Dublin Is Getting Its First Metro Line
After 20 years of debate, a new 16-station, mainly underground rail link is on the way.
An artist’s impression of how the planned MetroLink station at St. Stephens Green might look on completion.
Source: Irish Ministry for Transport
After decades of debate and delay, Dublin is on course to construct its first metro line.
The mostly-underground route would join 16 stations across 19.4 kilometers (13 miles) between the Irish capital’s center and northernmost suburbs. MetroLink, as it is to be called, will be capable of transporting up to 20,000 passengers an hour at capacity. With a stop at Dublin Airport, it will also free the city of a dubious accolade — being one of the only major western European cities without any rail or metro link to its air terminal.