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Commuting to Kilbarrack-Drumcondra

  • 06-10-2011 8:32pm
    #1
    jam08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭


    I'm a student in St. Pats, I commute every morning from Kilbarrack to Drumcondra every morning. For now, I get a train to Connolly and then a Maynooth train to Drumcondra, but their so unreliable - they're never on time and connections at Connolly are non-existent. Was just wondering if anyone has any better ideas to get there (by public transport/walk)?


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  • #2
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,396 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    I'm not sure about public transport options, but if it were me, I'd buy a cheap second hand bicycle and 2 bicycle locks, and just cycle!

    It's about 8.5km, depending on where you are cycling from.
    See here for Google Maps recommended route.

    8.5km wouldn't take any more than 30/35 mins to cycle at a very easy pace - you could probably do it faster. You would save quite a bit of money overall by not having to pay for train fares.

    One advantage I really like about cycling is once you know how long it will take (e.g. 30 minutes), you can just leave home 30 minutes before you have to arrive. With a train, you have to factor in walking to the station, waiting for a train to arrive, waiting for this train to take you to Connolly (stopping along the way, and from my experience of getting the DART, going about 2km/h between Clontarf Road and Connolly), then change platforms at Connolly, wait for another train to Maynooth, and then walk from Drumcondra Station to St. Pat's. The disadvantage is that cycling in the rain isn't that fun, but I still think the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.


  • #3
    jam08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭jam08


    thanks! yeah definitely looking into that or at least walking/cycling half the journey. not sure i'd be into cycling at 8 in the morning, but some of the later days its definitely an option


  • #4
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,396 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    Well it wouldn't be any harder at 8 in the morning as such. Traffic might be a little heavier, but from my experience of cycling around the city, it's not really traffic volume that you should be afraid of, it's traffic speed. I sometimes think cycling in rush hour traffic isn't that bad at all - traffic moves a lot slower (so cyclists often match the speed of cars), which makes things like moving out around parked cars, or changing lanes, that bit easier!

    One thing to note is that you can take your bike on DARTs/Commuter Trains without an extra charge at off-peak times - handy for if you wanted to cycle in, but not cycle back (such as when it's dark). The problem is it's only at off-peak times, as far as I know between 10.00am-3.30pm, and after 7.00pm (and all day Saturday and Sunday).

    Edit: And I don't think you'd have to get up earlier to cycle. Allowing 30 minutes to get there (say 40 to be extra safe), you'd have to leave around 08.20 for a 9am - you'd probably be leaving then (or earlier) to get the train anyway.


  • #5
    Conway635
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 400 ✭✭Conway635


    If it were me I would take the frequent 17A (every 10 mins peak) FROM kILBARRACK to SANTRY, and then swop onto the multitude of inbound buses (16A/33/41/41A/41B/41C) to Drumcondra.

    C635


  • #6
    Riskymove
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,900 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    Conway635 wrote: »
    If it were me I would take the frequent 17A (every 10 mins peak) FROM kILBARRACK to SANTRY, and then swop onto the multitude of inbound buses (16A/33/41/41A/41B/41C) to Drumcondra.

    C635

    I was going to suggest something similar

    also I'd say a bus into town and a bus out might be more reliable than the train


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