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Recession bites, but LUAS eyes expansion

Robert Jack
23 July 2009
One of the 40 Alstom Citadis trams that operate in Dublin
One of the 40 Alstom Citadis trams that operate in Dublin

 

It is now five years since trams returned to the streets of Dublin. Built with EU money, the city’s two LUAS light rail lines - the Red Line and Green Line - opened in 2004. It puzzles many visitors that the two lines do not join up. This is because there wasn’t the political will to extend the system through the historic city centre and across the river Liffey. However, the tram system has become embedded into the fabric of the city and is often featured on TV as a symbol of the...

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