We feel your pain, in fact a lot of us have given up and use the 90/91/92 bus where possible, the DART is similar the classic line said by many "there is always room for one more" but at least IE got there house in order and got a 40% capacity increase project in place, they admitted there was a problem, but it took 15 years of continous growth before it happened, it took Luas about 2 weeks to hit trouble
The whole 30m v 40m tram situation has degraded into a complete farce, where everyone knows the Tallaght line trams should be 40m long, but on the other hand the agency in charge when challenged still thinks its nonsense. Can't blame Connex they got lumped with a system designed for a Dublin of the mid 1990's not the post Celtic Tiger Dublin, that said the Heuston Connolly shuttle isn't working and thats really a issue for Connex
http://forum.platform11.org/showthre...=1666#post1666
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I explained to Mr. Hannon that our agenda was to ensure that the RPA are accountable to passengers and quoted the example of the 30m trams on the red line. Regulars will remember that Mr. Hannon referred to this issue as "nonsense" in 2004. Fast forward to 2005 and Tom Manning of the RPA stated that the introduction of 40m trams on the red line, is on the way. Today, when I reminded Mr. Hannon about this, his response was, "it was nonsense then and if it came out today, I'd still say it was nonsense."
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It kind of sounds like a scene from a Few Good Men, they can't admit they where wrong.
We have been saying this for years
http://www.platform11.org/media/pres...no=pr_025.html
http://www.platform11.org/media/pres...no=pr_027.html
http://www.platform11.org/media/pres...no=pr_028.html
While the RPA admitted in late 2005 that they where to order the 10m sections no tender or notification has appeared online