Toll on M50?

friendface

I have a quick question regarding the M50 eToll system. I drove from Galway to Belfast last week and paid the cashier at the toll booth on the M4 and then again when I was coming on to the M50 at Junction 7. I paid the same two tolls on the way back to Galway. Today i received a notice saying I now owe €12 for the Northbound and Southbound journey to eFlow.

Is this a mistake or is there 2 tolls to be paid when travelling through the M50?? Sorry, I'm a bit of a culchie and havent used the M50 since eFlow came into effect.

javaboy

Moved from After Hours.

az2wp0sye65487

If you came onto the M50 at junction 7 and went to the M1 - and vice versa on the way back, then yes you would have used the eflow covered part of the M50.

paddyc

yes mate thats true, expensive trip):

Random

There is no cashier operated tolls on the M50. You have to pay for each trip across the bridge on the M50 (between the N4 and N3 junctions).

So you have paid for the M4 toll but not the M50. Separate things.

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Oops, yah, you paid the M1 to a cashier too. The M50 one is separate. Pay with a Laser or CC on www.eflow.ie

giveth

You paid the toll for the M4 and M1, but not the M50. There are no cashiers to pay the M50 toll. You either register your car details in advance or pay online within 24 hours.

noelfirl

OP, make sure you pay the €12 within the next few days or you'll incur another €80. Sorry you got a bit stung!

friendface

Thanks for the replies. It all makes sense now. I assumed I was paying the M50 toll when I must have actually been paying the M1 toll. Bloody expensive trip that was so!! :mad:

Is there a decent alternative route that avoids using the M50?:o

Heroditas

friendface wrote: »

Is there a decent alternative route that avoids using the M50?:o

Come off the N4 at Lucan, go through Lucan village and over the bridge onto the north side of the river. Then follow the narrow windey road through Strawberry Beds, nip through the Phoenix Park and then rejoin the M50 at the N3 junction. This detour will add at least 20mins to your journey depending on the time of day but you will save the M50 toll payment

I'm sure a few others here will be able to give directions via the likes of Dunboyne or Ratoath

friendface

Heroditas wrote: »

Come off the N4 at Lucan, go through Lucan village and over the bridge onto the north side of the river. Then follow the narrow windey road through Strawberry Beds, nip through the Phoenix Park and then rejoin the M50 at the N3 junction. This detour will add at least 20mins to your journey depending on the time of day but you will save the M50 toll payment

I'm sure a few others here will be able to give directions via the likes of Dunboyne or Ratoath

Sounds good. I generally travel late in the evening anyway when traffic is quieter. I'll be in Belfast over the Summer so avoiding the toll on the M50 could save me a fair bit over the course of a couple of months.

DanR

To be honest you are probably just better off getting a tag by registering with eflow online. The amount of extra petrol you will use from driving on smaller back roads will probably amount to the cost of the toll and you'll be 20 min quicker getting to your destination by using the M50.

ardmacha

If you just go across country you'll save €7 in fuel and the 3 tolls, and being only about three quarters of the distance you'll probably not take much longer than going via Dublin.

Cool Mo D

friendface wrote: »

Sounds good. I generally travel late in the evening anyway when traffic is quieter. I'll be in Belfast over the Summer so avoiding the toll on the M50 could save me a fair bit over the course of a couple of months.

Generally, if you register your number plate on eflow, they will write off any previous fines you have, so you might try doing that too, and it will save yourself hassle in the future.

Ham'nd'egger

friendface wrote: »

Thanks for the replies. It all makes sense now. I assumed I was paying the M50 toll when I must have actually been paying the M1 toll. Bloody expensive trip that was so!! :mad:

Is there a decent alternative route that avoids using the M50?:o

Either travel into Dublin and down the quays and turn onto Church Street (Just before the Four Courts and then take a right at Bolton Street (The Tap Pub is the landmark); this will take you directly onwards to the M 1 and Belfast or up Manor Street and towards the NCR; the former would be handier. The alternative is come off at Maynooth, Kilcock or Lucan and back roads but these eat into the time and erode any savings made.

Is there not a far shorter cross country route from Galway, rather than the Dublin M routes, surely?

KenHy

N52 from Dundalk to Mulingar, than from Mulingar to Athlone (not sure of the name of that road) is definitely shorter, road is crap though for much of the distance.

I'd say I'd use the toll roads anyway just for the convenience of them. No doubt they are expensive though