It's the LUAS Way To Go - Episode 14, 6th April - Dublin Trams
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- It's a bonus video! And it's was time to ride to all 67 stops on the Dublin Tram system know as the LUAS.
Go to the Eccentronic Bandcamp page to download the original Croydon song, Edinburgh variant, and now the Dublin version too! eccentronic.ba...
Oh, and in case you want to sing along ... here are the lyrics!!!
A lovers' Leap for Vicki Pipe and Geoff Marshall
Another tram song will be contro-varshall
Across the Liffey in a jiffy, it's a nice jaunt
The rhymes are iffy but let's get to the Point
Let’s go from Cheeveston to Red Cow and Heuston
There’s thirty stations on the Red Line to choose from
Let’s go to Leopardstown and Brides Glen if there’s time
To Windy Arbor, Cherrywood, on the Green Line
Let’s stop at Trinity to read the Book of Kells
Toast a Jameson whisky in Smithfield as well
Let’s take a selfie on the Ha’penny bridge near Jervis
Luas means speed; it's an exceptional service
Let's go from Connolly to Saggart or Rialto
It's the Luas way to go
And it’s fun, fun, fun
On the Dublin tram, tram, tram
And they've gone, gone, gone
On the Dublin tram, tram, tram
Let’s go from Dundrum-rum-rum
To Grangegorman-man-man
And it’s fun, fun, fun
On the Dublin tram, tram, tram
It's the Luas...
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1:30, love the facial expressions of the woman sat behind you.
it was hilarious..
Thts exactly what I was thinking. :) LOL!
I was expecting her to say something or add commentary
Hey, did she talk to you at all?
That little head tilt like “look at this guy”. Loved it
The Red Line track from James's to Rialto is an old canal alignment; the Green Line is the one that uses two old rail alignments (Charlemont most of the way to southern end with some diversions and Broadstone to Broombridge)
Ahh if only they have known about the former Harcourt Street Station and the cattle train crash through the wall on Feb 14th 1900...
Broadstone and Harcourt Street being two old terminuses.
the enthusiasm that the two of you bring to each video is amazing! I can't wait for every video to be uploaded each day
That Driver was probably thinking
What the hell!!
Another classic ATS Moment
The subtitles were even more confused.
Congrats being featured on RTE news guys!
Jesus, you serious? Just tonight? Haha fair play G&V!
You can view it at www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0409/1041714-railway-couple/
There are actually 69 stations on the Luas. Racecourse (between Ballyogan Wood and Carrickmines) and Brennanstown (between Carrickmines and Laughanstown) stations, both on the southern part of the Green Line, were built but never opened.
The last time I was in Dublin (and I'm long overdue to make another visit) the city centre was in uproar because the roads were being made ready for the LUAS. Nice to finally see what all the fuss was about 😉
You two are the actual best. Thank you
My favourite Dublin fact is that Dublin is Dubh Linn which means it shares it's name with a seaside resort... Blackpool
Or Blackpool shares its name with Dublin, considering Dublin is over 1000 years old.
And it's fun fun fun on the Dublin tram, tram, tram
It’s you
Just popping in to say that, with this video series, you two together are more adorable than ever.
Cheers from Chicago, the railway delay capital of the world!
Brilliant enjoy following your videos and wow its great to see you both travelling around my home country. Keep up the great work
FABULOUS! QUAINTNESS OVERLOAD!! I must say I spent a day in Dublin on my way to Chicago at the end of the '90's (different world!) - now seems so vibrant, clean and in-business! Very nice job of shing a lovely light on Ireland. 🍀👈👍🐾🎶🚂😎
What fun fun fun on the Dublin tram tram tram. It was a good laugh.
HILARIOUS! I laughed so much at this piece of genius. Thank you, thank you!
There estimation warms my heart
Brings back memories...of the time I wandered around what seemed like half of Dublin trying to find a tram station after trying to follow one of those arrow signs.
Been living in Dublin for many years, never knew LUAS is Irish for speed 😂
you two are very cool and fun !
You can use the Leap Card on bus services in Limerick, Athlone, Dundalk, Waterford and Sligo too, I think you may be able to use them on select inter city services from Dublin. You only need to tap on and off for rail services and only tap on for buses
And Wexford
Great video as always :D And gonna have that song stuck in my head now....Thanks Geoff and Vicki haha :D
Remarkable (!!) Another Hit Show; Tram Tram Tram ~~ If I were Irish I would be Thrilled ~~
I’m addicted to that bloody tram song lol like seriously addicted. I may need therapy
(Rubs hands) Mwah-hah-hah! My scheme is working! Taking over the world one mind at a time!
