Laughanstown Luas stop
Luas Green Line · Baile an Lachnáin
About Laughanstown
Laughanstown was built for a suburb that did not arrive. It opened in 2010 on the extension south from Sandyford, intended to serve new development planned during the Celtic Tiger, and when that development did not follow the stop was left standing in open ground — which made it the least used on the Luas network. As of 2022 the land around it was under development again, with new roads laid close by.
The setting is unlike anything else on the line. The platforms are near the southern edge of Cabinteely and the north-west of Cherrywood, surrounded by fields of grass and trees. The nearest road, Lehaunstown Road, is a minute’s walk away and runs close to the site of Tully Crossing on the old Harcourt Street railway; the Grand Parade road is being extended along the tram line near the stop. Cherrywood is the call towards the end of the line, Carrickmines the one back towards town.
First and last trams from Laughanstown
| 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 | 06:01 – 01:17 | 06:01 – 01:17 | 07:01 – 01:17 | 07:29 – 00:17 | 07:29 – 00:17 |
| Green Line towards Parnell | 05:33 – 00:03 | 05:33 – 00:03 | 06:33 – 00:03 | 07:03 – 23:03 | 07:03 – 23:03 |
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 Laughanstown: 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 Laughanstown
Running times to the adjoining stops, from the operators’ own timetables.
| Line | Next stop | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Green Line | Carrickmines | 2.9 min |
| Green Line | Cherrywood | 2.1 min |
Connections and interchange
Laughanstown 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 Laughanstown
Nothing is recorded within 400 m of the platforms, which is the whole point of the place: this is the one stop on the line still surrounded by fields. Within about a kilometre are the Glendruid Dolmen at roughly 430 m, Tully Church at about 460 m, Beckett Park at some 480 m and Tully Park at around 520 m, so the walking is to archaeology and open space rather than to shops. Lehaunstown Road, a minute away, is the nearest road of any kind.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| Glendruid Dolmen | 430 m |
| Tully Church | 460 m |
| Beckett Park | 480 m |
| Tully Park | 520 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
It was put in for a new suburb that was being planned during the Celtic Tiger, and the building work around it did not happen. With little in walking distance it became the least used stop on the Luas network. That has begun to change: by 2022 the surrounding land was being developed and new roads had been built near the platforms.
A crossing on the Harcourt Street railway, the line whose alignment much of this part of the Luas follows. Its site is close to Lehaunstown Road, about a minute’s walk from the stop, and it is one of the few traces of the railway left in an area that is otherwise still fields.