Railfanning the Dublin Luas tram system both trackside and RFW views.
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- This sleek tram system in Dublin gets you to many places in the area with speed and comfort other than in rush hours or special sporting events. There was an event on 7/23 between Kilkenny and Limerick at the complex south of the city which holds over 80000 people. I was armpit to armpit amongst loud boisterous fans chanting and singing heading to the event. Other than that, it’s a fun and efficient system.
I was the driver of tram 5001 seen on Marlborough Street - the event on Sunday was the All-Ireland Hurling final, most fans use public transport to and from the event so trams, trains and buses are packed, but in general everyone is in good spirits so there's rarely any issues.
Yes. I recall the bell. Thanks. First time here. Having a great time. Is the Luas line south on what was once an old tram??? Another driver mentioned that to me
@@3985uprr to the South the Green Line uses part of the defunct Harbourt Street Railway which closed in 1958, to the North it uses a section of the old Midland Great Western Railway to Broombridge.
What stations in the commuter zone west of Heuston see the heaviest high speed action? In the short hop zone
@@3985uprr Probably Sallins/Naas for the Cork services and Kilcock for the Sligo.
@@donohoeirl tomorrow is my last day here, so I’m going to railfan the line out of Heuston and later the Dart to Howth and Malahide. Love the Class 8100’s. Get some Enterprise trains. It’s been fun. Thanks for the info
I live in Ireland and I travel on the Luas pretty frequently. I’ve also proposed adding more lines.
All loitered by illegals now.....report that too
Tram RFWs are really interesting.!!! this looks like a neat system. and the buses are very unique as well.
Busfan windows!!! I’ll pass 😂😂
@@3985uprr hahahaha top deck.!!! i enjoy bus rides sometimes, i do record them as well with subtitles, but i have criteria for which rides i wanna do, since i make them as virtual mini city tours.
Nice trams. Thanks Tim😀😀💚💚🍀🍀
Coming home to Ireland on visits in my 21 years living in the U.K. (Manchester) and proudly holding an Irish passport as an Irish patriot, I love the announcements on the LUAS and the DART in my native Irish Gaelic language as well as in English, as I find them very welcoming and comforting, even though my command of Irish Gaelic is not as good as it should be, but the announcements in Irish inspire me to improve my knowledge of my native language 🇮🇪☘️🇬🇧❤️
Welcome home Micheal🇮🇪❤️
Been to Dublin twice and didn’t even know it had trams. Go figure.
Yep. We got the trams back in 2004.
Ding ding!!
Thanks for the interesting video. Holy cow! I can't get over how stressful it must be for the operator, what with all those pedestrians darting in front of the tram at the last moment, as well as all the other vehicular traffic to contend with. It would be fun to see the reactions of the throngs of people crowding the right of way if those trams had a Nathan 5 chime horn. A blast of that horn would sweep them away like an unseen hand. :)
LUAS is the gaelic / Irish word meaning 'speed'
So cool, Tim! Have fun.
you imagine this in NYC a car would hit every second
The trams seem to travel largely in reserved ROW and may also have signal priority at intersections.
6:34 why does this tram have this loud sound? the bell should be enough (bikes have it for a reason).
They have the horn because people with headphones in their ears listening to music don't hear the bell
@@kevino6618 Are they only supposed to be used off-road though? Surely it's loud enough so that, on off-road sections, track workers can hear it from far away. I never use the horn while driving if someone pulls out in front of me, but I do if they are reversing into me or changing lanes into me.
@@annabelholland That may have been the original intention, I don't know, but you'd be surprised how many pedestrians with music blaring in their ears with their earbuds/earphones/headphones in/on their ears appear to not hear the bell (or maybe they just ignore it). If I had a euro for every time I've heard a Luas tram ringing its bell as pedestrians are crossing in front of it and then the driver having to resort to the horn for one last dopey idiot who steps out at the last moment... You get the idea.
Tamlacht is actually just the Irish name for Tallaght, great footage
that was not daniel o connell its john gray the O'Connell Monument is the big one at end of O'Connell st 12 mins into video
Thanks for the correction
@@3985uprr hope you get to ride the luas red line out to Tallaght or Saggart it picks up speed when it gets out of city limits and if you like harley davidson theres a dealership close to the red cow stop
@@johnh33AI’m
Not a motorcycle guy. I did ride green line south of the city and it went fast
Ireland is not part of the British Isles. The only gripe I have with your excellent videos..
I know it is not part of Great Britain but it is part of a cluster of islands that make up the British Isles. I would feel a lot worse if I said that Ireland was part of Great Britain!!!!
I am Irish and living in Ireland the archepeligo is called 'The British Isles' a geoghraphic term and not a political one.
@@ArcadiaJunctionHobbies Its not recognized by the Irish government, EU or UN nor is it found in any legal document. It's a term coined in the Tudor era with inextricable links to British colonialist expansion into Ireland. To say it is not political is nonsense.
Nice!
These resemble the cars used on the Atlanta Streetcar, but the trains here are much shorter and the system is so short as to be insignificant.
If you're wondering what Luas stands for, it actually doesn't stand for anything at all
Luas (pronounced "loo-iss") is the Irish word for speed
Max speed 42mph. Not exactly breathtaking
@@3985uprr Yeah
It's annoying how it only goes out to the southside suburbs like Tallaght and Citywest and not to places like
Lucan, Ashbourne, Blanchardstown, Swords etc. It was really badly designed in 2004
How do they collect fares on these trams?
Random inspection of tickets. You must tap your card in and out
so its a honor system like NJ transit light rail@@3985uprr
You can also use a LeapCard, which is the Irish travel pass.
LUAS in this case is an acronym for Light urban area system
Rented dorm rooms @ trinity college When I went to Dublin. You should try to go to Teeling distillery in the liberties
British Isles?? We'll just about let you off with that one seeing as how you are a tourist
That’s what they say is part of it. I didn’t make this up
@@3985uprr That term is not recognised by the Irish Government or really any international organisation, it is a political name intended to put the Irish under the control of the British. To this day neither the Irish Government or the UK Government use the term when discussing the 2 islands as a whole they tend to use "the islands of ours" "these isles" "our (two) islands" among others.