My bus doesnt get to UCD until 9:10am, what can i do for my lectures at 9am?....

pseudo_23

There's nothing i can do to get there sooner

33% God

pseudo_23 wrote: »

There's nothing i can do to get there sooner

Attach a Flux capacitor to the bus?

Mardy Bum

Theres very little you can do.


Magic Carpet?

pseudo_23

but would being late be a huge deal or is it a frequent occurrence?

Donald-Duck

I can't think of the dublin buses that don't have a bus get to UCD before 8:30.

TheJeanGenie

Where are you coming from? there might be another way in, might involve 2 buses.

Mardy Bum

Missing 10mins is not the end of the world but you may miss the meaning of the lecture if you miss the intro.

pseudo_23

coming from ratoath, leaves at 7:45 and arrives at 9:05 and its direct. I guess i could use a 2 bus option. :mad:

tommy21

Did a quick google search and found this site that allows people to liftshare:
http://www.tripmi.ie/ might be worth a look

Failing that I guess post your message everywhere and anywhere in and around campus or in your home town/city to see if anyone drives that way and you could chip in.

33% God

Get yourself a Dail seat, then you can hire a limo to take you to lectures.

...Or just live in the he Montrose Hotel at the taxpayer's expense

Dr Strange

It'd be the responsibility of the student to get in on time. Some lecturers do not take kindly to being even 5 minutes late.

However, you may also try the UCD car sharing site. There are people offering lifts to and from UCD:

Info: http://www.ucd.ie/news/2008/01JAN08/240108_carsharing.html

Site: http://www.carsharing.ie/prelogin.php?c_id=4&c_name=ucd

parker kent

Could you get on of these buses and then get a 10 from O'Connell Street? I don't know Ratoath at all so I may not have picked the right bus! It seems to be about a 50 minute to an hour into the city centre.

http://194.106.151.94/jplan/bin/query.exe/en?seqnr=1&ident=jt.06856187.1251395255&OK#focus

Iancar29

To get into college in good time .... u would wanna be on the 10 bus by 8.15 at the latest

It takes a good bit of time to get out to belfield in the morning.

I hav to take 2 buses meself ........4 a day.... 20 a week ....80 a month .
* monthly student bus ticket is the only reason im still doin it* ha!

TheJeanGenie

I used to have to get 2 buses until I found a handy xpress bus but still have to go through the city when going home which is a pain in the ****.

I had all 9 o'clock starts last semester!

Iancar29

TheJeanGenie wrote: »

I used to have to get 2 buses until I found a handy xpress bus but still have to go through the city when going home which is a pain in the ****.

I had all 9 o'clock starts last semester!

AWH THE EXPRESS BUSSES! I LOVE THEM! ha!

SO GONNA CHECK THE TIMES FOR THEM TO GET THEM ALL THE TIME NOW!

Tnks for reminding me !

TheJeanGenie

Honestly one of the best things ever. I have to walk about 15 mins to get one but its so worth it. Most buses over my side of town are wrecked and smell of urine, but those buses are just amazing!

Agent Smith

Move closer?

Iancar29

TheJeanGenie wrote: »

Honestly one of the best things ever. I have to walk about 15 mins to get one but its so worth it. Most buses over my side of town are wrecked and smell of urine, but those buses are just amazing!

YE.... i m coming from finglas meself and hav to wlk for the 2nd bus also.
Its great also as to how they are dearer but it doesnt matter once ya hav the student ticket!

KeyLimePie

http://www.twitter.com/busathacliath ?

stop

Iancar29 wrote: »

AWH THE EXPRESS BUSSES! I LOVE THEM! ha!

SO GONNA CHECK THE TIMES FOR THEM TO GET THEM ALL THE TIME NOW!

Tnks for reminding me !

Just remember that the Express (xpresso) buses were slashed heavily at the start of the summer, especially those out the Tallifornia direction.

TheJeanGenie

It is ridiculous, i don't live near tallaght i live on the other side of Dublin. There's only 3 buses in the morning and three in the afternoon!

errlloyd

Iancar29 wrote: »

AWH THE EXPRESS BUSSES! I LOVE THEM! ha!

SO GONNA CHECK THE TIMES FOR THEM TO GET THEM ALL THE TIME NOW!

Tnks for reminding me !

I hope your not still paying for monthlys my good man, the €75 30 day non consecutive is surely considerably better value, also possible the student 10 journey (with 90 min transfer) is better value. Two journeys instead of 4 at €1 per journey, about 21 working days per month is €42.

