Brides Glen Luas stop
Luas Green Line · Gleann Bhríde
About Brides Glen
Brides Glen has been the end of the Luas Green Line since 2010, when the extension from Sandyford terminated here. Like Cherrywood a short distance back, it was built on a concrete viaduct above an empty plot, in the expectation that the Cherrywood development would grow around it. Grand Parade was later laid out along one side; the other side was still undeveloped as of September 2024.
It is a compact terminus. There is a single entrance, from the road that passes the southern end of the platforms, with ramps leading from it to each of the two side platforms. The short gap between the platform ends and the road is filled with the things a terminus needs and nothing else: buffers, electrical substations, a toilet for Luas drivers and a flower bed. Immediately to the north there is a double crossover, which is how arriving trams change tracks to start their run back towards town. The Irish name is Gleann Bhríde.
First and last trams from Brides Glen
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last | Bank holiday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Line towards Parnell | 05:30 – 00:00 | 05:30 – 00:00 | 06:30 – 00:00 | 07:00 – 23:00 | 07:00 – 23:00 |
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 Brides Glen: Green Line towards Parnell, about one tram every 4 minutes at the busiest times (221 departures on a weekday).
Next stops from Brides Glen
Running times to the adjoining stops, from the operators’ own timetables.
| Line | Next stop | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Green Line | Cherrywood | 1.1 min |
Connections and interchange
Brides Glen 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 Brides Glen
The Mater Private Network day hospital, about 160 m away, is the nearest named neighbour, and it is one of the reasons people get off here rather than at the stop before. Otherwise the immediate surroundings are the Cherrywood development on one side and open ground on the other. There is no car park and no cycle parking at the terminus, and the single entrance means everyone comes and goes by the same road.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| Mater Private Network, Day Hospital | 160 m |
Named places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the stop. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route.
Frequently asked questions
Between the platform ends and the road there are buffers, a flower bed, electrical substations and a toilet for Luas drivers. A double crossover sits immediately north of the platforms, which is what lets a tram that has arrived cross to the other track and set off again.
Yes. The terminus went up in 2010 at the end of a concrete viaduct crossing an empty plot. Grand Parade was built along the eastern side afterwards, and the opposite side was still undeveloped as of September 2024, so the stop has spent most of its life waiting for its neighbourhood.