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Hospital Luas stop

Coordinates: 53°17′22″N 6°22′44″W / 53.2894001392143°N 6.378873630427222°W / 53.2894001392143; -6.378873630427222
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Hospital

Ospidéal Thamhlachta
Luas
A view of the stop
General information
LocationDublin
Ireland
Coordinates53°17′22″N 6°22′44″W / 53.2894001392143°N 6.378873630427222°W / 53.2894001392143; -6.378873630427222
Owned byTransport Infrastructure Ireland
Operated byLuas
Line(s)Red
Platforms2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Fare zoneRed 4
Key dates
26 September 2004Station opened
Services
Preceding station Luas Luas Following station
Tallaght
Terminus
Red Line Cookstown
towards The Point or Connolly
Location
Hospital is located in Dublin
Hospital
Hospital
Location within Dublin

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]

Incidents

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Luas is launched - 2004". RTÉ Archives.
  2. ^ "Hospital". Luas.
  3. ^ "Investigations begin after Luas death". RTÉ.
  4. ^ "Woman dies after being struck by Luas tram". rte.ie. Retrieved 27 March 2019.