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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 (pronounced / ˈ l uː ə s / [ˈl̪ˠuəsˠ]; Irish for "speed") is a tram system in Dublin, Ireland.There are two main lines: the Green Line, which began operating on 30 June 2004, and the Red Line which opened on 26 September 2004.
The Dublin–Cork Main Line is the main InterCity railway route in Ireland between Dublin Heuston and Cork Kent. In 2018, 3.46 million passengers travelled on the line, a 10% increase from 2017 figures.
There have been, at various points, plans or proposals to extend Luas to Swords, Dublin Airport, Lucan, Bray, and Old Fassaroe. There have also been proposals to create a Luas-style system in Cork City. These include plans by Cork City Council, published within the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy document in 2019. [37]
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 ...
Bus transport is the main form of public transport and is common in all cities. The main cities, Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Derry, Limerick and Galway, all have their own suburban rail networks, although Dublin is the only to have its own tram line, in the form of the Luas. Ireland has a population of just over 7 million people.
The interchange includes a Luas tram stop (Red Cow), the main depot for the Red Line, a Park and Ride facility with 727 spaces, [3] and the control centre for the whole system. The Luas complex added extra traffic to the already-busy junction when it opened in 2004. [ 4 ]
All provide services to Great Britain and continental Europe, while Cork, Dublin and Shannon also offer transatlantic services. The London to Dublin air route is the ninth busiest international air route in the world, and also the busiest international air route in Europe, with 14,500 flights between the two in 2017.