My least favourite luas stop is red cow story at 1 like
Story I was waiting for a bus for 55 minutes there as well as losing a bag and whenever I go there it gives me flashbacks of that
Just brilliant, tram song is class
those trams are Alstom Citadis 5000 sets both used for the LUAS
Red line
Green line
Really enjoyed that! Thanks guys
You guys are the best, when needs be you can serious talking to big bosses at the top of some of the biggest train operating companies and of course Sir Peter himself from Network Rail also. But then flip things to a weekend bonus video of you guys going around stopping at all the stops on the Dublin Tram network and you produce a nugget of comedy and fact gold like that. You both deserve the highest accolades and the greatest of honours. For slowly bringing back to the forefront of the british publics mind the Train and Tram networks around this hopefully still great country of ours. You are the greatest.
justin, that's a lovely comment .. thank you! we put so much hard work into these (it's not all fun fun fun!) and we're thrilled you love it. thx! G&V.
@@AllTheStations Whenever you are both coming past either Weston super Mare or Taunton next please do look me up/contact me it would be a highlight to meet you both in person. Please do not stop in your crusade, I run out superlatives for you 2. Nothing but sheer brilliance.
Alternate Title: A Streetcar Named LUAS.
Steve Lovelace Or _A Tram Named _*_LUAS!_*
We Europeans don’t call them streetcars! 😂
Never understood why North Americans call them streetcars. It just sounds like an overly long version of the word car.
The Point is named thus.
It used to be a train depot this earning it the nickname ‘The Point Depot’ when the train building was converted into a music venue in the 80s/90s. (Now known as the 3 Arena) .
Gosh if you like trams you should visit Melbourne.
Or Prague.
... or Zurich.
Or Manchester
Omg the end was SO FUNNY!!!!
all the tram stops...tick
That was really fun.
Please have a look at midland metro line one. Several stops are built on former railway stations. With two stops having evidence of the former life.
The Red Line follows the route of the Old Grand Canal Main Line from Grand Canal Harbour (closed) beside St. James to Suir Road,
The existing Grand Canal from this point was actually a Branch to Grand Canal Docks (yes plural) on the River Liffey
This is why it drops down under old bridges.
The Green line follows the alignment of the Harcourt Street-Bray Railway line between Charlemont-Sandyford & Carickmines-Brides Glen,
(it deviates to populated areas between Sandyford and Carickmines)
I'll just put this here....
South London Unified Tramlink.
Well done Vicki and Geoff !!
When Geoff said “What the bleep are they doing?” I knew what the people on the tram said “What the fuck are they doing?” That go me laughing hard mate!
Hello lovely Dublin lady behind you, someone's mum is now famous, I hope she finds herself and discovers exactly what you were doing.
More trams for other cities would be good, I have been on the Oslo system and the Amsterdam system as well as the London one, as a general transport system they really are much better than buses for longer journeys.
In some parts of Ireland it is
Dublin looks so cool, I must visit soon!
It's not. Buch of alcoholics and drug dealers and gangs. It's not worth it
@@parallels.p5472 No worse than London than
Brilliant video...
You should do "All The Trams UK!" You could do Croydon first, then get over to Euston for a train to Wolverhampton, do Midland Metro (my local tram route!) to Grand Central, jump on a train to Nottingham, then do the Nottingham system. Then train to Sheffield, and Supertram, onto Manchester for Metrolink (that'll take a bit of time!) before heading for Blackpool. After Blackpool, off to Edinburgh (the only one of these I've yet to bash myself) for that. You could even add Tyne & Wear Metro in (not strictly a tramway though-no street running!)
Should take you around four days!
Like Trams? Come Melbourne Australia.
come and do all the blackpool tram stops and do a few heritage trams
HILARIOUS! TICK!
Great video The line was to be extended at Saggart but not yet depending on new building developments
Same in Tallaght and Broombridge to Finglas
@@LesD9 Bridesglen is being billed as a new satellite town surburb of Dubin. It has bus and road links with the main N11 road and is now gradually being built with a mixture of hi tech companies, offices space and apartments a lack of amenities has held things up. Lack of shops schools makes restaurants has made the location non family friendly thus it's sparsely populated.
Plan is also to extend to bray
...Nice 1 guyz. (thumbs-up)
They look pretty much identical to the Nottingham trams.
