Lucan to City Centre

imalwayshappy

Hi Guys,

Im moving out to Lucan village nest week and am wondering which would be the best bus to get into the city centre. Im working around the stephens green area could anyone advise of the best route in there? I start at niine what time would i have to leave at? Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

GerardKeating

imalwayshappy wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Im moving out to Lucan village nest week and am wondering which would be the best bus to get into the city centre. Im working around the stephens green area could anyone advise of the best route in there? I start at niine what time would i have to leave at? Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

25/25A, bus lanes most of the way in..

Heart

The 25 serves Lucan (Dodsboro) via Lucan Village to the City Centre (North Quays/D'Olier St.*/Pearse St.)

The 25A serves Lucan (Esker Church/Superquinn) past Arthur Griffith Park, via Foxborough, passing the Penny Hill, along the link road to Ballyowen/Woodies to the City Centre (North Quays/D'Olier St.*/Pearse St.)

* You could then get a connecting bus up to St. Stephen's Green

The 25X offers an Xpresso service from Lucan (serving the Chapelizod Bypass/St. John's Road) via the city centre towards Waterloo Rd. & UCD Belfield stopping on Kildare St. and Merrion Row (for St. Stephen's Green).

Route 151 comes from Adamstown serves Griffeen Avenue and operates via Clondalkin (Nangor Rd.) and Crumlin Rd. down the North Quays to the IFSC/Docklands.

Hope this helps.
H

Heroditas

imalwayshappy wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Im moving out to Lucan village nest week and am wondering which would be the best bus to get into the city centre. Im working around the stephens green area could anyone advise of the best route in there? I start at niine what time would i have to leave at? Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

If you're out in the village itself, you'll have to walk up towards Woodies to get the 25A. It serves "new Lucan".
You can however get the 25, 66, 66A, 66B or 67 from the village. The 25 starts up near Tesco, heads down the Celbridge Road and then swings left at AIB and then goes up Lucan main street and up old Lucan hill before heading up to Woodies. The other buses head down the Celbridge Road and then head straight up the Lucan road instead of turning left at AIB before meeting up with the 25 route at the top of the Old Hill before continuing on to Woodies
They're fairly frequent in the morning and it should take 45mins max to get in to D'Olier Street. Then 5-10mins walk from there up to Stephen's Green.
In the evenings it takes a little over 20mins to get into town from Lucan

Holsten

25/66/67/67a/66a/66d

bazzer

Also, consider the departures on the 25X and 66X which serve Lucan Village. They are express types, bypassing Chapelizod, and will drop you at Stephens Green on their way to Waterloo Road or Belfield.

The cash fare is slightly more at €2.50, but if you have a pre-paid card it costs nothing extra.

Victor

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V1llianous

bazzer wrote: »

Also, consider the departures on the 25X and 66X which serve Lucan Village. They are express types, bypassing Chapelizod, and will drop you at Stephens Green on their way to Waterloo Road or Belfield.

The cash fare is slightly more at €2.50, but if you have a pre-paid card it costs nothing extra.

If you are close enough to walk to the 25a route and you can get the 25x's there are several after 7.30 a.m. that would have you at Stephen's Green before 9 a.m.

I generally get the 7.25 / 7.30 a.m. one and that has me to Bachelor's Walk for 8 a.m. - you'll need to allow a bit more time when the schools are back. Sorry can't be a bit more accurate but I either start work at 8 a.m. or 10 a.m.

imalwayshappy

bazzer wrote: »

Also, consider the departures on the 25X and 66X which serve Lucan Village. They are express types, bypassing Chapelizod, and will drop you at Stephens Green on their way to Waterloo Road or Belfield.

The cash fare is slightly more at €2.50, but if you have a pre-paid card it costs nothing extra.

Many thanks guys for all your help its much appreciated. As above where does the 66x go from in Lucan anywhere near the Garda station in the village??

Cheers

bazzer

Yes, the 66X serves all stops in Lucan Village. There's one opposite the Ball Alley Pub and the next is opposite the Statoil.

KC61

imalwayshappy wrote: »

Many thanks guys for all your help its much appreciated. As above where does the 66x go from in Lucan anywhere near the Garda station in the village??

Cheers

Bear in mind that not all 66X buses go through Lucan Village, with some operating via the by-pass.

Those operating via the Village (following the normal 66 route) are:

0755 ex-Kew Park (barely 5 minutes away)
0755 ex-Castletown (in Leixlip - about 10/15 minutes away)
0810 ex-Louisa Bridge (in Leixlip - 10/15 minutes away)

Outbound only the following services go via Lucan Village:
1655 ex-Pearse Street
1700 ex-Pearse Street
1710 ex-Waterloo Road
1720 ex-St Stephen's Green
1800 ex-Pearse Street

All other 66X services go directly via the by-pass.

The only 25X services routing via Lucan Village are:

0750 and 0810 ex-Dodsboro
1735 from Pearse Street to Dodsboro

bazzer

As a matter of interest, does anyone know if the 25X from Dodsboro follows the regular 25 route round the back of Lucan Village, or does it operate straight on past Statoil, similar to the 66/67 group?

Heart

The stop at Statoil, is now called Topaz... just incase the OP is wandering around looking for a Statoil!

imalwayshappy

Heart wrote: »

The stop at Statoil, is now called Topaz... just incase the OP is wandering around looking for a Statoil!

Sounds like something id do alright!! Id imagine if i got the 7:55 66x id be in work for 9ish? Thanks for the replies!!