Bus from Dublin city center to IKEA?

steve_

Hey guys i live in Tallaght and have an interview tomorrow for IKEA, how do i get there from town? Im assuming ill have to get the luas to somewhere like jervis, but is there a bus near there that goes to IKEA?

Also just a little question, is there a way to avoid the toll roads when driving to ikea without doing a round trip of Dublin?

The 13, 13A and 140 all serve IKEA.

Random

This one does anyway
http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Your-Journey1/Timetables/All-Timetables/13a/

JHMEG

First hit in google:
http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/News-Centre/Archive/Travel-News/Route-13a-to-serve-IKEA/

Of course it's possible to avoid the toll - there are countless alternative routes.

Jessibelle

The 13A will drop you right to Ikea's door, it has stops on Westmorland Street and up by Dublin Bus on O Connell Street. Try to sit downstairs if you can, sometimes there's a bunch of people smoking cigarettes and hash upstairs on that route, and going in smelling of smoke probably won't give the best impression. Good luck!

AlekSmart

13,13A,140 all from O Connell St.The 140 is prob the faster.

As for avoiding the toll,not really a lot of viable options that don`t involve a fair bit of switchback stuff around the Strawberry Beds or suchlike :mad:

AlekSmart

Try to sit downstairs if you can, sometimes there's a bunch of people smoking cigarettes and hash upstairs on that route, and going in smelling of smoke probably won't give the best impression. Good luck!

Jessibelle should be thanked for pointing out one of the MAJOR problems for Dublin Bus in any of it`s attempts to attract "decent ordinary people" on to it`s services.

It SHOULD be a matter of some importance and urgency for my management to consider WHY a simple response to a request for Bus Route Information should be qualified by a warning such as Jessibelle gives.

From MY perspective, steve_`s request should be alerting Dublin Bus to the existance of a potential NEW regular customer,but given the dire warnings of the 13/13A`s upper saloon atmospherics there is at least an equal chance that steve_ may never venture back on a Bus at all should Jessibelle`s warnings prove correct.

I believe it is true to say that significant numbers of Dublin Bus front-line staff have strong misgivings concerning the lack of regard for it`s own services which appears to be part of the post Deloitte Report Dublin Bus.

It`s all very well to have nice PC friendly images of Niall Quinn supporting various community based iniatives,but if the prospective regular customer encounters stuff as described by Jessibelle,then the entire Irish Soccer Team will not save the companys bacon.

The warning is very clear,the response,however remains shrouded in uncertainty.

JHMEG

AlekSmart wrote: »

Jessibelle should be thanked for pointing out one of the MAJOR problems for Dublin Bus in any of it`s attempts to attract "decent ordinary people" on to it`s services.

STT's services surely should be extended beyond platforms 6 and 7 of Connolly station to the rest of the CIE empire, no?

Heart

Routes 13 & 13a, serving IKEA, stop at Stop CD (Westmoreland St.) and Stop OF (O'Connell St.).

Route 140, serving IKEA, stops at Stop CD (Westmoreland St.) and Stop OD (O'Connell St.).

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KC61

As Alek Smart says the 140 is probably the fastest option as it does not take a tour of Ballymun estates en route, but goes directly out via Finglas and back into IKEA.