Naas to UCD

Gel

Hi,

Anyone commuting from Naas to UCD this year?

nbrady20009

Yeah the odd day

Gel

Any tips on the best way to get there? ...bus, Luas/Bus etc. or do you drive?

nbrady20009

There is a direct bus at 7am and returns at 5pm. It goes in through kildare street though so its not particulary fast. I hardly ever get it.

The regular 126 is fine, stops at batchelors walk and there is a dublin bus stop about 10m away so its perfect. Jump on a 39a and it will bring you directly to the college.

The same going back, bus stops just before haypenny bridge and its a 30 second walk up the quays.

Driving is by far the fastest way. N7, southbound m50, exit 13, dundrum, goatstown, fosters avanue enterence to ucd. Can be done in 35mins no traffic, but generally less than an hour.

Gel

Great thanks!

How long does it take roughly to get to UCD?

nbrady20009

Gel wrote: »

Great thanks!

How long does it take roughly to get to UCD?

On the bus; 50mins into town in the morning, less if its skips Johnstown and Kill. Then 25-30mins on the 39a out to UCD.

39a same coming back in the evening, 126 about an hour, depending on the traffic on the quays.

You'll find it's quicker going to college than coming back because the Dublin Buses are more regular than Bus Eireann, and you'll want to leave enough time to make sure you get the 126 on time, otherwise it's an hours wait.

126 generally picks up at about 10 past the hour as it leaves Amiens street (Connolly) on the hour and takes 10mins to get down.


You can also get a 145 back from UCD into town (picks up at the flyover), and it'll drop you at Aston quay. Don't know where it picks up in terms of getting it out in the mornings, probably O Connell street, which makes it not worth getting.