Travelling from Tallaght to Blanchardstown

Debs1982

Hi,
Is there any way of getting to Blanchardstown from Tallaght without using the M50. Trying to avoid using the toll twice a day. Thanks guys.
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Hilly Bill

You can go through Lucan or Chapelizod from the M50.

Losty Dublin

Hilly Bill wrote: »

You can go through Lucan or Chapelizod from the M50.

He could but either way will take a good while, especially at rush hour. Or you could get the 76A and avoid the toll and use the M 50

Hilly Bill

Losty Dublin wrote: »

He could but either way will take a good while, especially at rush hour. Or you could get the 76A and avoid the toll and use the M 50

True or take the Belgard rd to Newlands cross ( possible traffic ) . Take a left onto Nass Rd and get off at City West and head straight into Lucan over the bridge . Take a right then the sharp left up past fort lucan and keep straight until you get to a set of lights. Left at the lights and then straight at the roundabouts will get you to Blanchardstown centre from there you may know your way . If your are going to Blanch IT then its just straight on .
The M50 is a lot less complicated .

SteM

Losty Dublin wrote: »

....Or you could get the 76A and avoid the toll and use the M 50

Went to check this out - can't believe there are only 3 a day! Is the only other way to get from Tallaght to Blanch by public transport to travel into town and then back out?

KD345

SteM wrote: »

Went to check this out - can't believe there are only 3 a day! Is the only other way to get from Tallaght to Blanch by public transport to travel into town and then back out?

No, there is another option. Take the 76 from Tallaght to Liffey Valley and connect with the 239 to take you to Blanchardstown.

BostonB

Its just under 15k. Its a about a 35~50 min cycle. Depending on fitness. Time will be consistent regardless of traffic. Only wind will be be factor.

Debs1982

Thanks for everyones advice. I have a feeling its going to be a long trek to college every morning by the sounds of it.

thomasj

De!bs1982 wrote: »

Thanks for everyones advice. I have a feeling its going to be a long trek to college every morning by the sounds of it.

Sadly so! I think at this stage DB should give a private operator to operator to run a service linking all the major shopping centres if they are not interested.

Your best option would be to take the 76 to liffey valley and then take the 239 to blanchardstown.

LXFlyer

Well it's open for any private operator to apply for such a licence.

None appear to have.

AlekSmart

thomasj wrote: »

Sadly so! I think at this stage DB should give a private operator to operator to run a service linking all the major shopping centres if they are not interested.

Your best option would be to take the 76 to liffey valley and then take the 239 to blanchardstown.

An interesting observation thomasj,however Dublin Bus has little or no role to play in this scenario.

As of now it's an NTA gig.

However as some peeps are belatedly starting to realize,peripheral services such as this will require substantial subvention,whether operated by Private or Public operator.

The current state-of-play was outlined last Feb by Leo V.

http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2012/02/28/00529.asp

Under EU law and the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008, as amended, existing public service obligation (PSO) bus services can be procured by the National Transport Authority (NTA) through direct award contracts and any other new subvented services must be procured by way of open tendering.

At the expiry of the current 5 year direct award contracts for the provision of PSO services with Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann the NTA have discretion to renew, modify or terminate the direct award provision of bus services following a consultation process with interested parties under which the NTA is obliged to justify its approach.

In accordance with the commitment in the Programme for Government to explore the benefit to the public transport passenger of more diverse bus service provision, I will be consulting with my Ministerial colleagues soon on the future options for procurement of PSO bus services.

The main point being a wholesale tendering of Bus Services is now highly unlikely.

The Bus world has altered substantially in the past 4 years,with many of the larger multi-nationals not exactly falling over themselves to enter the Irish PT market.

As for Tallaght-Blanchardstown,It would appear that Dublin Bus has got it about right in terms of matching the service to the demand.

The real issue,to me,is just how Godawful a mess our Politicians presided over in their race to clamber up the Rich list......:mad:

thomasj

AlekSmart wrote: »

As for Tallaght-Blanchardstown,It would appear that Dublin Bus has got it about right in terms of matching the service to the demand.

Maybe so, but the original plans were for a 30 minute service, it seemed to be following responses from people at the ballyfermot roadshow that the 2 routes were "rebalanced"

The 17a has showed that people will use a decent service if its there.

Apparently there is no demand for airport to dun laoghaire seen as though no dublin buses go there.

Losty Dublin

thomasj wrote: »

Apparently there is no demand for airport to dun laoghaire seen as though no dublin buses go there.

When Dublin Bus applied for that airport route years ago, weren't they denied the permission to run it?;)

thomasj

Losty Dublin wrote: »

thomasj wrote: »

Apparently there is no demand for airport to dun laoghaire seen as though no dublin buses go there.

When Dublin Bus applied for that airport route years ago, weren't they denied the permission to run it?;)

Did they not have it in the first place and then cancelled it?

Third_Echelon

I work in Citywest and would have to go to Blanch the odd time... Instead of M50, I would go via the new road that goes past the Penny Hill pub to Lucan. Through lucan village, out past westmastown, in the back of coolmine/clonsilla and into blanch that way.... Very handy. Takes about 30 mins by car in regular traffic. You have to cross the railway at Clonsilla, so there can be delays there sometimes of up to 10 minutes, but other than that, it's grand...

This route on google maps: https://maps.google.ie/maps?saddr=Citywest+Business+Campus,+Dublin&daddr=53.33799,-6.42961+to:53.36399,-6.45539+to:Blanchardstown+Shopping+Centre,+Fingal&hl=en&ll=53.354445,-6.37207&spn=0.178687,0.310707&sll=53.34676,-6.410351&sspn=0.08936,0.155354&geocode=FQYrLQMdQf2d_ykdaU9-iXRnSDEAPuo3qccAGA%3BFYbfLQMdVuSd_yl5jntsBnNnSDFgGPf8pscAEw%3BFRZFLgMdon-d_ykXWkC1XHJnSDFjh0Mrht6WGw%3BFaW4LgMdw3ee_yHbARwI46WPrCnnezHpUA1nSDHbARwI46WPrA&oq=blanch&mra=dpe&mrsp=2&sz=13&via=1,2&t=m&z=12

bramblec

Hi does anyone know the approx journey times to drive in morning traffic, from tallaght to arrive at blackrock for 9am?

monument

bramblec wrote: »

Hi does anyone know the approx journey times to drive in morning traffic, from tallaght to arrive at blackrock for 9am?

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