Grangegorman Luas stop explained

Grangegorman
Native Name:Gráinseach Ghormáin
Native Name Lang:GA
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:dublin
Borough:Dublin
Country:Ireland
Map Type:Ireland Central Dublin
Coordinates:53.3572°N -6.2773°W
Line:Green
Structure:At-grade
Platform:2
Years:09 December 2017
Events:Stop opened
Owned:Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Operator:Transdev (as Luas)
Zone:Green 1

Grangegorman (Irish: Gráinseach Ghormáin) is a stop on the Luas light-rail tram system in Dublin, Ireland. It opened in 2017 as a stop on Luas Cross City, an extension of the Green Line through the city centre from St. Stephen's Green to Broombridge.[1]

Location

The stop is located to the side of a Dublin Bus depot at Broadstone, and its sole entrance and exit is a pathway leading from Grangegorman to the southern end of the northbound platform. It has two edge platforms with walls at either side.

Grangegorman provides access to immediate access to the main campus of Technological University Dublin, and at some distance, the Mater Hospital.[2] During the planning of Luas Cross City, it was envisaged that Grangegorman stop would not be built, but rather a provision for a future stop would be made at that site. Late in the development, it was decided to build the stop after all.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Luas Cross City will open at 2pm on the 9th December. National Transport Authority. 2021-01-04. 2020-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20201201020715/https://www.nationaltransport.ie/luas-cross-city-opening-2pm-9th-december/. live.
  2. Web site: Grangegorman. Luas. 2021-01-04. 2021-01-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20210113100703/https://luas.ie/grangegorman.html. live.
  3. Web site: Line BXD Outline Business Case . PDF . 2021-01-28 . 2018-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181204151531/https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Luas-Line-BXD-CityBroombridge-Outline-Business-Case.pdf . live .