Have you been to all the tram stops in the U.K.?
So glad you are not one of those English people who completely ignore Ireland
Interesting Luas fact #1: Gauge. The Luas is 4'8.5" like in the UK, whereas main line is 5'3". This is reputedly on purpose, so there could be no chance of trams ever running on CIE (Irish Rail) metals!
What’s with the hair gel?
I thought regeneration was something doctor who did.
Geoff WHAT THE F*** WERE YOU DOING AT THE END OF THIS
Is it always raining?
It seems to be more snake-y than the Croydon one XD
FUN FACT DART STANDS FOR DUBLIN AREA RAPID TRANSIT
Every tramline should have a song written by Eccentronic :-)
We're open to commissions Steve!
@@hypnotiquemusic Sadly can't afford it, but hopefully there are people that can :-)
Offically this is meant to be referred to as "Luas" not 'The Luas'. It's used as if it's a name of someone. Just stylistic i guess.
Lol that is good Ireland trams
I very rarely take the luas. I do live in Dublin but nowhere near the luas. Sometimes I would take the luas to Dundrum to do a bit of shopping. I usually take the bus places as it is far more handier for me. I think that dublin has an atrocious transport system. You probably realised that you spend most of your time on the puss stuck at traffic lights. That's where I really Think Dublin needs an underground.
That motorway is te m50
i think the editors got a bit carried away at the end...oof
Green line is better
Your wife i guess.?? Qtre tp 1 pm gmt.
“Hey, why does the Red Line go so far out into the suburbs?”
“That’s _The Point!”_
Conversely, The Point is in the City.
Chris Clark Is it near the 3Arena by any chance?
@@JeSuisRene The 3Arena was previously called The Point Theatre.
TRiG (Ireland) So I’m assuming they’ve named the Tram stop after the Point Theatre (which is now 3Arena), correct?
@@JeSuisRene I think that both theatre (previously) and tram stop are named after the area, which is adjacent to the port, but I'm honestly not sure what the origin of the name is. It could be that the theatre came first and gave its name to the area.
Surely a Moquette expert is a Moquexpert?
You stole my joke which I thought after you, but still, you stole it
No chat with a tramdriver, we are normally talkative when there is no stress.
After a rather bad day at work I watched ur video and I felt all is right with the world keep up the good work
andrew, that's very kind of you to say. thank you!
Richard Williams
"It always rains in Ireland" is going to be the new "We've never been to the Isle of Wight" isn't it?
There's no train on that toilet
1:29 She seemed rather interested
She clearly wanted a chat
so how long until "Secrets of the Luas"?
✔✔✔ Hi to the lovely lady sitting behind Geoff @ 1:30 Excellent job Vicki & Geoff your enthusiasm and smiling faces just bring so much joy & make it fun, fun, fun to watch! 😂 The ATS team is doing a really wonderful job and it shows in the quality of the videos! 👍Thank you! 💖
Cuter than cute cute! Fun fact of the day - LUAS uses standard (4ft 8.5ins) gauge track while, as we all know but Geoff won't tell us, the rail system uses non-standard 5ft 3Ins gauge.
Wait-does that mean all the trains in Ireland (north and south) use the same broad gauge?!
Yes it does, set in the mid-1800s (~70 years before Ireland became separated). Here is a good Wikipedia article - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_gauge_in_Ireland
One tram line is called the. Daniel day and the other line is the Jerry Lee...
You're absolutely fab Guys. This is a great production. And a hell of a lot of work!
Your enthusiasm for the rails is so infectious to nerds and non-nerds alike.
I don't use the trains much (except the Luas) but there is some satisfaction to witnessing the system in it's entirety.
Thanks for coming to Ireland. Bord Failte and Iarnrod Eireann should be well pleased with what you've put out.
Richard
Dublin
you're very kind Richard, thank you! a whole bunch of people have put in hard work to make it all happen (not just us two), it's nice to get comments like this - appreciated.
FUN FACT: We Dubliners nicknamed it the *_Daniel Day Luas!_* 😜🚊
Aarrgh!
We also call them the silver shnakes through the city.
Still better than the nickname they gave the streetcar line in Seattle.
While the official name is now “Seattle Streetcar-South Lake Union Line”, a lot of locals insisted the original name for the line have a very... Let’s call it an unfortunate acronym....
@@metropod gowan, tell us!
