I take red line every day, morning and evening. Never had any issues with people trying to attack or rob me but weekly I witness drunks, junkies, drunks/junkies pushing buggies, dirt bags on their way to court, loud and unruly kids, people playing music loudly on their phones, legs and feet all over seats, little kn****rs spraying water canons at each other ….. the list goes on. It’s just unpleasant really. Generally I plug in my earphones and try to do my 40 minute journey each way ignoring it all.

Why has no one mentioned Dublin bus! There’s no security and the anti social behaviour is just as bad.

A day late and a dollar short. This behaviour’s been going on for years. The junkies between Abbey St and Heuston have no fear and nothing to lose.

“TD’s call for more safety on Luas Red Line”

Commuters call for a Luas on the Luas Red Line!

I say 90% of all the trouble on the red line is down to junkies. The worst place is the Jervis stop were they they just hassle people all day.

red= danger, green = safe ,Explained!

Need security that will actually do something !

Imagine being a tourist on the Luas and going to the Jervis stop seeing all those zombies out of there head! Id never use the tram again

We need a dedicated “Transport Police” like they have in the UK. Public order can hardly be made the responsibility of a train operator!

Luas red line is full of maniacs from out towards tallaght. Not much that’s going to change that. Then you’ve got the junkies getting on at heuston up to the four courts, but it’s ok after that. I’d say you’d be taking your life in your hands getting the red line at night.

I travel on both red and green lines on are regular basis the red line is horrendous drug addicts.homeless drunks used it as a pub terrible when you compare it to the green line which is quiet and relaxing.

I take the red line from Saggart to James’ every day for work and while I agree there is a problem I’ve never had any trouble. The problem is that once the troublemakers see security they jump off and wait on the next tram! Junkies and general scangers aren’t as stupid as people think!

Lots of scumbags in wealthy areas of Dublin too. They just rob us through our national treasury instead.

A lot of that line is used by commuters travelling to the IFSC / docklands from Heuston so I think you’re avoiding, rather than addressing, the issue there.

I used to take the Red Line to work every day before I switched jobs and refer to it as THE JEREMY KYLE EXPRESS. Just like the participants on that show many people using the Dread Line are so similar to, they are mostly harmless- and honestly: free entertainment included in the ticket price. To be honest, I generally feel a lot unsafer on Dublin Bus or while walking through the city centre. The TD would server her constituents better by suggesting initiatives helping the people in her community to battle addiction, get jobs & have something to do rather than telling VEOLIA how it needs to do its job…

I use the Red Line every morning and evening. I completely agree that it is unpleasant and more of a security presence is definitely needed. However the general sentiment that the only undesirable people in the city live on the Red Line area is absurd. Nearly every part of Dublin is downtrodden in appearance and full of “ghetto” people making a ruckus wherever they go. Cue the angry, emotional responses that Dublin is beautiful and friendly and if I don’t like it I should leave in…3…2…1…

Don’t stop at or just divert the Luas away from knacker-agua!

Which are?????

I only get the Luas as a last resort as it is effectively like a citizen funded sweeping brush….. It’s moving filth around from one place to another. The only thing I can think of to crack down on it is if the operator has a zero tolerance to dirtbag policy and has security teams at every second station. You pay for that though

I didn’t realise the red Luas line passed by your door Denis?

Im thinking of moving out of my beloved Dublin because its geting to violent I have seen a lot of bad things on the Luas and after 9pm the streets are scary. I dont like to say this but its true.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETO3-MxMe2Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Totally agree with how rough the ‘Dread’ line is. It’s like resident evil …. it represents everything thats wrong with dublin……..but I would like to see TD’s addressing these social problems on a macro level, and not just on the Luas.

Here’s an idea that I’ve had for some time – gardai and defence forces personnel to travel free on LUAS, IF IN UNIFORM and with possession of service ID.

Not to make arrests (in the case of DF) but uniformed personnel might reassure other paying punters and there might be a better likelihood of such people being willing to make witness statements etc. when skangers are arrested but claim “dey were doin nuttin” and attempting to stare out punters in a “say anythin and I’ll remember your face” way.

My understanding is that aggressive begging at certain LUAS ticket machines is also an issue

I live on the red line, does that make me a scumbag?

I used to use the luas but had a run in with a dodgy family on it and avoid it where ever possible since, I take two buses to get to college in tallaght rather than take one luas which only stops around the corner from my house. Whatever Viola spent on security they would recoup 10 fold by making it safe for fare paying customers like me.
Another bug bear of mine is linked-why do all the Junkies have free travel. Surely this is for the disabled and elderly, not people with self inflicted stupidity.

Ban anti social behaviour for life. Reminds me of the school in the uk that I went to, there was an element of children from a certain area who vandalised the school bus by ripping up the seats. The next day the bus company withdraw service from that area and the kids had to walk several miles to the next available bus stop. That ban was still in force 15 years after the incident when I left that area. Withdraw service to the problem areas simple!

My thoughts exactly, his comments are always used to wind people up. Most people who are registered on here with fake twitter accounts are generally wind up merchants.

Im not afraid of scumbags with knives or syringes on the luas. Its the ones who wear suits in the dail you need to be careful of!!