Phibsborough Luas stop
Luas Green Line · Baile Phib
About Phibsborough
Phibsborough is the one Luas stop with no ticket machines on its platforms. The cutting it stands in is too narrow to fit them: the platforms are squeezed between steep stone-faced walls and are noticeably slimmer than elsewhere on the network, carrying only shelters, benches, information displays and Leap Card validators, with the machines placed at entrance level instead.
That cutting once carried heavy rail trains into Dublin Broadstone and then lay disused for many years before Luas Cross City reopened it; the stop opened on the extension in 2017. It lies between Cabra Road and the North Circular Road, both of which cross the line on bridges, and there is an entrance at each end, taking passengers from the bridges onto wooden walkways over the tracks, with a wooden staircase facing each entrance and a glass lift shaft opposite. Dalymount Park is the destination that fills the platforms on match days.
First and last trams from Phibsborough
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last | Bank holiday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Line towards Sandyford | 05:35 – 00:22 | 05:35 – 00:22 | 06:35 – 00:22 | 07:05 – 23:22 | 07:05 – 23:22 |
| Green Line towards Broombridge | 05:44 – 00:58 | 05:44 – 00:58 | 06:38 – 00:58 | 07:08 – 23:58 | 07:08 – 23:58 |
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 Phibsborough: 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 Phibsborough
Running times to the adjoining stops, from the operators’ own timetables.
| Line | Next stop | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Green Line | Cabra | 1.3 min |
| Green Line | Grangegorman | 1 min |
Connections and interchange
Phibsborough 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 Phibsborough
The stop is the one for Phibsborough itself and for football at Dalymount Park, about 300 m from the platforms. St Peter’s church stands roughly 160 m away, with Great Western Square Park at about 190 m and the Serenity Community Garden at 280 m. The neighbourhood above the cutting is dense inner-suburban Dublin 7, and because the stop is below street level every approach to it is over one of the two road bridges at either end.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| St Peter's | 160 m |
| Dalymount Park | 300 m |
| Great Western Square Park | 190 m |
| Serenity Community Garden | 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
There is no room for them. The cutting here is very narrow and the platforms are much slimmer than at other Luas stops, so the machines are at the entrance level instead, by the walkways over the tracks. Phibsborough is the only stop on the network where that is the case.
For heavy rail. It was the approach to Dublin Broadstone railway station, and it lay disused for many years after the trains stopped before Luas Cross City laid tram tracks along it and opened this stop in 2017.