Ranelagh Luas stop
Luas Green Line · Raghnallach
About Ranelagh
When the Green Line opened in 2004 it took over the formation of the Harcourt Street railway, closed since 1958, but Ranelagh was a genuinely new stop: the old line had no station at this spot. The one that carried the name Rathmines and Ranelagh stood further along the route, where Beechwood is now. Here the trams cross Ranelagh Road on a bridge whose steel deck was built in 2004 and dropped onto the stone abutments the railway had left behind, so the newest part of the structure sits on the oldest.
Ranelagh — Raghnallach in Irish — is also one of the few Luas stops with a building to speak of. A two-storey block on Ranelagh Road has a wide entrance under a name sign in the same style as those on the platforms, and inside there is little more than tiled steps up to both platforms, with a lift to the southbound side. Part of the ground floor is let as a retail unit and is in use as a restaurant. The platforms themselves are directly above the road, which is why the stop reads as a bridge from below and as an ordinary pair of platforms from above. The next call towards town is Charlemont, on its own bridge over the Grand Canal.
First and last trams from Ranelagh
| 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 | 06:00 – 00:47 | 06:00 – 00:47 | 07:00 – 00:47 | 07:30 – 23:47 | 07:30 – 23:47 |
| Green Line towards Broombridge | 05:46 – 00:34 | 05:46 – 00:34 | 06:46 – 00:34 | 07:16 – 23:34 | 07:16 – 23:34 |
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 Ranelagh: Green Line towards Brides Glen, about one tram every 3 minutes at the busiest times (365 departures on a weekday) and Green Line towards Broombridge, about one tram every 3 minutes at the busiest times (360 departures on a weekday).
Next stops from Ranelagh
Running times to the adjoining stops, from the operators’ own timetables.
| Line | Next stop | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Green Line | Beechwood | 2.2 min |
| Green Line | Charlemont | 2 min |
Connections and interchange
Ranelagh 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 Ranelagh
The stop sits at the top of the village, and the short walk down from it is the heaviest pedestrian link it has. Ranelagh Village Market is about 90 m away and Ranelagh Gardens roughly 120 m, with the small Triangle Seating Park area at 150 m where the roads meet. Mountpleasant Square Park lies about 210 m off, one of the garden squares between here and the canal, and The Gerard Byrne Studio is around 300 m. The rest is shops, restaurants and terraced housing.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| Mountpleasant Square Park | 210 m |
| Ranelagh Village Market | 90 m |
| Ranelagh Gardens | 120 m |
| Triangle Seating Park area | 150 m |
| The Gerard Byrne Studio | 300 m |
Named places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the stop. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route.
Frequently asked questions
Not on this site. The Harcourt Street line had no station where the Ranelagh stop now is; the one named Rathmines and Ranelagh was further along the route, at the place now occupied by the Beechwood stop. Ranelagh was added as a new stop in 2004, using the railway’s old stone abutments to carry a new steel deck.
A two-storey block on Ranelagh Road forms the entrance, with a wide doorway under a name sign of the platform type. Inside it is plain — tiled steps to each platform and a lift to the southbound one. Part of it is let commercially and is currently a restaurant.