St Stephen's Green station

St Stephen's Green is a stop on the Green Line of the Dublin Luas (tram) system. Originally opened in 2004, it was further developed as part of the Luas Cross City project between 2013 and 2017.

St Stephen's Green Faiche Stiabhna
Green Line trams at Stephen's Green West
Location	Dublin Ireland
Coordinates	53°20′17″N 6°15′33″W
Owned by	Transdev
Operated by	Luas
Line(s)	1 (Luas Green line)
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
30 June 2004	Station opened
2016	Station upgrade begins
9 December 2017	Luas Cross City services commence
Services
Preceding station   Luas   Following station Dawson towards Broombridge   Green Line   Harcourt towards Brides Glen   Proposed   Preceding station   Dublin Metro   Following station Tara Street   Metrolink   Charlemont

Luas

Luas Green Line
Dublin–Sligo line westbound Broombridge Dublin–Sligo line eastbound Depot Cabra Phibsborough Grangegorman Broadstone – DIT Dominick Parnell O'Connell Upper O'Connell - GPO Marlborough Red Line - Abbey Street O'Connell Bridge │ River Liffey │ Rosie Hackett Bridge Westmoreland Trinity Dawson St Stephen's Green Harcourt Grand Canal Charlemont Ranelagh Beechwood Cowper Milltown Nine Arches Bridge over River Dodder Windy Arbour Dundrum Balally Kilmacud Stillorgan Sandyford Depot Central Park M50 Glencairn The Gallops Leopardstown Valley Ballyogan Wood M50 Racecourse (unused) Carrickmines Brennanstown (unused) Laughanstown Cherrywood Wyattville Link Road Brides Glen

Green line

From the opening of the Luas Green Line in 2004 until December 2017, St Stephen's Green served as the northern terminus of the line to Sandyford and later Cherrywood, with a stop located on the western side of St Stephen's Green.[1]

Trams approach the stop from the south, after coming up Harcourt Street. Immediately before the stop is a double crossover point which was used for terminating trams, but is now rarely used. After departing the stop, trams turn right and head along St. Stephen's Green North, where there is a siding, and then turn left onto Dawson Street.

Cross city extension

In 2017 an extension of the Luas Green Line was opened, crossing the River Liffey, and intersecting with the Red Line at the junction between O'Connell Street and Abbey Street, terminating at Broombridge, interconnecting with the Irish Rail Broombridge railway station.[2] Named the "Luas Cross City line", this project was announced in 2011 as part of the government's 2012–16 Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan.[3] Construction work for the Rosie Hackett Bridge across the River Liffey began in April 2012, with this bridge carrying the southbound Luas Cross City track.[4] The existing St. Stephen's Green stop on the Luas Green Line subsequently became a through-point for the new line,[5] with the stop's platforms extended to accommodate the proposed introduction of longer trams in 2018.[6] The extension opened on 9 December 2017,[5] with the St. Stephen's Green stop remaining operational throughout the works.[7]

Metrolink

Plans for the proposed Dublin Metro called for St Stephen's Green to be used as the southern terminus of a line to Belinstown,[8] with a tunnel at the north-western corner of the park. While originally targeted for 2013,[9] these plans were subsequently indefinitely deferred.[10] Similar plans for a DART network extension proposed an underground station at St Stephen's Green. Though targeted to start in 2015,[11] these works were also indefinitely deferred.[10]

In March 2018, the Dublin Metro was rebranded under the name "Metrolink", and proposed to run from Swords in the north, passing through Dublin Airport and the city centre to points in the south. A version of this Metrolink plan proposes that an underground station be built on the Eastern side of St Stephen's Green - potentially allowing passengers to cut through the park to connect with the Luas stop.[12]

Luas (Typ Alstom Citadis 401) at St Stephen's Green stop

References

1. LUAS St.Stephen's Green website
2. LUAS Cross City line
3. "Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012–16". Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
4. "Do we need €15m Liffey bridge?". Evening Herald. 28 April 2012.
5. "Taoiseach launches new Luas Cross City service in Dublin". RTÉ. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
6. "Longer Luas trams to be introduced on the Green Line". Independent News & Media. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
7. "Green light given to Luas link-up, first passengers 2017". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
8. "Metro North, DART underground plans shelved". RTÉ News. 10 November 2011.
9. "Metro Airport / Swords (Metro North)". RPA. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013.
10. "Government cancels Metro North and Dart underground plans". Thejournal.ie. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
11. "Dublin Interconnector - Public Consultation - Proposed station at St Stephen's Green" (PDF). Irish Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2009.
12. Metrolink Public Consultation 2018 (PDF) (Report). Transport Infrastructure Ireland. March 2018. p. 60.

External links

• LUAS Cross City Project Website
• LUAS St.Stephen's Green stop site