Tallaght Luas stop

Tallaght Tamhlacht
Tallaght stop, as seen from beyond the buffers
General information
Location	Hibernian Industrial Estate Tallaght, County Dublin Ireland
Coordinates	53°17′15″N 6°22′29″W
Owned by	Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Operated by	Transdev (as Luas)
Line(s)	Red
Platforms	2
Bus routes	11
Bus operators	Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland
Connections	27 49 54A 56a 65 77A S6 S8 W2 W4 W62
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Fare zone	Red 4
History
Opened	26 September 2004; 20 years ago (2004-09-26)
Location Tallaght Location within Dublin

Tallaght (/ˈtælə/; Irish: Tamhlacht) is a stop on the Luas light-rail tram system in Dublin, Ireland. It opened in 2004 as the terminus of the Red Line.^[1]

Location and access

v t e Luas Red Line
The Point Spencer Dock ( Docklands) Royal Canal Mayor Square - NCI George's Dock Connolly Busáras Green Line, southbound (Marlborough Street) Abbey Street Green Line, northbound (O'Connell Street) Jervis Four Courts Smithfield Museum Seán Heuston Bridge over River Liffey Heuston James's Fatima Rialto Ann Devlin Bridge over Grand Canal Suir Road Goldenbridge Drimnagh Blackhorse Bluebell Kylemore M50 Motorway Red Cow Depot Kingswood Belgard Cookstown Hospital Tallaght Fettercairn Cheeverstown Citywest Campus Fortunestown Saggart

The stop is located on a section of reserved track at the side of the road the populous suburb of Tallaght, opposite The Square Shopping Centre. It also provides access to Tallaght Stadium, the offices of South Dublin County Council, and the local campus of the Technological University Dublin.^[2] The stop has two edge platforms, and trams reverse using a double crossover immediately beyond the stop. Thus, one platform is used for arrivals and one for departures. Upon leaving Tallaght, trams travel along their own right of way, rounding a corner where the tracks are straddled by buildings. They then head north on their way to Connolly or The Point.

Two trams wait at the terminus

Services

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

Preceding station	Luas			Following station
Cookstown towards Tallaght		Red Line		Kingswood towards The Point or Connolly
Fettercairn towards Saggart

References

1. "Luas is launched - 2004". RTÉ Archives.
2. "Tallaght". Luas.