Metro plan signals end of the line for LUAS

MINISTER for Transport Seamus Brennan is to seek Cabinet approval for his ambitious underground Dublin metro system this month, a move that will signal the death knell for the LUAS transit system even before it begins operations.

Under the proposals, the controversial LUAS system could be reduced to a single line within the next seven years and may cease to exist within 20 years.

If, as expected, the multi-billion metro project is approved by Cabinet, LUAS will be absorbed into the metro system as quickly as possible.