Carrickmines Luas stop
Luas Green Line
About Carrickmines
Carrickmines is one of the Green Line stops with a railway station beside it, in the literal sense that the house next to the platforms is the old one. The Harcourt Street line opened in 1854 and Carrickmines was among its four original intermediate stops, east of Glenamuck Road North where an iron bridge took the road over the railway. The Dublin-bound platform had a small building in the style attributed to the line’s engineer William Dargan, with a gateway beside it and a water tower; the other platform had a waiting room and a ramp up to the bridge. So few people used it that it was cut back to a halt under Foxrock in December 1951, and the line closed at the end of 1958 — though not before the surviving section was used in May 1960 for the filming of Johnny Nobody.
Sold off, the property became a private residence taking in the track bed and both platforms, with an extension later built across the line of the rails. All of that had to be undone in 2010: the Railway Procurement Agency bought the house, demolished the extension blocking the tracks, took down the waiting room and the ramp, rebuilt the ramp in the same position, walled the trams off from the property and sold the house on again. Glenamuck Road North was widened at the same time and the iron bridge replaced with a concrete one. Ballyogan Wood lies back towards Sandyford.
First and last trams from Carrickmines
| 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 | 05:58 – 01:14 | 05:58 – 01:14 | 06:58 – 01:14 | 07:26 – 00:14 | 07:26 – 00:14 |
| Green Line towards Parnell | 05:36 – 00:06 | 05:36 – 00:06 | 06:36 – 00:06 | 07:06 – 23:06 | 07:06 – 23:06 |
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 Carrickmines: Green Line towards Brides Glen, about one tram every 4 minutes at the busiest times (247 departures on a weekday) and Green Line towards Parnell, about one tram every 4 minutes at the busiest times (221 departures on a weekday).
Next stops from Carrickmines
Running times to the adjoining stops, from the operators’ own timetables.
| Line | Next stop | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Green Line | Ballyogan Wood | 2.3 min |
| Green Line | Laughanstown | 2.9 min |
Connections and interchange
Carrickmines 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 Carrickmines
Nothing is listed within 400 m: the stop serves the village of Carrickmines, which sits away from the platforms, and the land immediately around it is given over to the road, the car park and the old property. Within about a kilometre are the Glendruid Dolmen at roughly 740 m, Beckett Park at about 810 m and the Tresilian Bee Garden at some 970 m. The main entrance is simply a gap in the wall on Glenamuck Road North, marked by a solar-powered totem carrying the Luas logo that is unique to this stop.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| Glendruid Dolmen | 740 m |
| Beckett Park | 810 m |
| Tresilian Bee Garden | 970 m |
Named places from OpenStreetMap within 1 km of the stop. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route; nothing is mapped within 400 m of this one, so the list is widened to 1 km.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, and it is a private residence. It can be seen clearly from the platforms, along with the water tower that served the railway, which has fallen into disrepair. The property had to be bought by the Railway Procurement Agency in 2010 so that a later extension built across the old track bed could be demolished.
It was replaced during the tram works, when Glenamuck Road North was widened. The modern concrete bridge that took its place has high solid parapets, faced with sandstone bricks on the sides that look onto the road, and the same facing continues along the walls on either side.