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The proposed light-rail system received support from the president of University College Cork, the Cork Chamber of Commerce, Tánaiste Simon Coveney, [14] and former Lord Mayor Mary Shields. [15] In 2020, the Cork Transport and Mobility Forum proposed a combined tram-train system for Cork based on the Karlsruhe model to the Cork City Council. [16]
Luas is operated by Transdev, under tender from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII). (Prior to the later RPA merger with the National Roads Authority to form TII, the tender was originally under the defunct Railway Procurement Agency jurisdiction). The Luas was a major part of the National Transport Authority's strategy (2000–2016). [5]
Some of the company's major projects included: [citation needed] Opera Avenue, Cork (€100m retail & residential scheme in Cork city centre) Old Bailey Office Complex, London (Stg£30m 90,000sq ft office building) Luas Light Rail Project - Sandyford to Cherrywood, Dublin (€75m light rail scheme)
This project, to reopen part of the Cork–Youghal railway line as far as Midleton, started construction in November 2007. New stations were built on the Northern Line to Mallow from Cork's Kent station and on the Eastern Line to Cobh and Midleton, as well as a new 10 km section of rail line from Glounthaune to Midleton. A total of 7 new or ...
The Luas complex added extra traffic to the already-busy junction when it opened in 2004. [4] The tram line crossed the slip roads on the southern side of the junction, as well as crossing half of the road from the city centre before it met the junction (the tram line reaches this point by following the median of the road).
Other Luas projects and Metrolink also had new timings assigned. [1] A version of the project was included in the All-Island Strategic Rail Review, commissioned jointly by the governments of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and published in July 2024, albeit recommending an altered possible route – via Tara Street instead of ...
Example of a TFI Leap Card. The TFI Leap Card is a contactless smart card for automated fare collection overseen by Transport for Ireland (TFI). It was introduced in the Greater Dublin area in 2011 for Luas, DART, Iarnród Éireann and Dublin Bus, [1] but acceptance has significantly expanded, and it is now accepted in cities nationwide and on some longer distance commuter routes.
Luas Cross City (Irish: Luas Traschathrach), formerly called Luas BXD, is an extension to the Green Line which runs from St. Stephen's Green to Broombridge railway station. [ 3 ] Construction of Luas Cross City began in June 2013 and it opened on 9 December 2017.