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Citywest Luas link to open 2 July
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0621/luas.html
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Citywest Luas link to open 2 July
Updated: 16:28, Tuesday, 21 June 2011
The 4km Citywest Luas extension is set to open on 2 July and will add two million passengers a year to the light rail network.
The Rail Procurement Agency has announced the Citywest Luas extension will open on 2 July.
The RPA says the 4km extension, part funded by property developers, will add two million passengers a year to the light rail network.
The link will add five new stops to the Red Line line, including a park and ride facility at Cheeverstown, and will terminate in Saggart.
A group of developers - Davy Hickey Properties, Harcourt Developments and Jim Mansfield's HSS - contributed 55% of the total cost of €150m.
It is the third addition to the Luas system following the Cherrywood extension and the opening of the Docklands line.
The RPA is awaiting a decision from An Bord Pleanála and a decision on Government funding concerning the future of the BXD project which would link up the Red and Green lines in Dublin city centre.
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