Luas
Sign in to saveLuas (, Irish: ; meaning 'speed') is a tram system in Dublin, Ireland. There are two main lines: the Green Line, which began operating on 30 June 2004, and the Red Line which opened on 26 September 2004. Since then, the red line has been extended and split into different branches further out of the city and the green line has been extended north and south as a single line. Since the northern extension of the green line in 2017, the two lines intersect in the city centre. The system now has 67 stops and of revenue track, which in 2024 carried 54 million passengers, an increase of 12% compa
Key facts
- Public transit.name
- Luas
- Public transit.image
- Luas.svg
- Public transit.imagesize
- 200px
- Public transit.image2
- The LUAS - Dublin City Centre (180mm) (1507653387).jpg
- Public transit.imagesize2
- 300px
- Public transit.caption2
- Red line Luas tram in Dublin city centre
- Public transit.locale
- Dublin, Ireland
- Public transit.transit_type
- Tram (or Light rail)
- Public transit.lines
- 2 (Red and Green)
- Public transit.stations
- 67
- Public transit.annual_ridership
- 55.2 million passengers (2025)
- Public transit.operator
- Transdev
- Public transit.vehicles
- 40 Citadis 401 (4000 Class)41 Citadis 502 (5000 Class)
- Public transit.el
- overhead line
- Public transit.map
- 240px
- Public transit.map_name
- Luas route map
- Public transit.ridership
- passengers
- Public transit.website
- (extension)
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Article
26 sectionsContents
- History
- Launch
- 2004 to present
- Luas Cross City
- Infrastructure
- Stops and lines
- Track and rolling stock
- Travel on Luas
- Ticketing
- Smartcard
- Free travel
- Hours of operation and frequency
- Night Luas
- Accessibility
- Safety
- Security
- Incidents and criticism
- Accidents and deaths
- Ransomware cyberattack
- Future
- Other proposed lines and extensions
- Rejected projects
- Other projects
- See also
- References
- External links
Luas (, Irish: ; meaning 'speed') is a tram system in Dublin, Ireland. There are two main lines: the Green Line, which began operating on 30 June 2004, and the Red Line which opened on 26 September 2004. Since then, the red line has been extended and split into different branches further out of the city and the green line has been extended north and south as a single line. Since the northern extension of the green line in 2017, the two lines intersect in the city centre. The system now has 67 stops and of revenue track, which in 2024 carried 54 million passengers, an increase of 12% compared to 2023. The two lines carried 55 million passengers in 2025.
Luas is operated by Transdev, under tender from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII). (Prior to the later RPA merger with the National Roads Authority to form TII, the tender was originally under the defunct Railway Procurement Agency jurisdiction). The Luas was a major part of the National Transport Authority's strategy (2000–2016). Four extensions to the initial Luas lines have been completed. Construction of a extension of the Green line through the north city centre to Broombridge, which linked both Green and Red lines, began in June 2013 and opened to passengers in December 2017. This is the extension route previously known officially as BXD.