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Dublin Plans EUR 20 Billion Transport Plan

EUR 20 billion plan for new rail and road links
Liam Reid
5 May 2005
Irish Times

The Government is finalising details of a €20 billion, 10-year transport plan that will include a metro to Dublin airport and an underground rail link between Heuston Station and the Dublin Docklands.

The plan, which is expected to be brought to Cabinet next month, will include a new "western corridor" linking Cork by dual carriageway to Sligo via Limerick and Galway.

Detailed planning on both rail projects is expected to get under way almost immediately, once a decision is made by Cabinet, although both are not expected to go into construction phase at the same time.

Officials from the Department of Transport and the Department of Finance are currently discussing the final details of the plan, including the total costs, budget of the plan, and the phasing of the major construction projects.

There is general agreement on the broad outline of the plan within the Cabinet subcommittee on transport, which includes the Minister for Transport, Martin Cullen, the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, the Tánaiste, Mary Harney, and the Minister for Finance, Brian Cowen.

The committee has held a number of discussions on the plan since March, when Mr Cullen presented it to the committee. It is expected to have further discussions before the final plan, is agreed.

Mr Cullen, who will bring the plan to Cabinet, is understood to favour a metro route that would extend from Dublin city centre to the airport and on to Swords.

The final decision on the route and extent of the metro will depend on the final budget for the project to be agreed with the Department of Finance over the coming weeks.

The Rail Procurement Agency has provided estimates ranging from €2 billion to nearly €5 billion for the project. The €1.2 billion "interconnector" is expected to be built by 2012 and would link a new station at Spencer Dock to Heuston station, with stations at St Stephen's Green and Christchurch. Spencer Dock will in turn link back to Connolly station.

Under the plans by Iarnród Éireann, double-decker trains would be able to use the line, travelling directly from Drogheda through to Kildare. It would also free up capacity on northern routes allowing for increased commuter services, with the extension of the Dart line to Maynooth.

Iarnród Éireann has claimed that unless the interconnector is built, commuter rail services in Dublin will be seriously overcrowded from 2012, with projected population increases of 300,000 in the region.

The cost of the whole plan is believed to be in the region of €20 billion, although this could be further increased, if parts of the plan are extended beyond 2015, as is currently being proposed by the Department of Transport.

The plan is to be divided in two sections, one for Dublin and another for the rest of the country.

The completion of all motorways and dual carriageways between Dublin and the main Irish cities, which has already been committed to, will also be included in the plan.

The main road project is the western corridor dual carriageway linking Cork to Limerick, Galway and Sligo.

Other projects expected to be included in the plan will be commuter rail links for the Cork area, a new commuter line for Dunboyne, Co Meath, upgrade programmes for local and inter-regional roads around the country, bus and "green corridors", and park and ride facilities on the outskirts of major cities.
 
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Fair enough. I think it is a bit more though than that, there are two separate Square crossings to go in and two connecting crossovers also to be put in. There are also electrical works to be done and all whilst keeping open O'Connell St.

Infrastructure providers in Ireland usually over schedule such works to make it look good when it finishes early!
 
#278 ·
I was in Dublin 5 years ago and i think this city really needs connection between the two Luas lines, and it's a very small system for a city like Dublin. In my opinion, the capital of Ireland should have at least 4 or 5 light rail lines. I don't understand why the old tram system was closed.....it was a big mistake.
 
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Both crossings are now in place. Some pictures from a very sunny Dublin:


Luas XC works O'Connell Bridge 2 June 2016


Temporary isolation due to Luas XC on Abbey St 2 June 2016


Luas XC works Abbey St 2 June 2016


Luas XC junction work on O'Connell St 2 June 2016


3013 stopped on Abbey St 2 June 2016


3013 crosses on Abbey St 2 June 2016


3014 Abbey St 2 June 2016


Temporary crossover wiring on Abbey St 2 June 2016


3014 and temporary crossover on Abbey St 2 June 2016


305 Wolfe Tone Square 2 June 2016

More here:
https://transportsceneireland.smugmug.com/RailSceneIreland/RSI-June-2016/
 
#283 ·
This weeks update!


4009 & 4008 Abbey St 9 June 2016


Luas XC works O'Connell St 9 June 2016


Luas XC works O'Connell St looking up Abbey St 9 June 2016


Luas XC works Abbey St 9 June 2016
When you run out of suitable weights...


Luas XC works Abbey St to Marlborough St link 9 June 2016


Notice on Luas Stop Connolly 9 June 2016


5009 & 5007 St Stephens Green 9 June 2016


Luas XC track works St Stephens Green 9 June 2016


Luas XC track gap St Stephens Green 9 June 2016


Luas XC footpath work Dawson St 9 June 2016


Luas XC works on O'Connell Bridge 9 June 2016

More here:
https://transportsceneireland.smugmug.com/RailSceneIreland/RSI-June-2016/
 
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More talk...


Luas XC works St Stephens Green 30 June 2016


Luas XC works College Green 30 June 2016


Luas XC works Westmoreland St 30 June 2016


Luas XC works Abbey St 30 June 2016
Connection between Red and Green lines veers off to the right onto O'Connell St.

3008 on Abbey St 30 June 2016

More here:
https://transportsceneireland.smugmug.com/RailSceneIreland/RSI-June-2016/
 
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Irish Times - Metro North, Dart Underground will go ahead, says Ross
In the long term the priorities for Government were projects such as Dart Underground and Metro North – “all those projects which have not been shelved but which have been postponed because of the economic crisis”.

“They are all going ahead, they are all part of the vision which we have” Mr Ross told the Oireachtas Committee on Transport.

He told Fianna Fáil’s Robert Troy that such projects required a “huge contribution of long term capital” and invited Mr Troy to “come to me with proposals about how they will be funded”.
RTÉ News - Driverless Luas not currently possible - TII

Mr Walsh says self-driving software is not compatible with the Luas.

He said, however, that this is being considered as part of the design for the planned Metro North system.
 
#303 ·
Couple of comments on this. Nothing is happening with Metro North at the moment. In Ireland nothing is concrete until proper digging starts, once contracts are signed they stick to them. The Annual Budget is to be released next week by the Government so we shall see.

Metro North was never to connect up with Connolly, Tara or Pearse stations. The big plan is that Metro North and DART underground happen around the same time. If DU doesn't happen and MN does, there will still be connections to rail at O'Connell St via the Luas and as you say at Drumcondra.
 
#305 ·
" O'Connell St via the Luas "

That is exactly that sub-quality connection I was talking about. Given that the currently proposed Metro North is missing Tara Street only by a few 100 m, this looks like missed opportunity.

If DU is going to come, the lackin transfer quality will be somewhat compensated I suppose but that would of course depend on the future DART lines.
 
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