Stillorgan). A much bigger shopping centre opened just south of Dundrum on 3 March 2005. Known as Dundrum Town Centre it contains within the complex one of the largest cinemas in Ireland, opened in early October 2005. The plans for the old shopping centre include space for hotels, apartments and more retail outlets. However this has been postponed and the older retail units have been leased to new tenants such as Lidl, Classic Furniture, and Mulvey's of Dundrum. Recently the old Dundrum Shopping Centre has been rebranded Dundrum Village Centre. The College of Further Education in Dundrum is the local community Education and Training Board college. Transport Luas The Luas Green Line has two Luas stops in Dundrum, Balally (which serves the shopping centre) and Dundrum, before the line passes over the large cable-stayed William Dargan Bridge, at Taney Cross. It is the largest engineering structure on the line. The Luas route substantially follows the original Harcourt Street railway line, which was operated by the DSER. Closed in 1958, the alignment was preserved intact for several decades. Dundrum railway station opened on 10 July 1854 and closed on 1 January 1959. The planned Dublin Metro, Metrolink was proposed to stop at Dundrum's Luas station on its way from Swords to Sandyford. If completed according to original proposals, MetroLink would replace the current Luas services that run along the Luas Green Line. As of February 2019 however, it was questioned whether these plans would be completed as proposed. Bus A number of bus routes serve Dundrum. These are operated by Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead Ireland, and include route 14 (to Beaumont), 17 (Rialto to Blackrock DART), 44 (serving DCU), 44b (to Glencullen) 61 (to Eden Quay), 75 (Dún Laoghaire to Tallaght), 116 (Parnell Square), 161 (Rockbrook) and 175 (UCD Belfield to Citywest) In addition, private operator Dublin Coach serves Dublin Airport via the Red Cow interchange. People The 19th-century Irish physicist George Johnstone Stoney, the first person to posit the existence of the electron, resided in Dundrum for much of his adult life. Dundrum was also the home of Séamus Brennan, former Minister of Social and Family Affairs, and is the family home of cyclist Stephen Roche. Dundrum was also the childhood home for Radio One DJ Annie Mac. RTÉ host Derek Mooney lives in Holy Well. Oscar-winner Brenda Fricker grew up here. Many of Eavan Boland's poems depict the urban