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Tram stop in Dublin, Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
![]() A view of the stop | |||||||||||
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Location | Dublin Ireland | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 53°17′22″N 6°22′44″W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Transport Infrastructure Ireland | ||||||||||
Operated by | Luas | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Red | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | Red 4 | ||||||||||
Key dates | |||||||||||
26 September 2004 | Station opened | ||||||||||
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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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