Heuston Station to Drogheda Station Route

andun84

Phoned Irish Rail today and they say they will take the bike on the bus substitution service but just in case can anyone recommend me the flattest, easiest route from Dublin Heuston to Drogheda Train Station.

Thanks

Victor

I think follow the R132 - the old N1.

Rubylad

I often cycle it from town. I head out by Finglas and keep going on the N2. For a few hundred metres it's the busy dual-carriageway, but you take a left onto the old N2 (towards Coldwinter I think) past Kilshane and straight on through Ashbourne, this is a flatest straight quite road. Then a couple of miles past Ashbourne, take the right turn onto the R152 for Drogheda, by passing Duleek. From town it's just under 49km.

In saying that, I did but the bike on the bus home the other day and there was no problem.

andun84

Great stuff. Thanks. I'll print both off and decide should I have to. Hopefully will not have any need for it, especially as the weather doesn't look too good for cycling in my normal clothes

Beasty

Trains are running to Skerries, which is just over 30km from town

shaungil

I go from Skerries to Town 2/3 days a week in summer and would follow the old N1.

From Swords on there is a hard shoulder most of the way and mainly downhill. Some poor surface after Blakes cross for a bit and not great just before Gormanstown. Most commercial traffic now on motorway so is reasonably quiet.

From Balbriggan on you are pretty close to the train line so if you are struggling you can just pop into a station.

andun84

Actually all plain sailing and no need to cycle out thankfully. Didn't bat an eyelid when I turned up with the bike so pretty happy though having to pay to get my bike on the trains twice in the one day did grate a little especially when the shorter journey (Dublin to Belfast) was charged at 9.50 Euro and the longer journey to and from Waterford each charged at 8 Euro each.

Anyway very enjoyable near 2 weeks in Waterford and will definitely be taking the bike down more often now. Never got back to Seskin Hill so have that one to do yet so gives me a reason to go back

On the way down on my first ride through Dublin from Connolly Station to Heuston Station I was very nervous about the sheer amount of traffic I was travelling in however on the return journey today I was much more confident and didn't have any problems at all. My only problem was my sheer terror at leaving my bike locked up on a street cycle stand whilst I popped into a shop which was no more than a few meters away to get something to eat :D

Anyway thanks for all the suggestions. Will be useful in the future if I ever find myself needing to get myself to/from Drogheda to/from Dublin.

Victor

Um, did you buy separate tickets for Waterford-Dublin and Dublin-Belfast?

While this might work out cheaper for the human becuase of off-peak discounts, you should be able to get a through ticket.

andun84

Victor wrote: »

Um, did you buy separate tickets for Waterford-Dublin and Dublin-Belfast?

While this might work out cheaper for the human becuase of off-peak discounts, you should be able to get a through ticket.

I don't think you can get through tickets from Belfast to Waterford which is the direction I started in. You probably can from Waterford to Belfast simply because Irish Rail run the services from Waterford and Dublin whereas Translink only has an interest in the Belfast - Dublin route. I will check it out with them though.

Those online fares from Irish Rail are brilliant. 10 Euro eachway from Wateford to Dublin. Brilliant. I'd hav booked my fares from through Irish Rail for the Belfast-Dublin route only I couldn't as I couldn't collect the tickets from an Irish Rail station though they do say that if they are for several weeks ahead they will post them so wondering if they will post North. Cheaper than the £40 return I paid Translink for my return trip though that was significantly better than the £28 each way they wanted.