Belgard Luas stop
Luas Red Line · Belgard
About Belgard
Belgard is where the Red Line splits in two. It opened on 30 September 2004 beside Katherine Tynan Road, close to the Belgard Heights estate, as an ordinary stop on a line that then ran only to Tallaght. In 2011 a new branch to Saggart was built, Belgard became the last stop on the common section, and it was rebuilt on a far larger scale to do the job, with a canopy covering the whole new structure.
It now has four platforms — two islands facing three tracks. The two outer faces work as a conventional through stop, and the middle track exists for the Saggart shuttle. In the early morning, in the evening and at weekends, every tram from the city centre goes to Tallaght, and the Saggart branch is worked by a separate service that turns back on that middle road, so a journey between Saggart and town at those hours is made in two parts. Beyond the platforms the trams run on another few hundred metres before the junction that separates the two branches.
First and last trams from Belgard
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 Belgard: Red Line towards Saggart, about one tram every 3 minutes at the busiest times (406 departures on a weekday) and Red Line towards The Point, about one tram every 4 minutes at the busiest times (307 departures on a weekday).
Connections and interchange
Belgard is served by the Luas Red 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 Belgard
The stop sits among the industrial estates and arterial roads of south-west Dublin, and nothing is mapped within 400 m of it. Within about a kilometre are Tallaght University Hospital and the Tallaght Children’s Satellite Hospital, roughly 1000 m and 970 m away, and the Kilnamanagh Shopping Centre at about 990 m. Most people here are changing between branches or walking in from the Belgard Heights estate; there is cycle parking at the stop for those arriving by bike.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| Tallaght University Hospital | 1000 m |
| Tallaght Children’s Satellite Hospital | 970 m |
| Kilnamanagh Shopping Centre | 990 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 is there for the Saggart shuttle. At quiet times all trams from the city centre run to Tallaght, and the Saggart branch is worked by a separate service that terminates on the centre road between the two island platforms, which is why the stop was given three tracks when it was rebuilt.
In 2011. Until then the Red Line ran only to Tallaght and Belgard was an ordinary intermediate stop; the new branch made it the junction and the stop was extensively rebuilt, gaining its four platforms and the canopy that covers them.