{"id":153329,"date":"2025-10-30T12:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/153329\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:52:08","slug":"approval-granted-for-luas-extension-to-finglas-in-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/153329\/","title":{"rendered":"Approval granted for Luas extension to Finglas in Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la has approved the extension of the Luas network in north Dublin.<\/p>\n

The project will involve the construction of tracks between the existing Green Line terminus at Broombridge and a new terminus at Charlestown in Finglas.<\/p>\n

There will be four stops \u2013 St Helena’s, Finglas village, St Margaret\u2019s Road and Charlestown \u2013 along the 3.9km route.<\/p>\n

A park-and-ride facility will be provided at the St Margaret\u2019s Road stop, close to the M50 and N2 roads.<\/p>\n

The extension will serve an estimated population of 56,000 by 2035.<\/p>\n

A morning rush hour journey time of around 30 minutes is anticipated between Charlestown and Trinity College. It currently takes about 44 minutes.<\/p>\n

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The Railway Order granted by the An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la contains 12 conditions, mainly relating to environmental issues.<\/p>\n

In its decision, the commission said that the “positive long-term impacts” of the project include the provision of faster and more reliable public transport services, improved pedestrian and cyclist safety and reduced traffic congestion.<\/p>\n

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\nThe extension will serve an estimated population of 56,000 by 2035<\/p>\n

Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien said the approval of the scheme means that it can “progress towards procurement and construction”.<\/p>\n

In a statement, he said: “This is a major milestone in expanding Dublin\u2019s public transport network.<\/p>\n

“Luas Finglas will offer thousands of Dubliners a fast, reliable, sustainable way to get around the city, helping to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality.<\/p>\n

“The additional cycle and pedestrian facilities involved in the project will offer even more sustainable and active transport options.<\/p>\n

“By reducing journey times, the project will also support the development of housing and businesses along the route.”<\/p>\n

Plans for the extension of the Luas system to Finglas were first announced by Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the National Transport Authority in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la has approved the extension of the Luas network in north Dublin. The project will involve…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-153329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-latest-news","17":"tag-latestnews","18":"tag-main-news","19":"tag-mainnews","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-top-stories","22":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115463215432983212","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}