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Dublin tramways was a system of trams in Dublin, Ireland, which commenced line-laying in 1871, and began service in 1872, following trials in the mid-1860s. [1] Established by a number of companies, the majority of the system was eventually operated by forms of the Dublin United Tramways Company (DUTC), dominated for many years by William Martin Murphy.
Dublin United Tramways: Dublin: Horse 1 Feb 1872 1901 Electric 16 May 1896 3 Jul 1949 Operation suspended during part of 1944 because of fuel (coal) shortage; service restored 2 October 1944. Luas: Electric 30 Jun 2004 Light rail: Dublin Southern District Tramways: ♦ Dublin - Dún Laoghaire - Dalkey: Horse 17 Mar 1879 ? Opened in stages ...
In September 2009 a Red Line Luas tram and a double-decker number 16 Dublin Bus collided at the crossing of Abbey Street and O'Connell Street in central Dublin. [89] The front section of the tram was derailed in the incident and the driver's cabin was crushed flat against the left hand side of the bus. [90]
The inner orbital route runs roughly around the heart of the Georgian city from St. Stephen's Green to Mountjoy Square and from the King's Inns to St Patrick's Cathedral. The outer orbital route runs largely along the natural circle formed by Dublin's two canals, the Grand Canal and the Royal Canal, as well as the North and South Circular Roads.
Go-Ahead Ireland operate approximately 10% of the total Dublin network, primarily consisting of routes transferred from Dublin Bus after it won a competitive tender process. Go-Ahead additionally won the tender for the 197 service from Swords to Ashbourne which began operating on 24 November 2019.
Eventually, sections of the disused tram route between the Baily post office and the Summit were expanded to form an extension of Carrickbrack Road; this enabled a single bus route (number 88) to be used. The area was then served by the 31, 31a and 31b bus routes, which operated from Abbey Street in the city centre. In winter, icy roads on the ...
The routes in 1910. The Dublin United Transport Company (DUTC) operated trams and buses in Dublin, Ireland until 1945. Following legislation in the Oireachtas, the Transport Act, 1944, the DUTC and the Great Southern Railways were vested in the newly formed Córas Iompair Éireann on 1 January 1945.
Saggart (Irish: Teach Sagard) is a stop on the Luas light-rail tram system in Dublin, Ireland. It opened in 2011 as the terminus of an extension of the Red Line. [1] The stop is located on a section of reserved track next to Citywest Drive near Saggart village in south-west Dublin. [2] It is also close to Whitechurch and Baldonnel. To the north ...