Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion
Mr. Hugh Creegan:
Yes. That termination point is set up in a manner that allows all of that do be done. It is the easiest place for us to set it up. The third reason is that between Charlemont and St. Stephen's Green the trams are run on-street. It comes up Harcourt Street and crosses St. Stephen's Green south, which limits the number of trams. It limits the number of passengers we can bring into St. Stephen's Green to connect to the metro even if we are willing to accept that 500 m walk. We can bring many more trams to Charlemont than we can to St. Stephen's Green. Therefore, in terms of feeding the metro, Charlemont is much better. As you can see, we have thought it through quite a bit and for those three reasons, the Charlemont location is the better of the two locations.
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