Balally Luas stop
Luas Green Line · Baile Amhlaoibh
About Balally
Balally — Baile Amhlaoibh — opened in 2004 on the first stretch of the Green Line, and it is the stop for Dundrum Town Centre, the southern part of Dundrum and the neighbouring suburbs of Balally and Goatstown. It sits at the junction beside Overend Avenue, and its unusual feature is that it is open to the sky while the line is not: the platforms occupy an open box with cut-and-cover tunnel at either end. To the north-west the tracks run under the Rockfield Central apartment block and Overend Avenue; to the south-east they pass beneath an internal street and an office block.
That setting shapes the way in. The northbound platform has a staircase and a lift straight up to the street, while the southbound platform has steps and a ramp leading into a shopping mall built under the Rockfield development, so one side delivers you to the pavement and the other indoors. At street level the stop is marked by a solar-powered totem of the kind used at several other Green Line stops. The Park and Ride here holds 421 spaces, 9 of them for disabled badge holders, and is itself below ground, tucked beneath a second car park serving a housing development. Dundrum lies towards town, Kilmacud the other way.
First and last trams from Balally
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last | Bank holiday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Line towards Brides Glen | 06:11 – 00:58 | 06:11 – 00:58 | 06:47 – 00:58 | 07:41 – 23:58 | 07:41 – 23:58 |
| Green Line towards Broombridge | 05:35 – 00:23 | 05:35 – 00:23 | 06:35 – 00:23 | 07:05 – 23:23 | 07:05 – 23:23 |
Departures from this stop in the NTA’s published timetable for a representative week. A day type with no departures is shown as no service rather than filled in from another day.
From Balally: Green Line towards Brides Glen, about one tram every 3 minutes at the busiest times (366 departures on a weekday) and Green Line towards Broombridge, about one tram every 3 minutes at the busiest times (360 departures on a weekday).
Next stops from Balally
Running times to the adjoining stops, from the operators’ own timetables.
| Line | Next stop | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Green Line | Dundrum | 2 min |
| Green Line | Kilmacud | 1.7 min |
Connections and interchange
Balally is served by the Luas Green Line only. There is no change to another line here and no walking transfer to another station nearby.
Facilities
luas.ie publishes no facility list for individual Luas stops, so the only stop-level facts here are the Park & Ride and Cycle & Ride flags from the operator’s own stop data. Absence of a row is not evidence that something is missing.
What is near Balally
Retail dominates the short walk from the platforms. Dundrum Town Centre is about 370 m away, with a TK Maxx at roughly 180 m and a Marks & Spencer at 320 m closer in, so a good share of journeys here are shopping trips rather than commutes. Ashfield College lies about 190 m off. Beyond the centre and the office blocks above the tunnels, the catchment is suburban housing on both sides of the line.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| Ashfield College | 190 m |
| TK Maxx | 180 m |
| Marks & Spencer | 320 m |
| Dundrum Town Centre | 370 m |
Named places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the stop. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route.
Frequently asked questions
Because buildings were put over the alignment. On one side the tracks pass in cut-and-cover tunnel under the Rockfield Central apartment block and Overend Avenue, on the other beneath an internal street and an office block. The stop itself was left as an open box between the two, which is why it feels enclosed while still being open to the sky.
Below ground, beneath another car park that serves a housing development, with 421 spaces of which 9 are reserved for disabled badge holders. It is one of the few places on the line where the parking is stacked rather than spread out beside the tracks.