MetroLink Dublin Automated Metro System
Sector: Airport • Location: Dublin, Ireland
Source: Engineering News-Record (ENR)
MetroLink is Ireland's first fully automated metro system, featuring an 18.8-km alignment with 16 stations connecting Swords and Dublin Airport with the city center and Charlemont. The project is divided into separate procurement packages for civil design-and-build contracts and a design, build, finance, operate and maintain concession covering rolling stock, rail systems, and 25 years of operatio
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Airport, Mass Transit, Rail
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- Engineering News-Record (ENR)
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Original status | procurement launched |
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Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | MetroLink is Ireland's first fully automated metro system, featuring an 18.8-km alignment with 16 stations connecting Swords and Dublin Airport with the city center and Charlemont. The project is divided into separate procurement packages for civil design-and-build contracts and a design, build, finance, operate and maintain concession covering rolling stock, rail systems, and 25 years of operations. The civil work includes bored tunnels, deep station boxes, cut-and-cover construction, viaducts, and surface work. The rail systems package includes driverless rolling stock, signaling, trackwork, platform screen doors, ventilation, elevators, escalators, and mechanical and electrical fit-out. The project aims to carry up to 20,000 passengers per direction per hour at peak with a long-term target of 90-second headways. |
Original sector | Transportation |
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Country | Ireland |
City | Dublin |
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Source | Engineering News-Record (ENR) |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Airport, Mass Transit, Rail |
Article published date | 2026-05-15 |
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