Luas Finglas

It would only be certain trams that will terminate there, and only during the peak hours.

The same existing frequency will go through the city centre and the frequency on the northern section will undoubtedly increase with far fewer trams turning back at Parnell.

You physically cannot fit any more trams through the city centre. Unless they sprout wings, there is no other option.

This turnback would effectively facilitate additional crowd-busting trams at peak times from Sandyford or Brides Glen. With some luck it won't be needed until Metrolink is in place.

I don’t think that anymore on-street cross-city tram routes can be fitted being honest and nor should they be.

LUAS BXD has caused havoc with the city bus service as it is and every potential cross-city route is going to now have a large number of bus routes passing along it under BusConnects to facilitate the pedestrianisation of College Green.

The numbers using LUAS Green Line cross-city are far far less than those using the bus services.

Going underground is the only solution.

Lots of space for cross city luas routes, it's simply a matter of removing more cars. A Gardner st-Tara st-Pearse st route for example is perfectly reasonable. A Patrick St to Church St route also very doable. Just a matter of tackling cars and the abundance of parking. Has been done in pleanty of other cities before. There should also be underground routes to accommodate longer journeys.

So?

It doesn't. It was a response to your incorrect statement:

"I don’t think that anymore on-street cross-city tram routes can be fitted being honest and nor should they be."

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There's got to be a line somewhere I guess, it can't be a bus stop that has stops at every second junction. One more stop might save some people a 5 minute walk, but it adds 90 seconds to everyones journey beyond that

This will beat all other rail projects in Dublin to completion

I'm sure that's exactly how it'll be marketed and not plugged as some huge milestone in the country's shift to sustainable travel.

Agree, lots of experience in the country already with this type of project. No really complex parts, bar the tricky broombridge part.

I think extending to Northwood would be a better idea than crossing the M50. It would probably have to involve sharing space with general traffic on a large section of St Margaret's Rd west of Hampton Wood Dr which would be less than ideal.

Is there a new depot planned or is Broombridge the long term depot?

If the current Lidl site on St Margarets Road is to be used for a park & ride will the supermarket survive or is it going to be part of a multi storey car park? How many spaces do people feel would be needed for a P&R, Im guessing at least 300 but even that could be undercooked with the amount of commuters coming down the N2

Plenty of space for new houses in that industral estate, it is huge.

Was anything ever decided to do similar to the Dublin Industrial Estate at all? With the Luas at its doorstep and the extension running alongside the land should be used for high density housing.

not exactly a huge job to add a station later. I'd imagine they'll put a bridge in to access Broombridge anyway.

Any housing masterplan is going to have a lot of utility diversion and redeployment works.

Agreed. Given the shape of the site an additional stop won't add much value.

Improved pedestrian access to the existing Broadstone stop (and Irish Rail station) is key.