Tallaght Luas stop
Luas Red Line · Tamhlacht
About Tallaght
Trams reverse at Tallaght over a double crossover laid immediately beyond the platforms, so one platform is used for arrivals and the other for departures and nothing has to shunt through the stop. There are two edge platforms, and leaving them towards the city the line rounds a corner on its own right of way where the track passes between buildings that straddle it on both sides.
The stop opened in 2004 as the end of the Red Line, which it still is for the Tallaght branch, and it faces The Square across the road in the middle of the suburb it is named after — Tamhlacht in Irish. Besides the shopping centre it serves Tallaght Stadium, the offices of South Dublin County Council and the local campus of the Technological University Dublin. There is a car park and cycle parking at the stop, and the branch to Saggart leaves the line some way back at Belgard.
First and last trams from Tallaght
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last | Bank holiday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Line towards The Point | 05:30 – 00:18 | 05:30 – 00:18 | 06:30 – 00:18 | 07:00 – 23:00 | 07:00 – 23:00 |
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 Tallaght: Red Line towards The Point, about one tram every 6 minutes at the busiest times (195 departures on a weekday).
Connections and interchange
Tallaght 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 Tallaght
This is the centre of Tallaght, and the stop is busy with shoppers as well as commuters. The Square Shopping Centre is about 200 m from the platforms, with the Movies@ The Square cinema at roughly 160 m and County Hall, the council’s offices, at 190 m. The National Ambulance Service College is about 150 m away and the Bee Kind garden 120 m. Tallaght University Hospital lies some 370 m off and the children’s satellite hospital about 380 m, although the Hospital stop one along the line is nearer to both.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| Tallaght University Hospital | 370 m |
| Bee Kind | 120 m |
| National Ambulance Service College | 150 m |
| Movies@ The Square | 160 m |
| County Hall | 190 m |
| The Square Shopping Centre | 200 m |
| Tallaght Children’s Satellite Hospital | 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
They use a double crossover just beyond the platforms. Arriving trams come in on one platform, cross over behind the stop and go back out from the other, which keeps arrivals and departures on separate faces.
Leaving the stop, the trams follow their own right of way round a corner, and on that curve the tracks are straddled by buildings on either side before the line turns north. It is a short enclosed stretch that is unusual on the Red Line.