(Ireland )DUBLIN

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Citadis tram	tram stop	elevated section

Dublin
Dublin has about one million inhabitants and it's in a rapid rising phase, a direct consequence of the positive Irish economical trend in recent years.
Despite this eminently economical development, the urban transport systems have shown many lacks, so that at the end of years '90 the Municipalty launched the construction of a modern mass transport system.
The selected system was a modern tramway network, based on 2 radial lines converging on the city center: - Red Line, from Tallaght suburb to Connoly;
- Green Line, from St. Stephen Green to Sandyford (partly on an existing dismissed railway track).
Busaras-The Point stretch (Red Line) opened on 8 December 2009, while Sandyford-Brides Glen Green Line extension opened on 16 October 2010. A further Red Line extension from Belgard to Saggart opened on 2 July 2011.
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CHRONOLOGY
05-07-2004	Green Line: St. Stephen's Green-Sandyford
28-09-2004	Red Line: Connolly-Tallaght
08-12-2009	Red Line: Busaras-The Point
16-10-2010	Green Line: Sandyford-Brides Glen
02-07-2011	Red Line: Belgard-Saggart

Country	Ireland
Line	LUAS (Red Line, Green Line)
Inhabitants	City 500.000, District 1.000.000
Date opening	2004
Future development:	--
Length (km)	38
Track sections	Red Line: 20.5 km; Green Line: 17.5 km
Stops	54 (Red Line: 32; Green Line: 22); average distance: Red Line m 600; Green Line m 800
Platforms	--
Platform doors	--
general characteristics	--
n. of vehicles	66
n. of cars per vehicle	5
Type	steel wheels bidirectional
Vehicle dimensions (m)	length: 40.81; width 2.40
Vehicle capacity (pax)	358
Frequency	5'/10'
Current/Voltage	750 V DC overhead
Guide/gauge	standard gauge rails (1435 mm)
Speed Km/h	Comm --, Max 70
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	1.2/3
System capacity	5.400 pphpd
Ridership	90.000 pax/day; 30 millions pax/year
Total cost	33.5 M Euro/km
Staff	180
System builder	ALSTOM
Model	Citadis 401
NOTE	cost referred to the initial phase (St. Stephen's Green-Sandyford; Connolly-Tallaght)