Cabra Luas stop
Luas Green Line · Cabrach
About Cabra
Saplings grow on the platforms at Cabra. The old railway cutting the stop occupies is wider than the stop needs, and the leftover strip behind one platform was planted with young trees in an attempt to offset some of the Luas’s carbon footprint; more were planted on the other platform. The stop opened in 2017 as part of Luas Cross City, the extension that took the Green Line from St. Stephen’s Green north to Broombridge.
It sits at the northern end of the Broadstone cutting, just beyond Connaught Street, which crosses the line on the Liam Whelan bridge — rebuilt while the stop was being constructed. The main way in is a long ramp from the eastern side of that bridge down to the middle of the southbound platform, with a flight of steps leading off halfway along it, and a second entrance is a path from the northern end of the stop into Mount Bernard Park. Besides Cabra itself, the stop serves the National Botanic Gardens, a walk to the east.
First and last trams from Cabra
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last | Bank holiday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Line towards Sandyford | 05:34 – 00:21 | 05:34 – 00:21 | 06:34 – 00:21 | 07:04 – 23:21 | 07:04 – 23:21 |
| Green Line towards Broombridge | 05:45 – 00:59 | 05:45 – 00:59 | 06:39 – 00:59 | 07:09 – 23:59 | 07:09 – 23:59 |
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 Cabra: Green Line towards Sandyford, about one tram every 4 minutes at the busiest times (226 departures on a weekday) and Green Line towards Broombridge, about one tram every 4 minutes at the busiest times (238 departures on a weekday).
Next stops from Cabra
Running times to the adjoining stops, from the operators’ own timetables.
| Line | Next stop | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Green Line | Broombridge | 3.6 min |
| Green Line | Phibsborough | 1.3 min |
Connections and interchange
Cabra 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 Cabra
This is a residential part of the northside with its parks close at hand: Mount Bernard Park, which the stop has its own entrance onto, is about 270 m from the platforms, and Shandon Gardens Park roughly 280 m. Nothing else is mapped within 400 m. The National Botanic Gardens are the one destination people regularly ride here for, and otherwise the traffic is Cabra residents walking down to the cutting from the streets on either side.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| Mount Bernard Park | 270 m |
| Shandon Gardens Park | 280 m |
Named places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the stop. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route.
Frequently asked questions
The cutting is wider than the stop, leaving a strip of unused ground behind one of the platforms. Saplings were planted there, and on the other platform, as an attempt to reduce the carbon footprint of the tram line.
It is the bridge carrying Connaught Street over the cutting, immediately south of the stop. It was rebuilt as part of the construction work, and the stop’s main entrance is a long ramp running down from its eastern side to the middle of the platform.