REOPENING of Dublin's Phoenix Park tunnel for passenger services and the construction of a cross-city light rail line have been included in the Irish National Transport Authority's Integrated Implementation Plan for greater Dublin, which was launched on April 3.

EFACEC, Portugal, has been awarded contract worth more than €25m to supply and install electromechanical systems on Dublin's €368m Cross City Line, which will link the Luas light rail Red and Green lines in Dublin city centre.

IRISH Rail (IE) is launching a scheme designed to reduce fuel and maintenance costs by €3.2m a year. This is on top of €16m annual savings already achieved.

IRELAND's transport minister Mr Leo Varadkar today signed the first construction contracts for the €368m project to connect the Luas light rail Red and Green Lines in Dublin City Centre.

IRELAND's Planning Board has granted a Railway Order authorising the extension of Dublin's Luas light rail network to Broombridge in a €370m project which will connect the two existing lines for the first time.