TRACK AND CIVIL WORKS

General Overview All track work has now been installed, with the exception of two short sections at the top of Brewery Road Bridge and under Glenamuck Bridge. The surfacing of the tracks is nearing completion. Installation of the electrical systems is progressing well and in a number of areas final landscaping has been planted.

Sandyford Stop The construction works at Sandyford tram stop are complete. The electrical fit-out of the new equipment and installation of new overhead cables is ongoing. Reinstatement of a Park & Ride facility will be completed in the first half of 2010.

Brewery Road to Central Park Construction of the final section of track on the Vodafone podium is well under way. The installation of waterproofing and vibration matting to the roof structure is now complete. Track installation will follow. Central Park tram stop is entering the final fit out stage and will tie into the new Central Park development when complete.

Glencairn Alignment- Glencairn to Murphystown The track work and platform construction over the completed Glencairn substation is well advanced. The Railway Procurement Agency and its contractor aim to have this complete by Easter prior to the start of construction of the new Murphystown Road by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.

Ballyogan Road The paving and finishing works on Ballyogan Road are ongoing. The construction of platforms is complete and fit out of platform furniture has been a significant focus over the last couple of months. The next phase of works will be on the road junctions in this area. These activities will continue over the next couple of months and are not expected to have any significant impact on local pedestrian or traffic movements.All Overhead Contact System (OCS) poles in the Ballyogan area have been erected. The installation of the overhead wires has commenced. Treatment to mark the boundary between the tram track and the adjacent footpath along Ballyogan Road is ongoing. The landscaping works consist of a mixture of hard and soft landscaping in this area.

Racecourse to Carrickmines The structure of the pedestrian ramp to Carrickmines Stop is complete. Paving, surfacing and boundary treatment works have commenced. Stone cladding of the retaining walls in this area is nearing completion. The fit-out of the Carrickmines electrical substation is complete and electrical testing will commence in March 2010.

Carrickmines to Laughanstown The construction of the Brennanstown tram stop is complete. The poles for the overhead wires have been installed in this area and overhead wire installation is ongoing. Laughanstown Road junction is complete and awaiting installation and commissioning of traffic signals.Much of the boundary treatment works in this area is complete with topsoil and planting well advanced and most of the boundary fencing installed.

Laughanstown to Cherrywood The installation of overhead wires is well advanced and the substation at Cherrywood is undergoing electrical testing prior to commissioning. The boundary fencing has been installed throughout most of this area and topsoil and planting is complete. Construction of the pedestrian access route from Tully Vale to Cherrywood tram stop will begin in the next couple of months. Access to the Brides Glen tram stop will be via the new road at the southern end of Cherrywood viaduct.

SYSTEMS WORKS

The systems teams are now mobilised and the crews have started cabling for the control, communications and electrical systems. Most of the overhead contact system (OCS) poles are in place and the contact wire installation has commenced. Like the existing Luas system, these wires provide a separate network to feed electricity to run the trams.

The systems installation will be followed by a testing phase which will include dynamic testing with trams. This includes testing of all electrical and power links, CCTV equipment and the integration of the systems with the existing Green Line. This detailed operational testing programme will be completed prior to the introduction of passenger services late 2010.