Hospital Luas stop

Hospital Ospidéal Thamhlachta
A view of the stop
Location	Dublin Ireland
Owned by	Transdev
Operated by	Luas
Line(s)	Red
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Fare zone	Red 4
Key dates
26 September 2004	Station opened
Services
Preceding station   Luas   Following station Tallaght Terminus   Red Line   Cookstown towards Connolly or The Point

Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Thamhlachta) is a stop on the Luas light-rail tram system in Dublin, Ireland. It opened in 2004 as a stop on the Red Line.^[1] The stop is located on a section of reserved track at the side of Cookstown Way in south-west Dublin, immediately outside Tallaght University Hospital.^[2] The stop is also served by Dublin Bus routes 27, 49, 54A, 56A, 65, 65B, 75, 76, 76A, 76B, 77A, and 210.

Incidents[]

On 23 February 2008, Cookstown Way was the site of the first ever fatal incident on the Luas. Tallaght resident Anthony Creed was struck by a southbound tram a short distance south of the Hospital stop. He was taken to Tallaght Hospital itself, where he died the following morning.^[3]

On 14 February 2019 a woman was struck and killed on a Tallaght bound tram between the Cookstown and Tallaght Hospital stops. She was pronounced dead at the scene.^[4]

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