Parking at Maynooth Train Station

Corinne · 03-09-2012 2:03pm #1

Hello,

I'll shortly be starting a new job and commuting from Maynooth to Drumcondra - I was thinking of using the 08:11 Maynooth-Drumcondra intercity service as there are no intermediate stops and it arrives at 08:38, which suits the work schedule.

I'll have to drive to Maynooth station though. Could anyone tell me what parking is like there in the mornings?

Victor · 03-09-2012 7:36pm

I get the impression it can get quite full.

The Idyll Race · 03-09-2012 7:53pm

Corinne wrote: »

Hello,

I'll shortly be starting a new job and commuting from Maynooth to Drumcondra - I was thinking of using the 08:11 Maynooth-Drumcondra intercity service as there are no intermediate stops and it arrives at 08:38, which suits the work schedule.

I'll have to drive to Maynooth station though. Could anyone tell me what parking is like there in the mornings?

Also watch out for the relative tightness of getting in to the spaces beyond the station building as drivers park along the crash barrier against the canal, restricting access to the marked spaces. There is a ticket machine on the right just beyond the station building, use it before you park if you are on that side, otherwise you will have a return walk to do to put the ticket on your window!

Hilly Bill · 03-09-2012 8:39pm

Is parking on the other side of the canal an option? Take a left at the end of the main street at the garda station and head up towards the station. I dont know what its like now but there used to be some parking up there and then its just a walk over the canal bridge.

The Idyll Race · 03-09-2012 8:42pm

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Is parking on the other side of the canal an option? Take a left at the end of the main street at the garda station and head up towards the station. I dont know what its like now but there used to be some parking up there and then its just a walk over the canal bridge.

Some cowboy enterprising chap has set up paid for parking over there

and there are KCC meters as well. You could be completely jammy and get one of the *tiny* number of free spaces though..

Hilly Bill · 03-09-2012 8:46pm

Even along the sides up from the pub? is it dearer than the station? Is there a bit of parking at the back of the down platform and is it pay and display over by the Glenroyal.?

The Idyll Race · 03-09-2012 8:54pm

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Even along the sides up from the pub? is it dearer than the station? Is there a bit of parking at the back of the down platform and is it pay and display over by the Glenroyal.?

The sides of the pub outside the meters ISTR are the few clear ones. There is no parking at the back of the down platform AFAIK, there is a private house at the end of the lane, and although the Glenroyal itself isn't pay and display, it is limited to "customers" of the hotel and shopping centre and limited to two hours. The KCC car park seems to be free but worryingly has bits of broken carwindow glass whenever I've been around it.

The Idyll Race · 03-09-2012 8:55pm

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Even along the sides up from the pub? is it dearer than the station? Is there a bit of parking at the back of the down platform and is it pay and display over by the Glenroyal.?

Once I saw it was paid for parking my eyes glazed over and went somewhere else to do my business. It could be cheaper but don't know.

donspeekinglesh · 03-09-2012 9:08pm

the car park past the Roost is considerably more expensive. I think the weekly price is the same as the monthly price in the station. Never seen more than half a dozen cars there.

The Idyll Race wrote: »

as drivers park along the crash barrier against the canal, restricting access to the marked spaces.

That used to infuriate me when we used to park there. Hate the car park past the station.

L1011 · 03-09-2012 9:12pm

The further down (towards Bond Bridge) spaces are usually free-ish even on bad days. However they're also break-in central. Don't park a car with an aftermarket stereo, anything on display, or even the look of having something nice in it down there.

There's no KCC meters on Leinster Street (yet! they're coming) but also only about 12 free spaces in total. Parking in at the health centre isn't to be encouraged either, very few spaces and I suspect they'd notice a repeat non-staff car.

The Idyll Race · 03-09-2012 9:17pm

MYOB wrote: »

The further down (towards Bond Bridge) spaces are usually free-ish even on bad days. However they're also break-in central. Don't park a car with an aftermarket stereo, anything on display, or even the look of having something nice in it down there.

There's no KCC meters on Leinster Street (yet! they're coming) but also only about 12 free spaces in total. Parking in at the health centre isn't to be encouraged either, very few spaces and I suspect they'd notice a repeat non-staff car.

Sorry, my bad about the meters. So used to avoiding the buggers in the other two towns..

Corinne · 03-09-2012 9:47pm

Hmmm, it's not looking too good then unless I leave very early. Thanks for all the replies.

I was thinking of living in Celbridge and driving from there (as the Celbridge-Heuston line doesn't suit Drumcondra), but maybe I would be better off moving elsewhere? Or is there any form of shuttle from Celbridge to Maynooth - I haven't found anything so far so I'm guessing there isn't...

Wote · 03-09-2012 9:50pm

It's not a long drive from Celbridge to Leixlip Louisa Bridge and there's a car park right across the road from the station. Alternatively the 67 bus from Celbridge goes past Maynooth station.

The Idyll Race · 03-09-2012 9:54pm

Corinne wrote: »

Hmmm, it's not looking too good then unless I leave very early. Thanks for all the replies.

I was thinking of living in Celbridge and driving from there (as the Celbridge-Heuston line doesn't suit Drumcondra), but maybe I would be better off moving elsewhere? Or is there any form of shuttle from Celbridge to Maynooth - I haven't found anything so far so I'm guessing there isn't...

All the 67 buses that serve Celbridge go to the entrance into Maynooth Station, alternatively, you could consider Leixlip Louisa Bridge station which is marginally closer to Celbridge for the stopping trains into Drumcondra. There is paid parking there too (the usual €3 per day, €10 per week).

Hilly Bill · 03-09-2012 9:59pm

Wote wrote: »

It's not a long drive from Celbridge to Leixlip Louisa Bridge and there's a car park right across the road from the station. Alternatively the 67 bus from Celbridge goes past Maynooth station.

Good shout on that one (Leixlip), it would be the option i would take if i was going from Celbridge to Drumcondra by public transport. A lot handier to get to now with the newish road between the 2 towns.

Corinne · 04-09-2012 2:24pm

Thanks for the advice, that might be the way to go. I had initially heard bad reports of the Louisa Bridge carpark and was hoping to avoid it, but maybe things have improved!

n97 mini · 04-09-2012 3:08pm

Nothing wrong with the carpark at Louisa Bridge. It's got CCTV and is quite busy. But there are always spaces.

Wote wrote: »

It's not a long drive from Celbridge to Leixlip Louisa Bridge and there's a car park right across the road from the station. Alternatively the 67 bus from Celbridge goes past Maynooth station.

A lot of people drive over from Celbridge to Leixlip Louisa Bridge, it has easy access and you can come over to it via the dual carriageway.

Parking at Maynooth Train Station

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