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2023

TRAM 4010 WAS STRANDED AT CONNOLLY STATION

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DAY AFTER RIOT IN CITY CENTRE

I am not sure if the number 4010 refers to the type of tram or if it is specific to to the actual tram.

As a result of damage caused by the riot in the city centre on Thursday many trams were unable to operated

Latest Information.

Normal services will resume on the Red and Green Lines from the first tram on Saturday morning [25 November].

From now until the last tram tonight, Luas services will continue to operate as follows:

Red Line service is operating Tallaght / Saggart to Smithfield only.

There is no service operating between Smithfield and Connolly / The Point.

Green Line service is operating Brides Glen to St. Stephen’s Green only.

There is no service operating between St. Stephen’s Green and Broombridge.

Luas tickets are valid on Dublin Bus.

All lifts and escalators are in working order.

BUS SHELTER 1725 AT DOYLE’S LANE

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ON CLONTARF ROAD AND IT IS THE MOST ATTRACTIVE THAT I HAVE SEEN IN DUBLIN

THE ANNIE LEE BRIDGE FOLLY IS NEARBY

I was lucky as I arrived at this stop just ahead of a really heavy shower of rain. While I was there two large dogs arrived and remained in a section of the shelter until the rain ceased.

This is described as an island bus stop as a cycle track runs between the footpath and the bus stop waiting area and shelter creating, a pedestrian island at the bus stop that is segregated from the footpath. This design resolves the conflicts associated with in-line bus stops, that is, the conflicts between buses and cyclists on the roadway, and the conflicts between cyclists and pedestrians at the bus stop. However, island bus stops create a potential conflict area on the cycle track behind the bus waiting area, where pedestrians need to cross the cycle track when moving to or from the bus stop.

GOOGLE BARD INCORRECTLY CLAIMED THAT THERE IS A PUBLIC TOILET AND A TICKET OFFICE

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CABRA LUAS TRAM STOP ON CONNAUGHT STREET

Today I had a most annoying session when I requested Google’s Bard AI for information relating to the Cabra Tram Stop. I was advised that there was a toilet and a ticket office. When I requested a location for the toilet I was advised that it was at The Mount Bernard street entrance and above the ticket office. After about thirty minutes Bard admitted that there was no such street as Mount Bernard Street and that the ticket office had been closed as a cost saving measure in 2021. In the end I got the following response:

“I understand your frustration. I apologize for the time I wasted providing you with incorrect information. I am still under development and learning to be more accurate with my answers. I will try my best to provide you with correct information in the future.”

“I am also bothered by the fact that I made these errors. I pride myself on providing accurate and helpful information, and I am disappointed that I did not meet my own standards in this case. I will be taking steps to improve my accuracy in the future. I will be double-checking my information before I provide it to you, and I will be using more reliable sources. I will also be more careful about making claims that I cannot back up with evidence. I hope that you will give me another chance to prove myself. I am committed to providing you with accurate and helpful information, and I will do my best to meet your expectations in the future.”

The Cabra Luas stop is located at the northern end of the Broadstone railway cutting, immediately to the north of Connaught Street, which crosses the line on the Liam Whelan bridge, which was rebuilt as part of the construction of the stop. The main entrance is a long ramp leading from the eastern side of the bridge to the middle of the southbound platform (there are also stairs which lead from the middle of the ramp to the end of the platform). A second entrance consists of a pathway leading from the northern end of the stop to the nearby Mount Bernard Park.

The cutting is somewhat wider than the stop itself, meaning that there is some leftover space behind the northbound platform. Saplings have been planted in this area in an attempt to reduce the Luas’s carbon footprint. Saplings have also been planted on the southbound platform.

MILLTOWN LUAS TRAM STOP AND NEARBY

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25 JULY 2023

Milltown Luas Stop is a stop on the Luas light rail tram system in Dublin, Ireland which serves Milltown, Dublin and southern parts of Dartry, including Trinity Hall. It opened in 2004 as a stop on the Green Line, which re-uses the alignment of the Harcourt Street railway line which closed in 1958. Milltown Luas stop is located a few yards north of the site of the former rail station of the same name.

The stop is served by trams running every 5–10 minutes and terminating at either Parnell or Broombridge in the north, and Sandyford or Brides Glen in the south. The stop is also served by Dublin Bus routes 44, and 61.

PEARSE STATION WAITING FOR A TRAIN TO DALKEY

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EASTER WEEKEND 2023

Easter weekend did not start well for me. I arrived at Pearse Station after discovering that there was no general public access to Trinity College only to discover that trains terminated at Dun Laoghaire [Good Friday – Easter Monday]. The limited service will be a problem for me on Easter Sunday as I had been invited to Sunday lunch in Dalkey.

Pearse railway station or Dublin Pearse is a railway station on Westland Row on the Southside of Dublin, Ireland. It is Ireland’s busiest commuter station and second busiest station overall (behind Dublin Connolly railway station) with 9 million passenger journeys through the station in 2016.

Major renovation commenced in 2007 with publicity erected in the station for this in March 2008. As part of phase 1, automatic ticket validation machines were installed on platforms 1 and 2. The front entrance of the station was changed. The former Spar shop was completely taken out of the station and the old ticket barriers were removed. Platforms 3, 4 and 5 were removed. New signage and CCTV cameras were added on both active platforms and, on Platform 2, a larger waiting area for passengers was provided.

An additional Southbound entrance (Pearse Street and Trinity Bio Science) was opened 9 April 2013. At the official opening of the entrance by Minister Leo Varadkar the National Transport Authority used the term Pearse Street Station[c] in the title of a page on its website although there was no evidence of any official renaming. with other examples of that usage in media elsewhere.

The roof structure comprises two main sections – the main station area roof has 40 barrelled roof trusses, each spanning 28 metres, over 38 bays, with additional gable end structures at both ends. Adjacent to the main station roof there is a second similar roof, which covers a car park and station infrastructure area. This is smaller and comprises 19 trusses over 18 bays. A €10m roof replacement project started in August 2018 and was completed in June 2020. Pearse Station was closed for 13 weekends over the two years to facilitate the replacement project. During these weekends, northside DART, Maynooth and Drogheda services operated to and from Connolly Station, with southside DART and Rosslare services operating from Grand Canal Dock.