Cork light rail timeline revealed as Luas project cost more than doubles to €2.5bn

By 2036, Cork City could see the first trams on its streets since 1931 'subject to funding and permission'

Image showing the planned LUAS route through Bishopstown GAA Club.

Cork could have its Luas within a decade, but the cost will now be closer to €2.5bn — more than double the project’s initial estimates.

Speaking at the launch of the preferred route for the Cork light rail system, Paolo Carbone, the head of light rail projects at Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), said the first trams could run by 2036 “subject to funding and permission”.