state agency of the department of transport overview formed 28 december 2001 2001 12 28 dissolved 1 august 2015 2015 08 01 jurisdiction ireland headquarters parkgate business centre parkgate street dublin 8 state agency of the department of transport executive cormac o rourke chairman key document transport railway infrastructure act 2001 website tii website the railway procurement agency irish an ghn omhaireacht um fh il iarnr d was a state agency of the department of transport tourism and sport in the republic of ireland charged with the development of light railway and the future metro infrastructure . it was established on 28 december 2001 under the transport railway infrastructure act 2001 and dissolved on 1 august 2015 under the terms of the roads act 2015 when all of its functions were transferred to the national roads authority nra . the better to reflect its expanded remit the nra has since 1 august 2015 described itself for operational purposes as transport infrastructure ireland . 1 many of the staff of the agency came from the light rail project office of c ras iompair ireann ci which was dissolved upon the rpa s inception . the agency operated completely independently of ci . this was due to a fear by the government that ci s implementation of new rail projects would be slow and inefficient as the company is not well regarded by the country s political leadership . the rpa s main role was overseeing the operation of the luas system along with the planning of new luas and metro lines for dublin as laid out under the irish government s capital investment plan . the operation of the luas is contracted out to transdev and the rpa were responsible for monitoring their performance . the agency had no role in the mainline railway system which is operated by iarnr d ireann itself a subsidiary of ci . the rpa was also charged with developing an integrated ticketing system for all public transport modes in dublin . this resulted in the introduction of the leap card on 12 december 2011 . contents 1 national transport authority initiatives 2 controversies 2.1 luas red line engineering 2.2 chief executive dispute 2.3 integrated ticketing scheme 3 references 4 external links national transport authority initiatives edit the rpa would have had crucial role in implementing key rail elements of the irish government s initiatives administered by the national transport authority . it would have been responsible for the planning coordination and procurement through conventional means and through public private partnership where necessary of the following projects dublin metro consisting of metro north and metro west deferred indefinitely in 2011 . the rpa was also responsible for planning new luas lines to lucan along with a second green line extension to bray . the rpa was also responsible for the current luas cross city project which began in june 2013 and is expected to be completed by late 2017 . it involves linking st stephen s green to the iarnr d ireann station at broombridge . this line is an extension of the current green line and will also physically join the red line . the rpa was also responsible for the following projects all now complete connolly station to point depot extension red line completed in 2009 . sandyford to cherrywood brides glen extension green line completed in 2010 . belgard to citywest extension red line completed in 2011 . controversies edit luas red line engineering edit in 2006 the rpa were criticised for allowing the red line to be opened in the knowledge that parts of the track support of line were faulty in regards to track support . 2 this became public through an independent report by austrian consultants . though not life threatening the supports must be replaced soon and the building contractors have agreed to do this at their own cost . chief executive dispute edit early on the ci project director of luas donal mangan took legal action as he felt that he had the right to be its chief executive . 3 for two years the agency paid his salary and gave him an office even though the chief executive s position had been filled by frank allen . integrated ticketing scheme edit at the end of the last century the first discussions and investigations started to introduce a standard payment scheme for all modes of public transport . when the plans for the then new platform the luas became reality the demand for one single ticketing scheme became more and more important and it was the intention and goal to introduce the new scheme together with the opening of the new luas line . the leap card scheme final result of this lengthy process uses a smartcard which is usable in all dublin public transport systems . the rpa was respobsible for drawing up an integrated ticketing scheme and the project was victim of many set backs many times exceeding the budgets not delivering on date etc. 4 the rpa was also responsible for the development of the luas smart card which is not compatible with the new leap card which was delivered in december 2011 . though integrated ticketing of a form existed in dublin prior to the leap card in the form of dual or triple service paper magnetic strip tickets these were not the basis for the interconnected ticketing system . in fact many argue that leap is a smart card but not integrated ticketing . for example there are magnetic strip ticket options that allow one unlimited travel on all three dublin public transport services and inter city tickets that allow a person taking an intercity journey to also ride dublin bus or luas into the city centre from regional rail stations if they wish as part of their ticket price . leap is not fully integrated . while it can be used across all three services there is no single zonal system for all dublin public transport and one can not start a journey on a bus and finish on a luas for example . there are also some oddities with the ticketing system . for example a magnetic strip ticket in the form of a daily rambler for dart and bus is 13.10 however the daily cap for the leap card means that one can have a de facto unlimited daily rambler on all services including luas for just 10 . once this cap is reached the card will not deduct further credit . references edit irish statute book s.i. no. 297 2015 rte report on problems with luas tracks rpa battle with ex luas boss to escalate thepost.ie irish independent not very clever 16 m. bill fpr smart card 16 may 2006 visited 30 january 2012 external links edit v t e transport in dublin air international airport dublin airport daa rail light rail luas green line red line transdev rapid transit dart iarnr d ireann tram dublin tramways dutc & gnr i clontarf and hill of howth tramroad blessington and poulaphouca steam tramway dublin and blessington steam tramway hill of howth tramway gnr i dublin and lucan steam tramway lucan and leixlip steam tramway heavy rail intercity iarnr d ireann commuter iarnr d ireann road bus aircoach dublin bus bus ireann bus corridors quality bus corridor motorways m1 m2 m3 m4 m11 m50 national primary roads n1 n2 n3 n4 n7 n11 n31 n32 national secondary roads n81 n82 regional roads r101 r102 r103 r104 r105 r106 r107 r108 r109 r110 r111 r112 r113 r114 r115 r116 r117 r118 r119 r120 r121 r122 r123 r124 r125 r126 r127 r128 r129 r130 r131 r132 r133 r134 r135 r136 r148 r156 r403 r445 r761 r810 r817 r821 r822 r824 r825 r826 european routes e01 e20 other bridges and tunnels dublinbikes dublin port tunnel local roads streets and squares list water canals royal canal waterways ireland grand canal waterways ireland ports dublin port d n laoghaire harbour agencies national roads authority national transport authority public transport operators in dublin railway procurement agency transport infrastructure ireland tram systems no longer run . information in parentheses shows the operator s railway procurement agency photos of the luas green line rail users ireland ireland s national rail user organisation 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