Fatima Luas stop
Luas Red Line · Fatima
About Fatima
The name comes from Fatima Mansions, the public housing complex the stop was built beside when the Red Line opened in 2004. It sits at the southern side of St. James’s Hospital, alongside James’s Walk, with two edge platforms of the usual Luas design.
West of the stop the trams follow the alignment of an abandoned canal towards Tallaght and Saggart; east of it they swing through the grounds of the hospital towards the city centre. Besides the flats and the hospital, Fatima is the tram stop for Dolphin’s Barn, The Coombe and the northern edge of the Liberties, a part of Dublin that the Red Line serves without ever running through its main streets. Trams run on to Rialto in one direction and James’s in the other.
First and last trams from Fatima
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 Fatima: Red Line towards Tallaght, about one tram every 3 minutes at the busiest times (314 departures on a weekday) and Red Line towards The Point, about one tram every 3 minutes at the busiest times (316 departures on a weekday).
Connections and interchange
Fatima 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 Fatima
The stop sits in a corner of inner south-west Dublin between hospital grounds and housing. James’s Walk, the green strip the line follows, starts about 100 m from the platforms, and Flanagan’s Fields Community Garden is roughly 200 m away. St. James’s Hospital is about 300 m to the north and the John Stearne Medical Library some 380 m. Most people getting off here are walking on into Dolphin’s Barn, The Coombe or the Liberties rather than stopping at anything immediately beside the stop.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| St. James's Hospital | 300 m |
| James's Walk | 100 m |
| Flanagan's Fields Community Garden | 200 m |
| John Stearne Medical Library | 380 m |
Named places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the stop. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route.
Frequently asked questions
From Fatima Mansions, the public housing complex next to which the stop was built. The Luas stop was named for its proximity to the flats when the Red Line opened in 2004.
It is the course of an abandoned canal. The Red Line was laid along the disused channel, which is why the track runs so straight and so level between here and the stops further west.