Monday, April 21, 2025

Urgent attention is needed on the running of the Luas

Luas real time information was not in service on the Blue Line yesterday, Easter Sunday.

Luas should have advertised more extensively the disruption to services on Easter Sunday.

The lift on the northbound platform at the Luas stop in Phibsborough has now been out of action for several weeks. There is a half-torn notice on the door telling passengers the door is broken.

Does it take that long to fix a door?

Anyone familiar with the Phibsborough stop will be aware of the steep steps to ground level. It’s not a pleasant experience for someone in a wheelchair, someone lifting a pram or bicycle up those steps.

It’s a regular event on Sundays that both lifts are not working before 08.00.

For the last number of weeks there is no reply to the Luas number anytime before 08.30.

On Sundays the trams are overcrowded. It’s clear the company needs to increase frequency on that day.

The PA systems on southbound trams immediately before they cross the Liffey give incorrect information.

It wouldn’t take a multi million public inquiry to know what is happening or, for that matter, how to fix  it.

A Luas driver when asked about these issues replied, nodding his head in resignation and saying simply: "yes, I know”.


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