Bluebell Luas stop
Luas Red Line · An Cloigín Gorm
About Bluebell
Trams call in the middle of a dual carriageway at Bluebell. The stop occupies a length of reserved track in the wide central reservation of the Naas Road, in the Bluebell district on the south-western approach to Dublin, and opened with the Red Line in 2004. Its Irish name is An Cloigín Gorm.
It is one of a pair with Kylemore, further out along the same road, which was built to virtually the same design on the same road. Neither has much at the platform edge: they exist to serve the housing and the industrial estates set back behind the dual carriageway on either side, and the walk from the stop to anywhere is across or along a fast road. Drimnagh Castle and Lansdowne Valley Park are the two places people most often get off here for.
First and last trams from Bluebell
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 Bluebell: Red Line towards Tallaght, about one tram every 3 minutes at the busiest times (316 departures on a weekday) and Red Line towards The Point, about one tram every 4 minutes at the busiest times (316 departures on a weekday).
Next stops from Bluebell
Running times to the adjoining stops, from the operators’ own timetables.
| Line | Next stop | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Red Line | Blackhorse | 1.9 min |
| Red Line | Kylemore | 2 min |
Connections and interchange
Bluebell 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 Bluebell
Nothing of note stands within 400 m of the platforms, which is unusual even on this part of the line. Within about a kilometre there are Drimnagh Castle and the secondary school beside it, roughly 490 m and 430 m away, the Jim Mitchell Park at about 880 m, the TOG hackerspace at 830 m and Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin at about 940 m. The immediate surroundings are the dual carriageway itself and the estates and works behind it.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| Drimnagh Castle Secondary School | 430 m |
| Drimnagh Castle | 490 m |
| TOG | 830 m |
| Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin | 940 m |
| Jim Mitchell Park | 880 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
In the central reservation of the Naas Road. The Red Line has its own reserved track down the middle of the dual carriageway here, and the platforms are built between the two carriageways rather than at the side of the road.
It is the nearest one. The castle and the secondary school that shares its grounds are within about a kilometre of the platforms, roughly 490 m and 430 m away respectively. The stop also serves Lansdowne Valley Park.