Central Park Luas stop
Luas Green Line
About Central Park
Central Park arrived with the 2010 extension that carried the Green Line on beyond Sandyford, and it takes its name from the business park it was built to serve. The two entrances tell you what it is for: the northbound platform opens directly onto a public plaza in the middle of the business park, while a path built for the purpose runs from the southbound platform to an unnamed road leading to Leopardstown Park Hospital on the other side of the line.
It is also one of the more engineered pieces of the extension. South of the platforms the line climbs, runs past the business park’s car park on a viaduct and then uses that viaduct to cross the M50 motorway. To the north it cuts through the business park on its own right of way, takes a road junction on a curved viaduct, runs alongside Burton Hall Road, crosses it and swings onto the side of Blackthorn Avenue to reach Sandyford. Leopardstown Racecourse and Kilmacud Crokes GAA are both within walking distance. Glencairn is the first call on the far side of the motorway.
First and last trams from Central Park
| 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 | 05:48 – 01:04 | 05:48 – 01:04 | 06:48 – 01:04 | 07:16 – 00:04 | 07:16 – 00:04 |
| Green Line towards Parnell | 05:46 – 00:16 | 05:46 – 00:16 | 06:46 – 00:16 | 07:16 – 23:16 | 07:16 – 23:16 |
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 Central Park: 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 Central Park
Running times to the adjoining stops, from the operators’ own timetables.
| Line | Next stop | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Green Line | Glencairn | 1.6 min |
| Green Line | Sandyford | 2.3 min |
Connections and interchange
Central Park 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 Central Park
Office workers make up most of the traffic, since the plaza the northbound platform opens onto is at the centre of the business park itself. Leopardstown Park Hospital is the other main draw, about 140 m away and reached by the purpose-built path from the opposite platform. There is no car park and no cycle parking here, and the racecourse and the GAA grounds are both a walk rather than a step away.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| Leopardstown Park Hospital | 140 m |
Named places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the stop. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route.
Frequently asked questions
It carries the line over the M50 motorway. The track climbs away from the platforms, runs past the business park’s car park on the structure and then crosses the motorway on it, which is why the stop feels as though it sits at the bottom of a slope in that direction.
Leopardstown Park Hospital, about 140 m from the platforms on the opposite side of the line from the business park. A path was built specially to connect the southbound platform to the unnamed access road that leads to it.