RPA produce details of the route options for extending the Luas Green Line to link Cherrywood with the Bray area

Date: 14 August 2006

The Railway Procurement Agency today (August 14th) produced details of the route options for extending the Luas Green Line to link Cherrywood with the Bray area (Line B2).

The first copy of the RPA Newsletter announcing details of the route options for the Green Line extension was presented to Transport Minister Martin Cullen T.D. by RPA Director of Corporate Services, Mr. Ger Hannon at Sandyford Luas Depot. This extension of the Luas Green Line could add up to 8.3km to the Green Line, depending on which route is chosen. It is expected that an additional 9 million passenger journeys will be made annually as a result of this new extension.

The Government’s “Transport 21” national transport plan includes the extension of the Luas Green Line-firstly to Cherrywood and then on to the Bray area. The RPA has identified a number of route options which will form the basis of extensive public consultation in the coming months.

It is expected that journey time from the new Green Line terminus in Cherrywood (Bride’s Glen) will be around 16 minutes.

More than 22million passenger journeys were made on Luas in 2005 and the indications are that this number will be exceeded in 2006.

The existing Luas lines were developed under the National Development Plan with EU funding assistance.

For further information contact the Railway Procurement Agency