Estuary through Swords, Dublin Airport, Ballymun, Glasnevin and the City Centre to Charlemont, in the south of Dublin City Centre, Co. Dublin
Construction of the MetroLink railway line from Estuary to Charlemont.
SID/02/22 · Fingal County Council · Lodged 19 August 2024
- Reference
- SID/02/22
- Authority
- Fingal County Council
- Register status
- In progress
- Received
- 19 August 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThis major infrastructure project involves constructing an 18.8km railway line, mostly underground, running from Estuary through Dublin Airport to Charlemont. It includes 11.7km of single-bore tunnels, 16 stations (including 11 underground), a 99m bridge over the M50, and a 261m viaduct.
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Development description
An bord pleanála ref. No. Abp-314724-22 website www. Metrolinkro. Ie the works will generally comprise but are not limited to the construction of a railway approximately 18.8km in length which is mostly underground. It includes a 9.4km section of single bore tunnel running beneath dublin city centre running from charlemont to northwood station and a 2.3km section of single bore tunnel running beneath dublin airport. Tunnel sections include intervention access facilities for emergency services at dublin airport, albert college park and just south of charlemont station, tunnel portal structures will be provided at northwood, dardistown and dublin airport. North of dublin airport the railway will emerge from tunnel and will run at surface level and in cut and cover structures to estuary station. Surface running sections and cut and cover sections will include earthworks, the use of retained cut and cover structures, elevated sections plus miscellaneous drainage and accommodation works. A new 99m bridge will be constructed over the m50 and a 261m long multi-span viaduct over the broadmeadow and ward river. There will be a total of 16 stations, including 11 underground stations at dublin airport, northwood, ballymun, collins avenue, griffith park, glasnevin, mater, o'connell street, tara, st. Stephen's green and charlemont; 4 retained cut stations at seatown, swords central, fosterstown and dardistown and 1 at grade station at estuary. A multi-storey 3000 space park and ride close to the m1 motorway will be provided at estuary station, a maintenance depot is located near dardistown station which will house all the facilities required for the maintenance and operation of the metrolink and its rolling stock and the operational control centre. The works will also include railway signalling, command and control and communications systems; provision of electrical sub-stations; establishment of temporary construction compounds; establishment of temporary traffic management and road diversions; new and realigned access routes and road junction improvements; diversion of existing utilities; provision of new drainage infrastructure; provision of environmental mitigation measures; and other infrastructural modifications to facilitate the overall project. The proposed railway works covered by the proposed railway order are subject to an environmental impact assessment procedure pursuant to the act and a natura impact statement will also be submitted. Documents submitted by tii to an bord pleanála during the oral hearing last spring are available on this link https://tii. Sharefile. Eu/d-se9311397b921413fbe035d64d9b39ed1 tii’s metrolink railway order website under the heading: ‘documents submitted during oral hearing. ” (the final item in the index at https://www. Metrolinkro. Ie/ ) add info received 19th august 2024
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- Application received19 August 2024
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