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

2. Events Summary

3. 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

4. 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

5. Phoenix Park Venue and Gates

6. TFI Map

7. TFI Map

8. 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.

9. Transport Operators

10. 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

11. 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 minute frequency on the Red line and 8-10 minute on the Green line on Sunday 26 August

12. Questions ?

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