Road closures and public transport diversions in place for Dublin's Pride Parade today
SOME ROADS IN the capital city are closed this morning, and public transport links will be slightly diverted on some services to facilitate Dublin's Pride Parade.
Dublin City Council and Transport for Ireland have detailed the following traffic management plan, which will see some roads closed and diversions in place from 6am this morning.
The public are advised that all pedestrian, local access and cycle routes will be maintained throughout the day.
Dublin Bus
Almost all Dublin Bus services which operate through the city will be altered to facilitate road closures and diversions today.
You can find all the details of the
pre-parade diversions
which will be in place between
6am
and
11.30am,
here
.
You can also
find all the details regarding diversions to Dublin Bus routes during the parade
,
here
. Those diversions will be in place from
11.30am until 4.30pm.
Luas
No services will operate on the
Green Line
between
St. Stephen's Green
and
Dominick
stops from 10am to 5pm. Trams will only run between Brides Glen and St. Stephen's Green, and between Broombridge and Dominick.
Along the
Red Line
, no services will operate between
Smithfield and Connolly/The Point
from 10am to 2.45pm. Trams will only run between Tallaght/Saggart and Smithfield.
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Following the Parade, normal Luas services will resume.
All
Irish Rail
lines will operate as normal throughout the day.
Road Closures & Diversions
The following roads will be closed from
6am
this morning until
10pm
this evening: Merrion Square South, Merrion Square East, Fitzwilliam Street Lower and Mount Street Upper.
Meanwhile, O'Connell Street Upper, O'Connell Street Lower and Cathal Brugha Street will be closed from
8am
until
4pm
.
Lastly, Eden Quay, Custom House Quay, Memorial Bridge, Lombard Street East, Westland Row, Lincoln Place, Merrion Street Lower, Merrion Square North and Merrion Square West will be closed from
11.30am
until
4pm
.
Diversions will be in place for those travelling west on the north quays via the
Phibsborough/Broadstone/Grangegorman
area. Traffic in this part of the city may be impacted throughout the day.
Traffic seeking to travel east on the north quays will be diverted via the
Stoneybatter/Cabra
area.
Diversions will also be in place for traffic on Sir John Rogerson's Quay wishing to travel on the South Quays to the city centre via the
Grand Canal/Dublin 4
area.
Diversions will be clearly sign posted for those travelling in the area,
and you can access the full details of the routes
here
.
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