Luas Red Line

It’ll get you were you’re going… Most of the time unless there are protests in town or some muppet has driven into the side of it. You regularly might have an entire journey without feeling threatened. You could probably buy most kinds of illegal substances on it. Sometimes it’s even on time.

The Red line… It always arrives on time, never stopping for technical reasons. Actually it happened once during the very cold and windy winter days, something was on the way. A good 30 minutes later it was back and running !
I take the Red line everyday to work and it’s the best. Avoiding traffic just rocks my world :)

I’ve become a big fan of the red line. It connects the Northside inner city with Heuston, James’s hospital and goes further out to Tallaght. It also runs that little bit later, so if you miss the last bus you’ll still have time to grab the Luas until about 12.30.

Although I really appreciate public transportation, especially as someone who has decided to do without a car for a few years, the red line luas is usually always an experience that I dread. I am not sure if they just need more trains operating on the line or what, but EVERY single time I board the red line it is crazy crowded. Many times at the point where I am squashed between people or simply can not even fit into the doors. Often these are at completely non-​peak times too, which I don’t ever understand. While I really enjoy the green line luas, which I take from the city center out to Dundrum, the red line, I have just not had a great experience. My usual red line commute from Georges dock to Heuston station and back may be just an extremely busy line. It does pass through some busy tourist areas and also some more unsavory locations as well. Either way, there will be future red line trips to come and I will keep hoping things will get better.

Want to get to Tallaght without being choked to death by the fumes of a Dublin Bus?
Hop on the Luas.
The debit card slot on the ticket machine won’t work for any transaction under a fiver, so have change ready.
You also can’t top up your Leap card with less than a fiver either.
It’s frequent, fairly quick and hassle-​free, so what’s not to like?

You can’t beat getting around town on the LUAS. It’s inexpensive, quick, and goes pretty much everywhere you need to be. The Red Line is great for heading out to southern parts of the city as well. The city has done a great job getting all the yobs off and beggars way from the ticket machines in recent months as well.

Jays. If’n I were to move back to Dublin te live, it would be so I could have a run on te Luas every day. I’d roide it like bleedin Mustang Sally herself for a week solid its that brilliant. Knowarrameanloike?
Seriously though /​/​switching to South County Dooblin accent here/​/​this is an absolutely fantastic addition to Dublin. The trains were clean and fast, there was visible security (as in a guard). Buying tickets was a no brainer and despite being told to «mind yerself» at the stations in town, I never saw anything out of order.
I hopped on the train at the Red Cow and was in town in a little under 40 mins. and had a lovely look at me auld haunts along the way (back when if you didn’t have the 60p for the bus you were walkin!)
Tha’s bleedin magic!!! Roight?

The Red Line is a nice fast way to get across town. I didn’t have a cab fare to compare it to, but I got 4 tix one way for less than 5 Euro.
The train cars were clean and not too crowded. Have cash handy — credit/​debit cards are not acceded for less than 5 Euro.

Luas… what can you say… really really handy… specially over last week or so, when spontaneous monsoons occur every other hour…
I use the Red Line more frequently because of work, but the Green one is great too as I dont have a car at the mo, and would never have discovered Dundrum without the helping hand of said Luas line…
Not great in the mornings with people on way to work, but still better than the bus or Dart!!!