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Mark Gleeson · 15-02-2008, 13:10

Firstly the capacity is closer to 22,500, a good 3 times beyond the Green line Luas

Demand is split three ways
City, DCU, Airport

So in fact the system will carry well more than 20k an hour since it will be heavily used in both directions

Rough guess is year one peak flow would be 12k, they are only quoting 30 million passengers at start

RPA are working on 2 minute intervals, they could go to 90 seconds and then be hitting 30k per direction capacity

Remember when this started 4k was year one capacity with a limit of 18k on capacity, now at 22.5k with potential to get 30k easily

15-02-2008, 13:10	#15
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Firstly the capacity is closer to 22,500, a good 3 times beyond the Green line Luas Demand is split three ways City, DCU, Airport So in fact the system will carry well more than 20k an hour since it will be heavily used in both directions Rough guess is year one peak flow would be 12k, they are only quoting 30 million passengers at start RPA are working on 2 minute intervals, they could go to 90 seconds and then be hitting 30k per direction capacity Remember when this started 4k was year one capacity with a limit of 18k on capacity, now at 22.5k with potential to get 30k easily __________________ Unhappy with new timetable - let us know