Greater Dublin Area Draft Transport Strategy 2011-2030

Measure RAIL 10:The Authority will seek the provision of a lightrail line from Lucan to Dublin south city centre,subject to economic assessment, and theconsideration of a BRT option.Depending on travel demand and the phasingand scale of new development in the southDocklands/Poolbeg area, and subject toassessment of feasibility and value for money,the Authority will seek a Luas (or BRT) linelinking from Luas (or BRT) in the south citycentre to the south Docklands or Poolbeg area.Metro and Luas servicesMetro and Luas services coverage will be expandedto serve projected large scale development in thefollowing areas:• Swords, Ballymun/DCU and Dublin city centre/Grangegorman/Docklands;• Dundrum, Sandyford, Cherrywood and Bray; and• Tallaght, Clonburris, Liffey Valley andBlanchardstown.An attractive service frequency will be provided onall services.Southwest LuasA large sector of Dublin (between the Red Cowroundabout and Dundrum) is currently without a railservice to the city centre. Furthermore, bus servicesin this area are frequently subject to delays andunreliability due to the absence of comprehensivebus priority. To improve access and journey timesby public transport from this sector to the south citycentre and to provide better links for intermediatepoints (for example the Kimmage area), a new Luasline will be supported, subject to further feasibilitywork and assessment of value for money.While this project is currently proposed as a Luasline, it will be subject to further comparativeanalysis against a possible BRT solution before finalprogression to Railway Order stage.Measure RAIL 11:The Authority will seek the provision of alight rail line serving the southwest sectorand connecting to Dublin south city centre,via the Kimmage area, subject to assessmentof feasibility and value for money and theconsideration of a BRT option.Measure RAIL 12:The Authority will seek:(i)(ii)(iii)As a minimum, between each of theDesignated Towns and DesignatedDistricts that will be served by Metro/Luas and Dublin city centre, theprovision of an 8 minute peak serviceand 10 minute off-peak service duringoperating hours;As a minimum on other Metro/Luasservices, the provision of a 10 minutepeak service and a 15 minute off-peakservice; andAdditional Metro/Luas services to meettravel demand where appropriate.To enable passenger transfer between services,Metro/Luas services will stop where they meetother Luas/Metro or heavy rail stations presentalong a route.As new Luas and Metro infrastructure is completed,opportunities are likely to arise for service networkrevisions to better meet passenger needs. Forexample, if Metro North is extended southwardsfrom St. Stephen’s Green, Luas Green Line servicescould continue to operate to St. Stephen’s Greenand onwards to O’Connell Street and Broombridge.Chapter 10: page 17 www.2030vision.ie