Belgard Luas stop

Belgard
Belgard during the upgrade works in 2010
General information
Location	Hibernian Industrial Estate Tallaght, County Dublin Ireland
Coordinates	53°17′56″N 6°22′31″W
Owned by	Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Operated by	Transdev (as Luas)
Line(s)	Red
Platforms	4
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Fare zone	Red 4
History
Opened	26 September 2004
Key dates
2 July 2011	Services to Saggart commence
Location Belgard Location within Dublin

Belgard is a stop on the Luas light-rail tram system in Dublin, Ireland. It is located on the red line and is the junction for trams to Tallaght and Saggart. The stop is located on a section of reserved track at the side of Katherine Tynan Road in south-west Dublin, near the Belgard Heights housing estate.[1]

History

It opened on 30 September 2004 following the opening the Red Line.[2]

In 2011, a new branch of the red line to Saggart was opened.[3] Belgard then became the last stop on the common section of the line and was extensively rebuilt in order to serve its new purpose as an interchange, with an impressive canopy covering the new structure. The stop now has four platforms - two island platforms facing three tracks.

Services

v t e Luas Red Line
The Point Spencer Dock ( Docklands) Royal Canal Mayor Square - NCI George's Dock Connolly Busáras Green Line, southbound (Marlborough Street) Abbey Street Green Line, northbound (O'Connell Street) Jervis Four Courts Smithfield Museum Seán Heuston Bridge over River Liffey Heuston James's Fatima Rialto Ann Devlin Bridge over Grand Canal Suir Road Goldenbridge Drimnagh Blackhorse Bluebell Kylemore M50 Motorway Red Cow Depot Kingswood Belgard Cookstown Hospital Tallaght Fettercairn Cheeverstown Citywest Campus Fortunestown Saggart

Ordinarily, the two outer platforms are used as a conventional through stop: the platform closest to the road is for northbound trams en route to Connolly or The Point, and the farthest platform is for trams travelling the other way, which then depart and travel another 400m away from the stop before going through a junction which separates the branches to Tallaght and Saggart.

In the early mornings, evenings, and on weekends, Red Line trams from the city centre all go to Tallaght. At these times, the Saggart branch is served by a shuttle service which terminates at the middle track at Belgard. Passengers wishing to travel between Saggart and the city centre at these times must change at Belgard.

Preceding station	Luas			Following station
Cookstown towards Tallaght		Red Line		Kingswood towards The Point or Connolly
Fettercairn towards Saggart

Bus connections

The stop is also served by Go-Ahead Ireland orbital route W2.[4]

References

1. "Belgard". Luas.
2. "Luas is launched - 2004". RTÉ Archives.
3. "Minister opens Luas Red Line branch to Citywest and Saggart". The Irish Times.
4. "Tallaght to Chapelizod". www.goaheadireland.ie. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2024.