Proposed light rail developments for Galway City explained

Galway Light Rail
Locale:Galway City
Transit Type:Tram (or Light rail)
Lines:None (1 proposed)

Since the early 2000s, a number of proposals have been made by politicians and interest groups in Galway to introduce a light rail system in the city. No light rail proposal for the city has received any government support to date.

Corrib Light Rail (2006)

The Corrib Light Rail was the name given to a light rail proposal made in 2006.[1] [2] [3]

Gluas (2008)

Gluas (the Irish word for "movement", and a pun on "Galway" + "Luas") is a proposed tram or light rail system for Galway city, similar to the Luas found in Dublin. It has been proposed by a Galway-based lobby group. There are three proposed routes for the Gluas:[4]

A fourth line is proposed for the future, when the Gluas has been established:

The original proposal of three lines would require the construction of 64 stations, with park and ride facilities at Knocknacarra and Dangan.[6]

At the time the project was proposed in June 2008, it was suggested that it would be completed within three years. In 2015, backers of the project once again appealed to the city council to consider funding the project.[7] Calls were renewed in 2017 at local and national levels.[8] [9]

SUIG (2014)

Sólás Uirbeach Iarnrod na Gaillimhe (or SUIG, meaning 'comfort urban rail of Galway') was a third and separate proposal made in 2014.[10]

Gluas (2021)

In April 2021, the Gluas Group held a webinar in which Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan announced a feasibility study on Light Rail for 2022.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Draft rail strategy suggests need for Luas lines in regional cities . 10 January 2006 . . 29 June 2018.
  2. News: In Short:'Luas' network plan for Galway . . 15 March 2006 . 12 January 2018.
  3. News: Higgins calls for regional transport planning in Galway . 22 May 2006 . . 12 January 2018.
  4. News: Light rail group outline their unhappiness with bypass proposals . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150809060410/http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/78868/light-rail-group-outline-their-unhappiness-with-bypass-proposals . Caroline . Whelan . 6 August 2015 . 9 August 2015 . .
  5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160414203915/http://www.gluas.ie/ . GLUAS – Light Rail for Galway . dead . 14 April 2016 . 12 January 2018 . Wayback Machine.
  6. News: Ambitious plan to give Galway its own 'Gluas' trams . . 5 June 2008 . 12 January 2018.
  7. News: https://web.archive.org/web/20150808125739/http://connachttribune.ie/backers-of-gluas-proposal-ask-council-to-reconsider-plan-789/ . 12 January 2018 . live . 8 August 2015 . Dara . Bradley . Backers of GLUAS proposal ask Council to reconsider plan . Connacht Tribune. 7 August 2015.
  8. News: Traffic congestion will worsen until city develops a light rail system, warns Connolly . 12 January 2018 . 23 November 2017 . Galway Advertiser. 23 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171123132121/http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/96862/traffic-congestion-will-worsen-until-city-develops-a-light-rail-system-warns-connolly . live . Andrews . Kernan .
  9. News: A Gluas for Galway? Light rail project campaign revived . 8 January 2018 . 12 January 2018 . Lorna . Siggins . The Irish Times.
  10. Web site: City light rail system could end the jams . Denise . McNamara . 12 November 2014 . 12 January 2018 . . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20150201080845/http://connachttribune.ie/city-light-rail-system-could-end-the-jams-144/ . 1 February 2015 .
  11. Web site: Galway Very Light Rail Webinar April 2021. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/ITnpNhfL_GE . 2021-12-15 . live. YouTube . Niall Ó Brolcháin, Gluas group.

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