This year will mark twenty years of LUAS tram operations in Dublin.
Construction began several years previously, and the first trams arrived in 2002 and were stored at the Red Cow tram depot prior to service.
I was away from Dublin for most of 2004, but returned briefly in April, where my friend Hassard Stacpoole invited me on a pre-service tour of the new Green Line, and then again in November that year, just a couple months after services began on the east-west Red line.
I made the photos in this selection of the Red Line extension to the Point Depot using my Lumix LX3 at the end of March this year. This route opened in 2009.
Over the coming weeks and months, I plan to present some of my many photos of the LUAS expose during its early months of operation. These are among the 1000’s of slide I brought back from Dublin on our recent trip.
The LUAS at Mayor Square as view from inside a coffee shop.
The LUAS at Mayor Square as view from inside a coffee shop.
The LUAS at Mayor Square as view from inside a coffee shop.
I barely recognized the LUAS stop at Spencer Dock. The urban landscape has been completely transformed in just a few years.
I barely recognized the LUAS stop at Spencer Dock. The urban landscape has been completely transformed in just a few years.
I barely recognized the LUAS stop at Spencer Dock. The urban landscape has been completely transformed in just a few years.
It is difficult for me to comprehend, but this space was once occupied by an Irish Rail freight yard. Although made from a different perspective, I have photos of the yard—topic for another post on another day.
It is difficult for me to comprehend, but this space was once occupied by an Irish Rail freight yard. Although made from a different perspective, I have photos of the yard—topic for another post on another day.
It is difficult for me to comprehend, but this space was once occupied by an Irish Rail freight yard. Although made from a different perspective, I have photos of the yard—topic for another post on another day.
An outbound tram approaches The Point. The old row houses to the right of the tram are all that’s left of the old urban scape.
An outbound tram approaches The Point. The old row houses to the right of the tram are all that’s left of the old urban scape.
An outbound tram approaches The Point. The old row houses to the right of the tram are all that’s left of the old urban scape.
At 22 years old, the 3001/4001-series trams may be reaching the end of their useful lives.
