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  • MetroLink Market Consultation Update: Periodic Indicative Notice (PIN) Issued for Project Delivery Partner Contract - August 2024

    Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) is pleased to announce the issuance of a Periodic Indicative Notice (PIN) as a key step towards the upcoming procurement process for the MetroLink Project Delivery Partner (PDP) contract.

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  • Second Public Consultation on MetroLink Opens - August 2024 

    Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has announced the opening of a second statutory round of public consultation on the MetroLink project.  The formal consultation period begins on Monday, 19 August and will conclude on 8 October 2024.

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  • Ground Investigation Works - August to December 2024

    MetroLink is currently in the process of undertaking essential development works for the design stage of the MetroLink project. Transport Infrastructure Ireland has engaged Causeway Geotech Ltd to carry out these ground investigation works which will involve drilling boreholes, along with associated support works.

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  • Appointment of New Programme Director for MetroLink - 25 June 2024

    Peter Walsh, CEO, Transport Infrastructure Ireland has welcomed the appointment of new Programme Director of MetroLink, Dr Sean Sweeney.  Dr Sweeney has been appointed to lead the largest infrastructure project in the history of the State following an extensive national and international recruitment competition. 

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  • Dublin MetroLink Preliminary Market Consultation - M100 Advance Works Contract Packages - November 2023

    Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), has commenced a preliminary market consultation for the procurement of the Advance Works contract packages for the Dublin MetroLink. The packages include utility diversions, land access, heritage and archaeology works along the route.

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  • TII seeks to fill key leadership roles for the MetroLink project - November 2023

    MetroLink is the single largest public transport investment in the State’s history and is designed to serve people for generations to come.   The project is moving toward the delivery phase and significant efforts are being made to ensure that Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has the key resources in place and construction can start when an Enforceable Railway Order comes into effect.

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  • Dublin MetroLink Project Market Update: October 2023

    A Periodic Indicative Notice (PIN) has been published in the OJEU by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (“TII”) on 12 September (eTenders ID 2395245 and TED Reference: TED 2023/S 178-557522) in relation to the M500 PPP Contract for the Dublin MetroLink project (“MetroLink”), being one of the four major contracts

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  • MetroLink Advance Works Contract - January 2023

    TII are pleased to announce the appointment of Atkins, a member of the SNC Lavalin Group to commence the detailed design of the Advance Works programme for the MetroLink Project.   

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  • MetroLink Market Update December 2022

    Transport Infrastructure Ireland (“TII”) is currently conducting a market consultation exercise in relation to the design-build contract packages for the main tunnelling and civils works components of the Dublin MetroLink project (“MetroLink”) (“M400 Contracts”). The purpose of the consultation is to inform the market of the current contracting approach proposed by TII and to seek feedback on the technical, contractual and commercial aspects of MetroLink.

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  • Christmas and New Year arrangements at MetroLink Railway Order display locations 2022/2023

    Please find below the arrangements for each of the display locations over the Christmas and New Year period. The MetroLink Railway Order documentation is available for viewing online at www.metrolinkro.ie

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  • Extension to the Consultation Period / Submission Deadline to 16th January 2023

    The consultation period for the application for the Railway (MetroLink to Charlemont via Dublin Airport) Order [2022] has been extended from 25th November 2022 to 16th January 2023. This extension follows on from the inadvertent omission of one specific Appendix (Appendix A9-2-M Traffic and Transportation Assessment – St Stephen’s Green Station) from the extensive volume of documentation associated with the application.

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  • Other documents shared with the public after date of application

    In this section, TII hosts documents shared with any member of the public after the date of the RO application, to facilitate access and promote transparency. These documents are working documents and other materials that do not form and are not required to form part of the application documents.

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  • MetroLink Digital Environmental Statement October 2022

    The MetroLink team have published the MetroLink Digital Environmental Statement (DES) which provides an alternative means of gaining familiarity with the scheme. The text mirrors the Non-Technical summary of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report.

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  • Railway Order Application for MetroLink 30/09/22

    Transport Minister Eamon Ryan was on hand to offer his support as Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) made its application to An Bord Pleanála for the Railway (MetroLink-Estuary to Charlemont via Dublin Airport) Order {2022}.

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  • MetroLink Project Update: September 2022

    You may have recently been issued with correspondence outlining the intended application by the National Roads Authority (operating as Transport Infrastructure Ireland) for the Railway (MetroLink–Estuary to Charlemont via Dublin Airport) Order [2022].

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  • MetroLink Market Update: September 2022

    Autumn 2022 Market Consultation for MetroLink design-build contract packages for core infrastructure. On 16th April 2022, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) published a Prior Indicative Notice (PIN) in the OJEU (TED Reference: 2022/S 076-208843) and on the eTenders website, etenders.gov.ie - System ID 212034 and link ; TII Tender Reference TII150_01). This PIN launched TII’s Spring market consultation on the proposed PPP project and included for further consultations on the continued development of the three main design-build contract packages for the core infrastructure.

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  • Government Approved MetroLink Business Case: July 2022

    The MetroLink Team welcome the approval by Government of the MetroLink Preliminary Business Case and are now working towards lodging a Railway Order Application with An Bord Pleanála in the coming months. The full-length video is now available and gives a comprehensive impression of what MetroLink will look like and how it will link so many communities into the public transport network. See also the shorter version and a selection of images which we have included.

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  • Slit Trenching Framework Tender - June 2022

    Slit Trenching Framework Tender

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  • MetroLink Market Update: May 2022

    Re-registration is required to receive MetroLink Market Updates Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) is updating its register of market participants interested in the MetroLink Project.

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  • MetroLink Market Update: February 2022

    The publication of the National Development Plan 2021-2030 (NDP) on 4 October 2021 has confirmed MetroLink as a key priority for the Government in meeting Ireland’s future public transport needs and as likely the largest ever public investment project in the history of the State.

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  • GDA Transport Strategy - Updated information

    NTA would like clarify some of the matters that have arisen in relation to the GDA Draft Transport Strategy published this week.

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  • MetroLink Market Update: October 2021

    The publication of the National Development Plan 2021-2030 (NDP) on 4 October 2021 by Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar TD, the Minister for the Environment, Climate Communications and Transport, Eamon Ryan TD and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD confirms MetroLink as a key priority for the Government in meeting Ireland’s future public transport needs.

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  • MetroLink Market Update: December 2020

    TII continues to develop the MetroLink scheme in preparation for the Railway Order application which it anticipates will be made in June 2021. Preparation of the Preliminary Business Case is also well advanced in accordance with the summary timetable issued with the October update.

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  • Albert College Park Consultation Commencement

    As part of the MetroLink project, it is intended to construct a tunnel intervention shaft within the grounds of Albert College Park.

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  • Local Area Consultations

    Since we conducted the public consultation on the MetroLink Preferred Route in March 2019, we have been developing the preliminary design in preparation for our application for a Railway Order, which will be made in Q3, 2022. As the design develops, some changes are being made to the Preferred Route based on feedback from the

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  • Operations Adviser MetroLink

    TII is currently tendering for an Operations Adviser for Metrolink.

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