LUAS Cherrywood Line B1 update

Excellent progress is being made in building Luas Cherrywood, from Sandyford to Brides Glen, which is scheduled to begin passenger servicei n the second half of 2010.

The Luas Cherrywood Line B1 will extend the existing Luas Green Line (St. Stephen’s Green to Sandyford) to Cherrywood and Bride’s Glen.  It will serve 11 new Luas Stops and will facilitate the achievement of Land Use objectives developed by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. The estimated journey time between Sandyford Stop and the proposed Brides Glen Stop is 19 minutes. Stops will be located at Central Park, Glencairn, The Gallops, Lepoardstown Valley, Ballyogan Wood, Lepoardstown Race Course, Carrickmines, Brennanstown, Laughanstown, Cherrywood and Brides Glen.

The line will link with the Luas Green Line at the Sandyford Stop and Terminate at the Brides Glen Stop. Luas Cherrywood Line B1 is being developed on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis and is part of the Government’s Transport 21 investment programme.