Dublin’s new Luas light rail line to open in 2017

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A tribunal has given the go-ahead to a new 370 million euro light rail line in Dublin – the latest phase of the city’s Luas Light Rail project

The new Luas line will run between the Green Line terminus to St Stephen’s Green, then through the city centre on to Broombridge.

Construction of the 6km line will create 800 jobs, with passenger services due to start in 2017.

The move means the Luas Red and Green lines will finally be connected and the interchange with the Maynooth Line will be provided at Broombridge.

The new line will also serve the new DIT Campus at Grangegorman, which was recently given the green light to proceed and which will accommodate more than 20,000 students.

Michael Sheedy, the Rail Procurement Agency’s (RPA) director of light rail, said: “This is great news for Luas and for commuters in Dublin. Luas Broombridge is RPA’s most important project. It will form the foundation of a high-quality integrated network which will significantly reduce the current high reliance on the private car.

“We will now be working closely with our colleagues in the National Transport Authority and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to progress the delivery of this much needed infrastructure.”

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