Cowper Luas stop

Cowper
Cowper Luas stop
General information
Location	Cowper Road Rathmines, County Dublin Ireland
Coordinates	53°18′59″N 6°15′12″W
Owned by	Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Operated by	Transdev (as Luas)
Line(s)	Green
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Fare zone	Green 2
Key dates
30 June 2004	Stop opened
2018	Platforms extended
Services
Preceding station Luas Following station Beechwood towards Parnell or Broombridge Green Line Milltown towards Sandyford or Brides Glen
Location Cowper Location within Dublin

Cowper /ˈkaʊpər/ is a stop on the Luas light-rail tram system in Dublin, Ireland. It opened in 2004 as a stop on the Green Line from St Stephen's Green to Sandyford.^[1] It serves parts of Ranelagh and Rathmines.

Location and access

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

The Green Line runs on mostly segregated track, making use of the disused railway alignment from Bray to Harcourt Street. The Cowper stop is located between the backs of residential properties. The stop has the signs, displays, shelters, and ticket machines common to all Luas stops. It has two entrances: one from Merton Road and one from Tudor Road. Both entrances consist of simple tree-lined pathways and lead to the southern end of the platforms. The Merton Road entrance is signposted with a solar-powered totem.

It takes its name from the nearby Cowper Road, which is named for William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple (1811–1888), who formerly owned land in the area. He pronounced his name "cooper", but the stop is pronounced "cow-per."^[2][3]

Services

Trams stop at the stop coming from either end every 2-10 minutes.

Preceding station	Luas			Following station
Beechwood towards Parnell or Broombridge		Green Line		Milltown towards Sandyford or Brides Glen

References

1. "Luas Is Launched". RTÉ Archives.
2. "On Board LUAS 5000 Class Tram - Parnell to Cowper. 6/11/2021". YouTube. 6 November 2021. Audible at 19:44 in video.
3. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (27 October 2002). The Correspondence of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 9781843840602 – via Google Books.