Thursday: The Snail on The Rail

A big change in Dublin from my last visit was the fact that they have finally finished the tram lines. There are two, but there's a ten minute walk between them. Considering it cost €1.5 billion, it doesn't smack of much joined-up thinking in the planning process. Never mind joined-up tram lines.

(Viz. also, Tunnels which are too small for lorries...)



The green line ran four stops from the city centre right in front of the hotel and only cost €4.50 a day for unlimited travel.



It's called the LUAS, which is Irish for "Speed". I hate to think what would happen if Sandra Bullock was driving. However, the tram combined with the Dublin Bus Tour 24 hour ticket meant that it was dead easy to get around, and we avoided some of the problems of car ownership.