Michelle.Murphy

pseudo_23 wrote: »

coming from ratoath, leaves at 7:45 and arrives at 9:05 and its direct. I guess i could use a 2 bus option. :mad:

Hi, yeah i gonna have to get two buses too and i coming from tallaght for vet nursing this year. Oh you said you can't get in till 9.10am but a girl I know who is starting vet nursing this year with me has registered with ucd and said she could pick what time she wants to take her lectures at, she chose 10am and 2pm I think. Maybe you can do this too with your course. I never knew we could do this!! I could only accept my cao offer this morning so i won't be able to reg till next tuesday :mad:

Michelle.Murphy

stop wrote: »

Just remember that the Express (xpresso) buses were slashed heavily at the start of the summer, especially those out the Tallifornia direction.

Yeah I could have got the 50x or 65x from tallaght straight out to ucd but of course they took them off the year I got in boo!

El Siglo

pseudo_23 wrote: »

There's nothing i can do to get there sooner

I used to commute from Portarlington every morning for six months and always made it before 9, so you should be grand.;) Even if you're late it doesn't matter, at least you're going to the lecture which is the main thing!

_ZeeK_

move into on campus accomm.
lived in glenomena. used to crawl out of bed at 8:45 and was still on time for 9:00 lectures. :cool:

pseudo_23

Michelle.Murphy wrote: »

Hi, yeah i gonna have to get two buses too and i coming from tallaght for vet nursing this year. Oh you said you can't get in till 9.10am but a girl I know who is starting vet nursing this year with me has registered with ucd and said she could pick what time she wants to take her lectures at, she chose 10am and 2pm I think. Maybe you can do this too with your course. I never knew we could do this!! I could only accept my cao offer this morning so i won't be able to reg till next tuesday :mad:

yeah but most of your lectures are preselected and as far as i know the vet nursing ones all start at 9 so i dont see how she can start at 10am.

JBUCD

Student bus ticket is a life saver. I save so much money. I have the choice of taking two buses to UCD. Or walk 15minutes and take the 17. Although since the 17 breaks down so much its basically like taking two buses.....

pseudo_23

JBUCD wrote: »

Student bus ticket is a life saver. I save so much money. I have the choice of taking two buses to UCD. Or walk 15minutes and take the 17. Although since the 17 breaks down so much its basically like taking two buses.....

tell me more about this student bus ticket, how much, where can you use it (outside dublin) etc.

JBUCD

You can find info about it here http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Fares--Tickets/Student-Travel/
Rambler 5 Day Adult €20.00

Student 5 Day Rambler €15.00

• Valid for unlimited travel for 5 non consecutive days
• Valid on Dublin Bus scheduled services including Xpresso (excluding Airlink, Nitelink, Tours, Special Events and Private Contract services)
• Student Travelcard require

Feral Mutant

JBUCD wrote: »

You can find info about it here http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Fares--Tickets/Student-Travel/
Rambler 5 Day Adult €20.00

Student 5 Day Rambler €15.00

• Valid for unlimited travel for 5 non consecutive days
• Valid on Dublin Bus scheduled services including Xpresso (excluding Airlink, Nitelink, Tours, Special Events and Private Contract services)
• Student Travelcard require

If you're using the bus to commute, the Student 30 day rambler for €75 is slightly better value.

JoeyH

Invest in a moped!!!

Michelle.Murphy

pseudo_23 wrote: »

yeah but most of your lectures are preselected and as far as i know the vet nursing ones all start at 9 so i dont see how she can start at 10am.

Yeah I never heard of this before either , it is confusing, Ah well I'll find out next tuesday what the story is when I reg

seraphimvc

oh another ratoath lad!!

well,i managed to get a room close to the college since 3rd year but i am happy to share my 1st and 2nd year everyday-commute-from-ratoath-to-UCD experience:
you have 2 options:
1)i know the 7.45am bus is a direct bus from ratoath to ucd,and you will probably reach the college by about 9am,9.30am if the traffic is heavy.but still,7.45am bus is a good choice on saving your money and less hustle,plus you dont need to wake up at 6.30am to get the earlier bus.
2)get the earlier bus to city centre,and then take a 46A/10/145 bus to college.i suggest you do this if your 9am class is very important to you that you cant be late.

I felt like the commuting to college everyday is sucking the life out of me caused' i am sitting on the bus about 3/4 hours everyday doing nothing.it was so tiring as i can remember but i think they have more buses now which is a good news for you new comers:)