[10-12-2008] Luas Red Line Partially Suspended

Mark Gleeson · 10-12-2008, 18:31

Fire in a building near Jervis Stop

Services suspended Connolly to Smithfield

Normal service Smithfield Tallaght, Dublin Bus will honour all tickets

Colm Moore · 10-12-2008, 19:11

It also looks like there are power issures - crew (with bolt cutters!) on site at the O'Connell Street substation.

Powered off trams at Abbey Street stop and on Middle Abbey Street.

http://www.luas.ie/travel-updates.php

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Red Line distruption

10/12/08 17:50 No services between Four Courts and Connolly
2008-12-10

http://www.luas.ie/page.php?name=Red_Line_distruption

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10/12/08 17:50

The LUAS Redline (Tallaght to Connolly) is disrupted at the moment due to a fire in the Jervis Street area. Services are operating between Tallaght and Smithfield. There are no services between Four Courts and Connolly.

LUAS tickets are valid on Dublin Bus for the duration of this disruption.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Mark Gleeson · 10-12-2008, 19:17

Fire probably tripped out the overhead or the fire officer needed the power shut off asap

Mark Gleeson · 10-12-2008, 22:21

Fire out

Alstom engineers on site now trying to get the electricity back on

Services might be back running within the next 30 minutes or so

Cheers to Colm for ringing in

luasuser · 10-12-2008, 22:50

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Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

Fire out

Alstom engineers on site now trying to get the electricity back on

Services might be back running within the next 30 minutes or so

Cheers to Colm for ringing in

Service back to normal. the reason the power lines are disconnected is because a tram will have a short circuit if the power is isolated while trams are turned on! therefore the trams (4) that where between jervis & connolly had to be powered off, or else the trams inner batteries would waste & the trams would have to be towed from the city back to the depot in red cow. this is a slow process as the trams being towed can only travel at max 25km per hour.

the lines would also have to be isolated as a safety precaution for the fire services!

igy · 11-12-2008, 22:31

The trams can't handle a power failure gracefully?
I must say that surprises me; what happens if a big chunk of the ESB grid fails temporarily, all the trams need to be towed back to base?

10-12-2008, 18:31	#1
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	[10-12-2008] Luas Red Line Partially Suspended Fire in a building near Jervis Stop Services suspended Connolly to Smithfield Normal service Smithfield Tallaght, Dublin Bus will honour all tickets __________________ Unhappy with new timetable - let us know

10-12-2008, 19:17	#3
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Fire probably tripped out the overhead or the fire officer needed the power shut off asap __________________ Unhappy with new timetable - let us know

10-12-2008, 22:21	#4
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Fire out Alstom engineers on site now trying to get the electricity back on Services might be back running within the next 30 minutes or so Cheers to Colm for ringing in __________________ Unhappy with new timetable - let us know

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11-12-2008, 22:31	#6
igy New to the board Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Glas Naoin Posts: 8	The trams can't handle a power failure gracefully? I must say that surprises me; what happens if a big chunk of the ESB grid fails temporarily, all the trams need to be towed back to base?