Travel cost to DCU

ST* · 20-09-2006 8:52am #1

My brother has started in DCU this year, and is finding it quite costly travel wise from the Northside.

At the moment his commute involves having to use Bus Eireann and Dublin bus. After college he takes another bus into the city.

Anyone else in the same boat or know a way in which he can take the sting out of the costs? He told me that prices being charge are the student discounted ones!

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Amz · 20-09-2006 9:15am

Has he gotten a student travel card from CIE?

That should enable him to avail of discounts on his travel, there are also monthly and yearly bus tickets available which might help him to reduce costs.

tvr · 20-09-2006 9:15am

were is he coming from exactly . i was in the same boat aswell took about 1 hour on the bus and another abit of a walk to get to college and longer if took bus/train etc and only 20mins by car so got a car . now do car pooling . where about are you north county dublin ? pm your location.

tvr · 20-09-2006 9:18am

As Amz said should save abit , well worth it , €12 euro . info below.

http://www.studenttravelcard.ie/

Amz · 20-09-2006 9:23am

There's usually a stand in the Hub, or elsewhere on campus in the first week, or two of term where you can get your student travel card, so advise your brother to keep an eye out.

Suaimhneach · 20-09-2006 11:01am

The stand is in the Hub this week, they were taking pics yesterday there and then.

Worth it if you do travel a lot.

ST* · 22-09-2006 9:57am

Amz wrote:

Has he gotten a student travel card from CIE?

That should enable him to avail of discounts on his travel, there are also monthly and yearly bus tickets available which might help him to reduce costs.

Yeah, he has the CIE card afaik Amz. He lives in Balbriggan, and it is the cost of having to use both bus eireann, rail, and dublin bus that is causing the sting..

Someone mentioned USIT to me, could this be of any use to him?

Thanks for replies so far, very much appreciated.

tvr · 23-09-2006 10:15am

i am down the road , what are his times in the morning?

RoB` · 23-09-2006 6:37pm

Is the reason he has to get Bus Eireann because the 33's from 7-8 leave from skeeries?
I am in Lusk.. 7:30 or so bus YaY lol $:\$ but I only pay 80cent. Youthful goodlooks tbh

dogz · 23-09-2006 6:54pm

i just drive, and im only about a 10 min walk away from it, guess u could call me a lazy bastard:D

RoB` · 23-09-2006 9:41pm

dogz wrote:

i just drive, and im only about a 10 min walk away from it, guess u could call me a lazy bastard:D

lazy bastard and a lucky bastard. Wish I lived that close

StickyMcGinty · 24-09-2006 6:48pm

you only need the dcu student card for discounts on bus eireann busses, but they arnt worth a sh1te casue the discounts are only on monthly returns (which is more expensive than a normal return)

Tony Danza · 25-09-2006 10:29pm

The bus eireann bus that goes dundalk to dublin stops in balbriggan and stops on the swords road, 5 min walk from dcu, so he doesn't need to be getting 2 buses surely?

dregin · 25-09-2006 11:15pm

Yeah I know a girl who came from Drogheda every day on that bus. They do up USIT travel cards in the SU office on the spot throughout the year. They even take your pic for ya and all.

ignite · 05-10-2006 2:43pm

Thanks sis! Thanks everyone! Ok I'll explain...

I need to get from Balbriggan to DCU everyday, and for a while I tried the Bus Eireann which is timely enough. But it costs Eur28 per week. That IS their student discount. But I also work in the city centre, so have previously purchased the Student Monthly for Eur77. The Student Monthly includes all the trains, and Dublin Bus, but not Bus Eireann. That amounts to

1 Month @ 077.00
4 x 4 weeks @ 112.00

Total of 189.00 Per Month.

Rip off? Totally.

I've given up the Bus Eireann ticket. Ridiculous spending that much money on travel. Surely around exam times, I'll spend the extra few Euro to, literally, buy time. In the meantime I'm going to use the Student Monthly only, and take a train into Dublin, and a bus to DCU. The 33 bus home. For work, during the week, it's Thursday that I do. Take a train into Dublin, bus to DCU. Go to lectures. After, take a Dublin Bus into Dublin, train home.
Mad!

CuLT · 05-10-2006 3:47pm

tvr is offering you a lift into college.

I'm sort of surprised you haven't noticed.

ignite · 05-10-2006 10:49pm

Yeah I noticed that...but I misunderstood....I assumed he was saying....I know what you mean, I might be able to reccommend what to do etc. :eek:

TheChrisD · 12-10-2006 2:53pm

I live in Blanchardstown, and soon to be in Dunboyne.

Although the journey time is around 2 hours (for Dunboyne), it only costs me €16.50 as I can get Dublin Bus to college and back every day of the week.

hhf8 · 12-10-2006 6:24pm

I'm from balbriggan aswell. Im a final year student and I've got the Joke of a bus eireann service for 3 yrs. The student discount is a small 3 euro off a 10 journey ticket. I've waited for buses in excess of 3 hrs.

I relised the errors of my ways this yr, I got the student travel card and now get the train from balbriggan to the city,and get either a 4,11,13,13a,19a to dcu. It works out a hell of a lot cheaper, and at least the train service is reliable. I was spending somthing like 600 euro per semester with the bus eireann. I think thats what i spend now for the whole yr. It takes me about 1 hr 20 mins to get in on the train. On the bus,if they come it takes an hr. I think the bus train combo is just better.

Travel cost to DCU

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