Hospital Luas stop
Luas Red Line · Ospidéal
About Hospital
Few stop names in Dublin are as literal as this one. Hospital stands on reserved track at the side of Cookstown Way, immediately outside Tallaght University Hospital, and exists to put trams at the hospital door; its Irish name, Ospidéal Thamhlachta, says the same thing. It opened with the Red Line in 2004.
The stop is on the Tallaght branch, between Cookstown and Tallaght, and besides the main hospital it serves the children’s satellite hospital and the National Ambulance Service College nearby. Cookstown Way was also the scene of the first fatal accident on the Luas, in February 2008, when a man was struck by a tram a short distance south of the stop; he died the following morning in the hospital beside it.
First and last trams from Hospital
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 Hospital: 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
Hospital 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 Hospital
Health services make up nearly everything in walking distance. Tallaght University Hospital is about 160 m from the platforms and the Tallaght Children’s Satellite Hospital roughly 200 m, with the National Ambulance Service College at about 280 m. The Tree of Hope garden lies some 300 m away and County Hall, the seat of South Dublin County Council, about 390 m. Beyond those the surroundings are the industrial units of Cookstown and the approach to the centre of Tallaght.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| Tallaght University Hospital | 160 m |
| Tallaght Children’s Satellite Hospital | 200 m |
| National Ambulance Service College | 280 m |
| Tree of Hope | 300 m |
| County Hall | 390 m |
Named places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the stop. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route.
Frequently asked questions
Tallaght University Hospital, whose grounds begin about 160 m from the platforms. The Tallaght Children’s Satellite Hospital is roughly 200 m away and the National Ambulance Service College about 280 m, so the stop covers all three.
In February 2008 a man was struck by a tram on Cookstown Way, a short distance south of the stop, and died in Tallaght hospital the next morning. It was the first fatal accident in the history of the Luas.