A Life.
In two acts.
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Plenty of room.
It’s akin to building a travelator from Ranelagh to Stephens Green. No additional value to anyone. Put the money into where it’s needed
Tenders issued for Metrolink. €7.9bn excluding VAT.
There’s places with ferries where there’s already a rail line near or close by. It depends really - as an express service they can be useful, particularly if it goes to somewhere else in the city centre. There’s probably limited utility in Dublin because of the specific route for the DART.
There’s room at the moment. Some of that will be eaten up by the amount of development going on from Shankill to Greystones and even down to Wicklow. Some of it will also be eaten up as the Metrolink and DART West/South West connections in the city centre drives more passengers who live near the line at the moment but choose the bus or Luas as they can get to St Stephen’s Green or whatever easier.
Northside DARTs are full often, mostly because of catchment. If they had just built the Westland Row to Kingstown line 1km further inland on the southside it probably would have double the existing passengers….they weren’t to know tbf.
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Looking forward to seeing shovels in the ground for this one. That’s, of course, once we see a shovel in the ground for the various Dart+ projects.
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Transdev, which operates the Dublin Luas, has lost the contract to run the service after operating it for the last 22 years.
The contract is worth an estimated €1.75 billion.
An email to staff this morning - seen by RTÉ News - said that Transdev Dublin Light Rail had not been selected by Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the National Transport Authority for the next Luas Operations and Maintenance contract.
“This is clearly very disappointing news for our company. We are proud of the service we provide every day and of the role our teams have played in operating and developing Luas over more than two decades, maintaining a strong safety record and supporting the growth of the Luas light rail network across Dublin,” Transdev Dublin Light Rail said in the statement.
It said that in line with public procurement requirements, the process now enters a mandatory standstill period of 14 days.
“During this time the contract cannot be formally concluded, and all bidders are entitled to review the decision. We will carefully consider the outcome and assess our position over the coming days,” it added.
The company stressed that nothing changes in its day-to-day operation for now.
“Our priority remains delivering a safe, reliable and high-quality service for passengers and communities across Dublin,” it stated.
“We will communicate again once the standstill period has concluded and we are in a position to outline next steps and what this means for the company and for employees,” it added.
In 2024, Luas recorded 54 million passenger journeys, reflecting a strong and sustained recovery in use after the Covid pandemic.
Transport Sector Organiser for SIPTU John Murphy told RTÉ News that the transfer of the contract will take place in September.
Mr Murphy said Luas workers are protected by EU legislation that covers these types of takeovers.
He said while there will be a period of uncertainty for workers between now and September, the Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE) legislation covers workers terms and conditions.
Keolis, a large French multinational, is the preferred bidder following the tender process, Mr Murphy said, adding that there were three in the running including Transdev.
Transport operator Keolis is working in conjunction with British firm Amey, a maintenance contractor company.
Mr Murphy said this is not the first attempt by Keolis for contracts here having previously bid unsuccessfully for the LUAS contract renewal and the NTA contract.
This will be its first contract in Ireland, although it holds significant contracts globally.
There is now a two week cooling off period for unsuccessful bidders to appeal.
Mr Murphy said SIPTU is not expecting any developments in the next few weeks.
He said it may be closer to the summer before Keolis is likely to engage with the union
You’d wonder is there much value in changing horses like that when most of the problems are completely out of the operators control
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I assume it’s also very messy from a HR sense?
Transdev a subsidiary of Veolia, a French utilities company with revenues of 44 billion last year. I’m sure theyll be grand
Shocking stats here in relation to public transport, or how the public transport themselves to work. Despite all the work being done on cycle lanes and pedestrian walk ways, the car is still very much king.
The ‘other’ and ‘not stated’ are very much cop-outs and you’d have to assume they are also cars. The chart is interactive on the RTE website.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0324/1564828-commuting-in-dublin/
Who designed that chart ffs. Why would you have 4 shades of blue. Why would you present it in that format?
FG
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Some site clearance work completed along the ML route @Little_Lord_Fauntleroy
They demoloshed a house at airside too
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soft Kiwis , Paddy knows how to crack them
poor bastard knew things were fucked when he got his knuckles rapped for executing some pragmatic property deals
A major reversal and ne’re shovel in the ground as of yet.
This will take 20 years and €75bn to complete….
Walk away now, there’s more deserving projects out there than placating a few North Dublin residents. No shame in admitting being wrong.
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In the middle of a housing crisis
Shovels are in the ground
Proof, if needed, that these lads and lassies are not to be trusted.