Busáras Luas stop
Luas Red Line · Busáras
About Busáras
Store Street’s tram stop is named after the building beside it, the central bus station whose Irish name, Busáras, it borrows outright. It opened with the Red Line in 2004, when it was the last stop but one for trams running north to Connolly, then the end of the line.
The later extension of the line out to The Point changed its job. Busáras now sits where the two ends of the Red Line meet, and it is the one city-centre stop that every tram passes in both directions: Connolly is served in one direction only, so this is where a journey between it and The Point has to be broken. It is also within a short walk of two railway platforms that are not part of it: Dublin Connolly is about 170 m away, and the Connolly tram stop about 140 m, both along the street rather than through any shared concourse.
First and last trams from Busáras
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 Busáras: Red Line towards Tallaght, about one tram every 3 minutes at the busiest times (315 departures on a weekday) and Red Line towards The Point, about one tram every 3 minutes at the busiest times (292 departures on a weekday).
Next stops from Busáras
Running times to the adjoining stops, from the operators’ own timetables.
| Line | Next stop | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Red Line | Abbey Street | 2.6 min |
| Red Line | Connolly | 1 min |
| Red Line | George's Dock | 1.4 min |
Connections and interchange
- Dublin Connolly — about 4 minutes on foot (our estimate, 170 m in a straight line). It is a separate station, not another platform here.
- Connolly — about 2 minutes on foot (our estimate, 140 m in a straight line). It is a separate stop, not another platform here.
Our estimate from the straight-line distance of 170 m, not a measured walking route.
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 Busáras
The stop stands among the public buildings of the north quays. The Custom House is about 200 m away and Liberty Hall roughly 310 m, with the Universal Links on Human Rights sculpture only 90 m from the platforms. The Famine Memorial is at about 240 m and the 1913 Lockout memorial at 260 m, and a memorial to the Spanish Civil War International Brigade stands some 330 m off. Three Liffey crossings are within easy reach: the Matt Talbot Memorial Bridge at about 220 m, the Loopline Bridge at 320 m and Butt Bridge at 350 m.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| Universal Links on Human Rights | 90 m |
| The Custom House | 200 m |
| Matt Talbot Memorial Bridge | 220 m |
| George's Dock | 240 m |
| Famine Memorial | 240 m |
| 1913 Lockout (memorial) | 260 m |
| CHQ | 280 m |
| EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum | 310 m |
Named places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the stop. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route.
Frequently asked questions
Busáras is the central bus station on Store Street, and the Luas stop immediately outside it simply takes the same name. The Irish and English forms of the name are the same, which is why the stop appears as Busáras in the timetable data as well as on the street.
The second-last stop on the Red Line. When the line opened in 2004 it ran only as far as Connolly, so trams running north called at Busáras and then terminated one stop later. The extension out to The Point turned it into the junction stop it is now.