Red and Green Lines

The Red Line extends from Tallaght, in the south west of Dublin, through the city centre, to The Point in Dublin’s Docklands in the east if Dublin. The line has two spurs, a spur branching off the line near at Belgard stop extending to Saggart and a 200m spur branching off at Busáras stop to serve Connolly railway station.

 

The Red Line consists of twin tracks and is 21km long. The line has 32 stops. It also has 3 Park & Ride facilities located at these stops: Cheeverstown, Red Cow and Tallaght. The Red Line depot and centre of operations is located at Red Cow stop. 

 

Parts of the Red Line are Tram Lane fully segregated from other types of traffic. Most of the remainder is Tram Lane segregated but adjacent to and parallel to the road separated by a low kerb or road markings. Junctions and some sections of the line known as Shared Tramways are shared with other road vehicle and bike traffic and pedestrians.

The Green Line extends from Brides Glen, in the south east of Dublin, through the city centre, to Broombridge in the north east of Dublin. This line has a single track loop in the city centre. 

 

The Green Line consists of twin tracks for most of the line with a single track loop in the city centre. The Green Line is 22km long. The line has 35 operating stops with 2 future stops which may be brought into use when there is development in those areas. It also has 4 Park & Ride facilities located at these stops: Carrickmines, Sandyford, Stillorgan and Balally. The Green Line has 2 depots located at Sandyford and Broombridge.

 

Parts of the Green Line is Tram Lane fully segregated from other types of traffic. Most of the remainder is Tram Lane segregated but adjacent to and parallel to the road separated by a low kerb or road markings. Junctions and some sections of the line known as Shared Tramways are shared with other road vehicle and bike traffic and pedestrians.

The Luas Green Line, from Sandyford to St. Stephen’s Green, started passenger services on Wed 30th Jun 2004. The Luas Red Line, from Tallaght to Connolly, started passenger services on Tue 28th Sep 2004. Since 2009 the Luas network has benefitted from 4 extensions to the Luas lines.

 

The extension of the Red Line further east in Dublin city centre, from Busáras to The Point, started passenger services On Tue 8th Dec 2009. 

 

The extension of the Green Line further south east of Dublin, from Sandyford to Brides Glen, started passenger services on Sat 10th Oct 2010. 

 

The extension of the Red Line further south west of Dublin, from Belgard to Saggart, started passenger services on Sat 2nd Jul 2011.

 

The extension of the Green Line to the north east of Dublin, from St. Stephen’s Green to Broombridge started passenger services on Sat 9th Dec 2017.

 

TII is responsible for the development and construction of new light rail lines and extension to the day-to-day operations of the Luas Operator ensuring agreements regarding; park & ride, bike parking and interchange facilities are met.