Dublin City “Open for Business” Transport Plan 9th August 2018

Events Summary

Summary of 4 Key Events 1) RDS – 20th to 24th August Up to 37,000 people expected daily at events Event is sold out, 114 different countries will be represented Staggered entry and exit times Daily mass will be at 4pm 2) Dublin City Centre – Pope Movements, Saturday 25th August 2018 Part 1: Apostolic Nunciature, Navan Road to Pro –Cathedral Part 2: Pro-Cathedral to Capuchin centre for the Homeless Similar to St Patricks Festival with opportunities for people to see the Pope Some restrictions for bus & coach movements in the city centre 3) Croke Park – Saturday 25th evening August 2018 Ticketed event 80,500 people in attendance Pope to attend this event

Events Summary continued 4) Phoenix Park – Sunday afternoon 26th August 2018 Ticketed event - 500,000 patrons registered for tickets Dublin City Centre is open for business on the day A traffic cordon will be in place restricting vehicle movement inside the M50 Public Transport scheduled services will run as normal nationally Some restrictions in Dublin due to road closures

Phoenix Park Venue and Gates

TFI Map

TFI Map

Dublin City is open for business Key Transport Messages Dublin City is open for business Some diversions will be in place on Saturday and Sunday as discussed by An Garda Síochána Public Transport services will be running on Saturday and Sunday with some disruptions. All transport operators will provide detailed information of any changes to your route.

Transport Operators

Transport Operators Iarnród Éireann DART and commuter lines will all operate into the city centre Iarnród Éireann will be running normal scheduled services on Saturday 25 August An enhanced service will operate on Sunday 26 August for both DART and commuter services The DART will run from Malahide to Greystones and Greystones to Malahide The Docklands station will be closed on Sunday 26 August Dublin Bus Dublin Bus have a full service on Saturday 25 August with diversions in place Dublin Bus will be running a full Sunday scheduled service on 26 August (services will commence approximately one hour earlier) 7 Transport Hubs are in place to bring people to the Sunday event which will not impact on Dublin Bus Sunday services Bus Éireann Some diversions will be in place on Saturday. Bus Éireann will be operating an enhanced service on Sunday 26th of August Full details available on operator website

Transport Operators Luas Saturday Luas Green line will operate as normal until 10:30. Then it will operate between St. Stephen’s Green and Dominic until 17:30 (No Service between Dominic Street and St Stephens Green). After This it will operate with additional trams for the event in Croke Park Luas Red Line will operate as normal until 15:45. Then it will operate between Tallaght/Saggart and Smithfield and The Point and Connolly until 17:00. (No Service between Smithfield and Connolly) As per request from AGS Abbey Street Luas Stop will be closed from 11am until 4:45pm. because it is located in the sterile zone.  Sunday Luas Red Line will operate between Saggart/Tallaght to Blackhorse and from Smithfield to the Point stop throughout the Day (No Service between Goldenbridge and Museum). Therefore there will be NO LUAS OPERATIONS between Blackhorse and Smithfield for crowd safety reasons. Luas Green Line will operate a full line service throughout the Day. The Racecourse Luas stop will be commissioned and operational on the day. Luas will operate services from 7am until 11pm at a 6 -10 minute frequency on the Red line and 8-10 minute on the Green line on Sunday 26 August

Questions ?

Useful Contact Information Visit of Pope Francis for World Meeting of Families 2018 World Meeting of Families Events and Information visit www.worldmeeting2018.ie Visit Gov.ie/popeinireland For Public Transport Information visit www.transportforireland.ie For An Garda Síochána visit www.garda.ie For Road Closures visit www.dublincity.ie