@@toyotaprius79 It is sometimes referred to as the South Lake Union Trolley
Good thing you guys avoided the morning and evening rush! It's pretty dire...
Fun fact, for the green line they introduced extension for the Luas fleet, a number of them are now 55m which makes them *The Longest Trams - In The World*
On their first debut across the Liffey in late 2017 early 2018, the traffic light sequencing wasn't adapted/engineered for the longer trams, which are longer than the O'Connell Bridge (which is also wider than it is long); traffic going west down the quays were blocked by the last Luas carriage stuck waiting at a red light.
Aren't some Budapest Combinos 60 m? And many networks couple 2 of even 3 trams together, which van be quite long, too.
Literally watching this on Edinburgh Tram. Now I decide to ride all tram lines in Great Britain in 2019.
Current progress: 1/∞
East Pavilion-er London, Sheffield, Nottingham, Blackpool.....
Manchester, Birmingham...
Does Tyne and Wear Metro count?
Jaime Brown I think, since it's actually Light Rail.
4:44 TFI, whatever this man tells you to do, you do it.
Fun! Fun! Fun! On the Trams! Trams! Trams!
Craic! Craic! Craic! On the Luas! Luas! Luas!
A face that's says a 1000 words, that lady behind you!)
You're visit to Castlebar lured me to look up Lord Lucan. His family had the title Baronet of Castlebar and they held important administrative positions in the area and in the British Army back in the day. Ancestral seat was Castlebar Lawn near the town
The Dublin tram system is massive in distances to be fair. Dublin has a small city center, but a vast sprawling metro area that goes on forever. The Luas is more like an American Interurban with the longest trams in the world I think?
An urban Tardis.
Melbourne has the largest tram network in the world. Dublin's is nowhere near the largest.
@@exilenm2 did not say it was. Hence the question mark...
The latest trams are 55 meters and older ones are to be extended.
Glad to see they managed to connect the 2 lines. when i lived in Dublin in 2011 I could not fathom why the green line ended at St. Stephens Green leaving it a good 15 min walk from the red line.
munstergirl25 tramlines are usually built incrementally
As an escapee originally from Croydon, I love the Dublin tram song but you're clearly trying too hard to suppress a smile, you need to work on those perfectly deadpan faces a little 😎
Tram moves at the end reminds me of ‘The High Life’ intro 🤗
The great thing about NZ time is I wake up in the morning and there is a fresh ATS video to watch😀😎
insano0077 you sounds like me.... lol we must be in same country lol
I feel the same way in Australia
Me too in the bay of islands
Just so you know, the Leap Visitor card is €10 for 24 hours, €19.50 for 72 hours, or €40 for 168 hours (the time starts when you first use it, and you can buy one up to 1 year before it expires). And you can buy one online - it’ll usually arrive in less than a week in the UK by post .... about.leapcard.ie/leap-visitor-card I did “All the Luas” about 18 months ago, but that was before the Green Line extended north of St Stephens Green, so I’ll fill in the gaps when I go back in August :)
arwelp I done it all on Saturday.
Fun fun fun. On the Dublin tram tram tram! This has been stuck in my head since your teased this on twitter!
No matter how long it took you have now set the record time for doing all the Luas tram stops
I see a new Guinness World record challenge now, who's up for it
I'm really enjoying the whole series. I may even plan a trip to Ireland. Thanks Geoff and Vicki.
I think you need to run an AllTheTrams Kickstarter and go on every tram in the UK. :-)
I love trains and trams so that would be a great idea
The Manchester Metrolink is also quite vast as well, since it serves nearly every corner of Manchester and surrounding areas. You can go to Rochdale, Oldham, Bury, Eccles, Ashton and even Manchester Airport on the Metrolink! A new link to the Trafford Centre is also under construction.
Rumoured to be extending
To include Stockport from East Didsbury and Stockport over to Ashton Moss
I can never find a tram from Piccadilly gardens to the airport when I visit and normally I'm in Manchester every couple of weeks before the Pandemic. Could you help?
Anthony The airport service does not serve Piccadilly Gardens, you can pick it up at Market Street.
The next club anthem of 2019, complete with its own dance.
You missed the internationally important graffiti in Broombridge Station, for all science nerds.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broom_Bridge
Just came from the Tram video on the main channel :D
Had you two been drinking something stronger than Tea?
Smithwicks probably
Great video on the LUAS Geoff & Vicki, but thank to the ending I can't get that (expletive deleted) Tram Tram Tram song out of my head. Argh!!!