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New €20million state-of-the art BusConnects plaza opens at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre

A new €20million bus plaza facility has been unveiled by the National Transport Authority today at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre as part of the BusConnects programme being rolled out across the city.

The new bus plaza is located 100 feet from the front entrance of the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre. The new hub connects south and west Dublin, north Kildare and the city centre.

The new plaza is expected to support a 75% increase in bus services, with six bus routes to terminate at the new hub. Buses that will terminate at the Liffey Valley plaza include the “G-Spine” route G2, orbital routes S4, W2, radials 80, and local routes L51 and 53.

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The new bus plaza is located in the revamped Yellow Car Park area at Liffey Valley, and it features a canopy with six bus bays along with a fully accessible set down area. The car park also now has more spaces for drivers with a disability, increased parent and child spaces, new electric vehicle charging points, street furniture, passenger waiting areas, real-time data on car parking space availability, real-time passenger journey signage and new public lighting.

Minister of State Jack Chambers and Anne Graham, CEO of the NTA, with Brian Moran Senior Managing Director at Hines Ireland, Billy Hann, CEO, Dublin Bus and Niamh Swords, Operations Director, Go-Ahead Ireland at the new €20m bus plaza facility at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre (Julien Behal Photography)

Bus services operating to and from the plaza commenced on Sunday, 19 February. Minister of State Jack Chambers TD welcomed the opening of the new "state-of-the art" plaza at the shopping centre.

He said: “I am delighted to unveil this state-of-the-art bus plaza facility at Liffey Valley, a landmark project for the NTA’s BusConnects programme. It is envisaged that this bus plaza will increase connectivity between west Dublin and Kildare and to the city centre with the 75% hourly increase in buses.

Minister of State Jack Chambers and Anne Graham, CEO, NTA at the new €20m bus plaza facility at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre as part of the BusConnects programme. (Julien Behal Photography)

"By investing €20m in this new bus plaza and by rolling out new services across the city, we can encourage more people to use public transport and reduce their reliance on the car to get to work, school or for shopping," he added.

Meanwhile, the NTA's CEO Anne Graham said that the new bus plaza facility at Liffey Valley marks an important milestone in the rollout of BusConnects in the capital.

She said: "This new sustainable transport hub at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre will help to make public transport the number one choice for those traveling to the centre and increase connectivity between suburbs and town centres, without having to travel into the city Centre.

"Designed for ease of access, the bus plaza will support a 75% increase in bus services operating in the area. The opening of this new bus plaza is one further step in the delivery of a high-quality bus system that meets the needs of communities in west Dublin," she added.

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