Tallaght LUAS station on Jan 22nd 2003
Sometimes you don’t notice places changing on a day by day basis, even though the changes add up over time to produce very large differences in the environment.
This shot of Tallaght LUAS stop, under construction in January 2003, shows just how much has changed in 5 years.
The wide open vista with lots of light, and the mountains visible to the left is long gone now, as this area is overshadowed by highrise buildings, and the line itself is actually underneath office developments just beyond where the buses are crossing.
The buses themselves have changed colour, but that is pretty normal for Dublin, where liveries have changed radically every decade since the 1960s – green to blue and cream, to orange, to green, to blue and cream, to yellow and blue . .
It’s only a matter of time before blue and cream comes round again, but the wide open spaces of Tallaght will never return.
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OMG, that looks weird now…. and RH’s running in 2003 & Red Luas Line wasn’t ready until late 2004