairs will be borne by the contractor who built the lines.

One has to wonder do the RPA think they can get away with the 30 metres trams school of PR again?