Balally Luas stop

Balally Baile Amhlaoibh
The northbound platform at Balally
General information
Location	Overend Avenue Balally/Dundrum, County Dublin Ireland
Coordinates	53°17′10″N 6°14′12″W
Owned by	Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Operated by	Transdev (as Luas)
Line(s)	Green
Platforms	2
Bus routes	2
Bus operators	Dublin Bus
Connections	L25 44
Construction
Structure type	In cutting
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Green 3
Key dates
30 June 2004	Stop opened
2018	Platforms extended
Location Balally Location within Dublin

Balally (Irish: Baile Amhlaoibh) is a stop on the Luas light-rail tram system in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, County Dublin, Ireland. It opened in 2004 as a stop on the Green Line and serves Dundrum Town Centre, the southern area of Dundrum and the nearby suburbs of Balally and Goatstown.^[1] The stop is located at the junction at the side of Overend Avenue.

Location and access

Looking north from the platform at Balally

v t e Luas Green Line
Dublin–Sligo line westbound Broombridge Dublin–Sligo line eastbound Hamilton Depot Cabra Phibsborough Grangegorman Broadstone – University Dominick Parnell O'Connell Upper O'Connell - GPO Marlborough Red Line - Abbey Street O'Connell Bridge │ River Liffey │ Rosie Hackett Bridge Westmoreland Trinity Dawson St Stephen's Green Harcourt Grand Canal Charlemont Ranelagh Beechwood Cowper Milltown Nine Arches Bridge over River Dodder Windy Arbour William Dargan Bridge Dundrum Balally Kilmacud Stillorgan Sandyford Depot Central Park M50 Glencairn The Gallops Leopardstown Valley Ballyogan Wood M50 Racecourse (unused) Carrickmines Brennanstown (unused) Laughanstown Cherrywood Wyattville Link Road Brides Glen

Balally is located in an open-air station box. On either side, the tracks run in cut and cover tunnels. To the northwest, they run under the Rockfield Central apartment block and Overend Avenue. To the southeast, the tracks run under an internal street and an office block. The northbound platform has a staircase and a lift which lead directly to the street. The southbound platform has a flight of steps and a ramp which lead to a mall with shops under the Rockfield development. At street level, the stop is signposted with a solar-powered totem. Similar totems are seen at some other stops on the Green Line.

Balally has a Park and Ride facility with 421 spaces, of which 9 are reserved for those with disabled badges. The car park is underground, lying beneath another car park used by a housing development.

The stop as seen from within the neighbouring complex

Onward transport

The stop is served by Dublin Bus route L25, connecting the stop with Stillorgan, Monkstown and Dún Laoghaire.^[2]

References

1. "Luas Is Launched". RTÉ Archives.
2. "Balally". Luas.