Car Parking at stations along the Clonsilla-Drumcondra route

gazzer

Could anybody tell me if you use the parking facilities at any of the stations along the Clonsilla - Drumcondra train route??

I am thinking of driving to the station each morning and back each evening cos i am sick of waiting for up to 40 minutes for my bus from Mulhuddart.

I know that there is parking at Coolmine station.. is there any at Ashtown... if i was to drive to one of those stations at around 9am what would be the chances of getting parking?

MarkoP11

Car Park and station info is here
http://www.iarnrodeireann.ie/your_journey/your_station.asp

Needless to say spaces at all stations are extremely limited

On train conditions are not for the faint hearted either as passenger numbers have increased by several thousand per hour in recent times

murphaph

No parking at Ashtown. Coolmine is your best bet but spaces disappear quickly. Clonsilla has no official parking but cars are left abandoned all over the place. You will get a spot but it could be 5 mins walk or more from the station. Mulhuddart is one of those awful places for public transport. It should have feeder buses to the railway at Clonsilla and/or Coolmine but it doesn't so people are left with no choice but to drive. It's too far to walk in reality. Best of luck with it. If you could manage a bike it'd be the way to go though

marie_85

MarkoP11 wrote:

On train conditions are not for the faint hearted either as passenger numbers have increased by several thousand per hour in recent times

Would have to agree with that. All of the trains before nine are essentially full when they get to Clonsilla. Despite the addition of two trains and more carriages.

If you can get a bus, I'd stick with it. There is limited or no parking space along the train route, the cars in Clonsilla park along the side of the road and in nearby housing estates, and Coolmine car park fills up fairly quickly. Castleknock is even worse, and the road around Ashtown is closed at the moment for roadworks.

daymobrew

murphaph wrote:

If you could manage a bike it'd be the way to go though

It shouldn't too far to cycle. There is a bike rack at Coolmine station, the car park side.
See the DTO Journey Planner to get an approximate distance (choose 'Coolmine station' in the RAIL Transport Stop on the right).

What about cycling the whole way? I cycle 9 miles each way from Carpenterstown to Fairview. Navan Road has a good cycle lane and you can cross the M50 via a pedestrian bridge at the Old Navan Road/Castleknock Tennis club, thus avoiding the M50/N3 roundabout (I used the roundabout once - freaked me out).

TempestSabre

You'd probably be quicker cycling. The trains ares packed morning and evening, often its not very pleasent.

MarkoP11

On practical matters I've dug up the car park capacity of the stations on the Maynooth line

Coolmine 175 spaces
Leixlip Louisa Bridge 35 spaces
Leixlip Confey 45
Maynooth 104

Pointless since they are all full but still

dr zoidberg

Louisa Bridge has planning permission for a new 300-space P&R but it hasn't begun construction yet.