Framework for Action on - Department of Taoiseach

DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH
FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION ON INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PPPS
(ii) Public Transport
Mode Project Indicative Completion Timetable
LUAS
Lines A and C (Tallaght to end 2002
Connolly Station)
Line B (Sandy<strong>for</strong>d to St. Stephens
Green)
Lines D and E (St.Stephens Green
to Dublin Airport)
Bus Project Additional bus capacity (275
buses)
Local Bus Networks (11 locations,
80 buses)
Rail Project
mid 2003
decide indicative timetable by end
1999
phased provision 2000-2006
Phase 1 (7 locations): end 2000
Phase 2 (4 locations): end 2003
5 New Quality Bus Corridors Phased provision to 2006
Additional DART rolling stock (46
cars)
16 by end 2002,
30 by end 2006
Additional Diesel Railcars (58) phased provision to 2006
Upgrade Greystones to Arklow line end 2001
Resignal and upgrade Howth to
Barrow Street
Upgrade Kildare to Connolly line
(including Phoenix Park tunnel)
New stations and longer plat<strong>for</strong>ms
at existing stations
Suburban rail development
programme (Dublin Airport, Navan,
etc.)
Integration Park & Ride (8 sites, 3,700
spaces)
Public transport interchange (19
locations)
to be decided in context of
consultants report
end 2002
Integrated ticketing and fares end 2002
phased provision to end 2003
projects and indicative timetable by
end 1999
phased provision to 2005
phased provision to end 2002
The Implementation of transport infrastructure projects in the greater Dublin Area will need to
be accompanied by a demand management strategy, the details of which will be developed
by the Dublin Transportation Office.
All new buses, railcars, light rail vehicles and stations provided under the public transport
programme <strong>for</strong> the Greater Dublin Area will be accessible to mobility impaired and disabled
people.
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