Luas Green Line - Bray extension

prunudo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122614399#Comment_122614399

Absolutely, given the land available and the current developments around Cherrywood, the route and track bed need to be designed with the future in mind.

orangerhyme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122613344#Comment_122613344

If they upgrade the Green Luas to Metro as far as Sandyford, would it knock some time off the 1 hour commute?

spillit67

Indeed. Metrolink was only ever cutting Ranelagh. The real prize was the capacity improvements.

Very few people will have a complaint about a commute of 45 mins to 60 mins from Bray. The reality is though it would be far less for many coming from that direction. It is continually ignored that the N11 “corridor” is stacked with places of interest. Sandyford is our La Défense. UCD is our largest University. Cherrywood, Carrickmines, Dundrum Dún Laoghaire and Blackrock are one of or several of services/ retail / educational hubs. These will all be in that 20-30 range to get there from a Bray “hub”.

Opening up some more development land close to this is a no brainer along with facilitating more public transport for those coming from the south east.

Pete_Cavan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122614399#Comment_122614399

I think in future, once the Green Line as far as Sandyford has been upgraded to Metrolink, it should then be extended south via Leopardstown Racecourse to join up with the existing Green Line after it has turned east of the M50. That can then be extended to Fassaroe as metro.

The existing Green Line immediately south of Sandyford to Carrickmines should become a separate Luas line and get extended to and up the N11. This section can never become Metro so splitting it off is the only way to continue Metrolink further south.

Eduard_The_2nd

Does anyone have inside news on whether this is at all going to happen? and if yes, what timeline are we looking at?

bk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123340555#Comment_123340555

I don’t have any inside info, but no this isn’t going to happen now, at least not for decades.

The green line can’t be extended to Bray as it is already over capacity. The only way it could have happened is if the green line was upgraded to Metro, but that isn’t happening for now and Metrolink is many years off. Alternatively it could be part of a future N11 Luas line, but that is also decades off.

Consonata

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123340727#Comment_123340727

I've always felt that since the Coastal Dart is so capacity restrained, getting the Green Line to metro grade all the way to Bray would have been a fantastic way of taking pressure off the coastal Dart.

Would also make the case of terminating Rosslare and Wexford intercities at Bray that bit more palatable.

riddlinrussell

Sometimes thinking of the missed potential of the Harcourt line (invest in a proper tunnel under Bray head to solve the capacity issue to the south, tunnel/elevated line from Harcourt to Broadstone) can be a bit upsetting