Overview

Metro Dublin is a new mass rapid transit development for Dublin. It is designed to meet the existing and growing demand for fast, reliable, integrated and sustainable mobility for the Greater Dublin Area. Providing a Metro Devised to maintain and enhance Dublin’s livability and prosperity – a once in a generation development that will facilitate the transformation of Dublin’s rail network into an international-style metro system. Dublin's Growth Metro Dublin responds to the transport growth needs of Dublin and provides long term capacity for railway passenger movement into the middle of this century and beyond. The population of the Greater Dublin Area is expected to increase from 1.9 million in 2016 to at least 2.2 million by 2031. Metro Dublin will help to cater for the expected metropolitan population growth by providing viable additional and improved public transport options for the city’s occupants. Benefiting Dublin & Ireland Additional to the existing Irish Rail intercity tracks and designed to serve the capital and the country by complementing the existing DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit) and Luas lines. Process With international partners, Metro Dublin will deliver all phases of the Development, including feasibility studies, business case, financing, and planning application to An Bord Pleanála through to delivery of project construction, commissioning, operations and maintenance of the systems.