selected to operate Luas on behalf of the Railway Procurement Agency, the government
agency responsible for the LUAS.
| July '97: | A Public Inquiry is held as a mandatory requirement of the Transport (Dublin Light Rail) Act, 1996. | |
| May '98: | The Irish Government gives the green light to the Light Rail Transit system project. | |
| October '00: | Construction of the first Luas line starts. | |
| December '00: | The tender to find an operator for the Luas system is published. | |
| December '01: | Establishment of the Railway Procurement Agency, acting as a stand alone, commercial semi-state organisation. | |
| February '02: | The Minister of Public Entreprise announces that Connex Transport Ireland is the preferred bidder for the Luas operator franchise. | |
| May '02: | Connex Transport Ireland is selected to operate the Luas system. | |
| June '04: | The first line (Green Line) opens on June 20th 2004. | |
| September '04: | The second line (Red Line) opens on September 28th 2004. | |
| April '06: | Connex Transport Ireland Ltd changes its name to Veolia Transport Ireland. | |
| November '06: | Luas carried its 50 millionth passenger. | |
| October '08: |
RPA extend the Veolia Transport Ireland contract to operate Luas and its future extensions to September 2014. | |
| December '09: | RPA open the Luas Docklands extension on December 8th. | |
| October '10: | RPA open the Luas Cherrywood extension on October 16th. | |
| March '11: | Veolia Transport merges with Transdev and becomes known as Veolia Transdev. | |
| July '11: |
RPA open the Luas Citywest extensionon July 2nd. |
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| May '13: |
Veolia Transdev Ireland changes name to Transdev. |
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| September '14: |
New Luas Operating Contract Awarded to Transdev. |
