Cookstown Luas stop
Luas Red Line · Baile an Chócaigh
About Cookstown
Cookstown Way gives this stop its setting: a strip of reserved track at the side of the road, in the industrial district of the same name on the northern edge of Tallaght. It opened with the Red Line in 2004 and is one of the plainer stops on the network, with the Irish name Baile an Chócaigh.
It lies on the Tallaght branch, which the Red Line follows after dividing at Belgard, with Hospital and Tallaght beyond it. The trams serve the warehouses and workshops of the Cookstown estate and the housing behind them, and there is cycle parking at the stop for people riding in from the surrounding streets.
First and last trams from Cookstown
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 Cookstown: Red Line towards Tallaght, about one tram every 6 minutes at the busiest times (202 departures on a weekday) and Red Line towards The Point, about one tram every 6 minutes at the busiest times (195 departures on a weekday).
Connections and interchange
Cookstown 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 Cookstown
Nothing is mapped within 400 m of the platforms, which fits an industrial estate. Within about a kilometre are Tallaght University Hospital at roughly 590 m and the Tallaght Children’s Satellite Hospital at 600 m, the Tree of Hope garden at about 750 m, the National Ambulance Service College at 870 m and County Hall at 910 m. For the hospital itself most passengers stay on to the stop named after it rather than walking from here.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| Tallaght University Hospital | 590 m |
| Tallaght Children’s Satellite Hospital | 600 m |
| Tree of Hope | 750 m |
| National Ambulance Service College | 870 m |
| County Hall | 910 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
The Tallaght branch. The line divides at Belgard, one branch running through Cookstown, Hospital and Tallaght, the other to Fettercairn, Cheeverstown, Citywest Campus, Fortunestown and Saggart.
It is within about a kilometre, roughly 590 m in a straight line, but it is not the stop for it. The Hospital stop, one further along the branch, is built immediately outside the hospital.