Pedestrian access to Dublin Port

zagmund

A while back as I was cycling in to work along East Wall Road I passed a couple who were in the process of walking in to get a ferry. They looked lost so I stopped to offer directions.

They were somewhere on the port tunnel spur between Tolka Quay Road & what is now signposted as the main road in to terminal 2 & 3 and they were heading north.

I wasn't sure whether to tell them to head back towards Alexandra Road (which seemed logical, yet isn't sign posted) or to keep going on and follow the traffic (which I knew would get them there, but might take a lot longer). In the end I told them to keep on walking and thumb a lift or grab a taxi if they saw one to save themselves a long walk through an industrial landscape dragging their suitcases behind them.

So, if you were starting at (say) the Gibson and wanted to walk in to get a ferry, which route would you take ? If it was me, I would go down Alexandra Road. If it's this obvious, how come there's no pedestrian signage at the junction ? I know most people don't walk to the ferry, but in other places like Dun Laoghaire, Holyhead and Cherbourg it's perfectly feasible to walk to the port terminal from the town centre, so you can see why some people might think they could do the same here. Although, I will admit if I was doing it in a strange city I would check with someone first.

z

Rawr

zagmund wrote: »

A while back as I was cycling in to work along East Wall Road I passed a couple who were in the process of walking in to get a ferry. They looked lost so I stopped to offer directions.

They were somewhere on the port tunnel spur between Tolka Quay Road & what is now signposted as the main road in to terminal 2 & 3 and they were heading north.

I wasn't sure whether to tell them to head back towards Alexandra Road (which seemed logical, yet isn't sign posted) or to keep going on and follow the traffic (which I knew would get them there, but might take a lot longer). In the end I told them to keep on walking and thumb a lift or grab a taxi if they saw one to save themselves a long walk through an industrial landscape dragging their suitcases behind them.

So, if you were starting at (say) the Gibson and wanted to walk in to get a ferry, which route would you take ? If it was me, I would go down Alexandra Road. If it's this obvious, how come there's no pedestrian signage at the junction ? I know most people don't walk to the ferry, but in other places like Dun Laoghaire, Holyhead and Cherbourg it's perfectly feasible to walk to the port terminal from the town centre, so you can see why some people might think they could do the same here. Although, I will admit if I was doing it in a strange city I would check with someone first.

z

A quick glance at Google Maps seems to show that Alexandra Road has actually been built upon, not far from the terminal. A goods yard now seems to stretch across the road, which has been blocked off on both ends. Very bizarre.

Tolka Quay road now appears to be the most direct way there on foot (with an actual footpath most of the way too).