Work begins on Luas Green Line extention - Irish Independent - 27 February 2007

Colm Donoghue · 27-02-2007, 12:02

Work begins on Luas green line extention

PRELIMINARY work has begun to extend the Luas green line from Sandyford to Cherrywood in south Dublin.

The €300m extension will add another 7.5km to the route, almost doubling its original length from St Stephen's Green.

Starting at the Sandyford Industrial Estate, thenew spur will include 11 stops, and will involve two new bridges over the M50. Half the cost will come from private funds.

One company, CLG Ltd, has begun site clearance work on the route, while the Rail Procurement Agency has also signed a contract with SIAC Construction for the diversion of underground pipes and cables.

The main contract for the tracks, stops and power lines is expected to be signed in the autumn, and the entire project is expected to be completed by 2010.

Mark Gleeson · 27-02-2007, 12:07

They got the go back in January, and they won't have serious work started till the autumn?

Thats ridiculous, compare that to Irish Rail on the Kildare route, or even Pace where line clearance is already done

Derek Wheeler · 27-02-2007, 22:49

Ah Mark, they still have lots of people in hi-viz in the area marking out the route. Only last week the lads in vests were working hard drilling test holes at the Leop roundabout.

Mark Gleeson · 27-02-2007, 22:54

Legally they didn't need a works order to do that

Bear in mind the contract tenders where issued before the works order was brought to public inquiry

Rushed2nowhere · 28-02-2007, 17:40

By the way €300m for 7.5 kilometres works out €40m per kilometre. €40m will buy 130 new busses. Also I thought the Sandyford - St Stephens Green section was running at near capacity levels? At the moment it takes the Luas 22 minutes to reach St Stephens Green from Sandyford so were talking about 40 minutes from Cherrywood to St. Stephens green.
I'm not anti Luas but it seems like an excessive amount of money and the journey time seems similar to amount of time the bus would need to complete the journey.

Mark Gleeson · 28-02-2007, 17:44

Well its 20 minutes to Sandyford now.

I argued they couldn't support the demand but no one listened

There are 8 more 40m trams on order the Green line is going to get most of those

27-02-2007, 12:02	#1
Colm Donoghue Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 873	Work begins on Luas Green Line extention - Irish Independent - 27 February 2007 Work begins on Luas green line extention PRELIMINARY work has begun to extend the Luas green line from Sandyford to Cherrywood in south Dublin. The €300m extension will add another 7.5km to the route, almost doubling its original length from St Stephen's Green. Starting at the Sandyford Industrial Estate, thenew spur will include 11 stops, and will involve two new bridges over the M50. Half the cost will come from private funds. One company, CLG Ltd, has begun site clearance work on the route, while the Rail Procurement Agency has also signed a contract with SIAC Construction for the diversion of underground pipes and cables. The main contract for the tracks, stops and power lines is expected to be signed in the autumn, and the entire project is expected to be completed by 2010.

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27-02-2007, 12:07	#2
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	They got the go back in January, and they won't have serious work started till the autumn? Thats ridiculous, compare that to Irish Rail on the Kildare route, or even Pace where line clearance is already done

27-02-2007, 22:49	#3
Derek Wheeler Registered user Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kildare Posts: 1,555	Ah Mark, they still have lots of people in hi-viz in the area marking out the route. Only last week the lads in vests were working hard drilling test holes at the Leop roundabout.

27-02-2007, 22:54	#4
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Legally they didn't need a works order to do that Bear in mind the contract tenders where issued before the works order was brought to public inquiry

28-02-2007, 17:40	#5
Rushed2nowhere New to the board Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 27	By the way €300m for 7.5 kilometres works out €40m per kilometre. €40m will buy 130 new busses. Also I thought the Sandyford - St Stephens Green section was running at near capacity levels? At the moment it takes the Luas 22 minutes to reach St Stephens Green from Sandyford so were talking about 40 minutes from Cherrywood to St. Stephens green. I'm not anti Luas but it seems like an excessive amount of money and the journey time seems similar to amount of time the bus would need to complete the journey.

28-02-2007, 17:44	#6
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Well its 20 minutes to Sandyford now. I argued they couldn't support the demand but no one listened There are 8 more 40m trams on order the Green line is going to get most of those