Ireland

   Dublin DART commuter rail 

Dublin

Type	Suburban Overhead Rail Light Rail (under construction) Full Metro (planning stages)
Stations	24
Lines	1
Length In Subway	0
Length Topside	38 km
Total Length	38 km
Year Built	1984
Address	Coras Iompair Eirann  Heuston Station  Dublin 8, Ireland
Links	Luas Homepage - the new Dublin LRT currently under construction  Adam Winstanley's Luas page Railway Technology - Dublin Light Rail System - Republic of Ireland Ireland Railfan's RailNet New: Irishrail.net is a cool, comprehensive site
Comments	The DART as it is called by Dubliners, is included here because it's very similar to a heavy rail LRT like those in Calgary and Edmonton. A 7 km extension  is under construction and due to be opened in 1998.

Dublin Light Rail

Thirty-three stops are planned on the route, and LUAS officials estimate that around 119,000 people will live within easy walking distance (half a kilometre) of a stop. The stops have been designed for ease of use, with 300 millimetre raised platforms giving level access to the low-floor trams which are planned to use the system.

Thirteen of the 22 kilometres of the first phase will run on a dedicated route, segregated from road traffic, with another nine kilometres being shared with existing roads, and the final southern section into Balally following the route of the former Harcourt Street-Bray railway line.

 Public consultation over the plans to extend LUAS beyond Tallaght to Balally and Sandyford began in autumn 1997. The publication of an environmental impact statement, similar to one issued for the first phase, was planned for early 1998 to coincide with the application to the Irish parliament for powers to construct the line. Balally is planned as the site for a 500-space park-and-ride facility. Continuing east, an intermediate stop between Balally and the terminus at Sandyford is planned at Kilmacud. Here, the line passes close to St Benildus College and the proposed Drumartin link road heading into Dublin from the south.

Dublin to build high speed airport metro   approved and expected to be operational in 2007

which is likely to run underground from St Stephen's Green through the city centre to Broadstone, taking in Glasnevin, Dublin City University and Ballymun,with an extension to Swords.