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Originally Posted by on the move
Re 24/7 commercialism: This is supposed to be a modern country in the Western World, not North Korea. Those who can make money create opportunities to make it, those who don't bother count the cost. The Red Line runs through the busiest and most populated areas of Dublin. Temple Bar is 5 minutes walk from Jervis. There's a plethora of bars and restaurants in and around Abbey Street, no Luas outside the door though. There was the NYE concert on, yet no Luas was available on the Red Line less than a kilometre away.
Nothing economic about it. There's plenty of custom available, if there was a will to find it. Instead "public order" concerns are cited, despite the trams stuffed with security personnel on every late night journey.
Laziness/Stubbornness is the real reason.
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you been watching wall street a bit much.
as for the rest.... Temple Bar has got all the night links and several taxi ranks around it. have you actually been in o'connell street after midnight? The only thing going are the fast food outlets from abbey street to the bridge. I have spent many an evening in the grand central, and have gazed out as empty luas followed by empty luas followed by empty luas goes past all the way to the last one. Your last paragraph, finally, actually contradicts everything else you say. Your use of "public order" suggests you find that reason as doubtful, whcih is exactly what i started this off by saying. The only reason why there are no late night red line Luas is because it lost money hand over fist.
There are similar levels of anti social behaviour on the Red Line in the evening and on bus services. They still run though, because there is money to be made.
In a similar vein, the same applies to rail services over the christmas. If everyone was so eager to work 24/7 in a manner in which you appear to desire so much then yes there would be train services. However, most people have more sense.