Distance to Finglas from Broombridge train station

billyhead

Would anyone know how far is the station from Mellowes road in Finglas. Is it walking distance?

ProudDUB

According to Google Maps, it is a 2.6km walk that would take 30 mins, going along Cardiffsbridge Rd. It also says part of the route has no paths so I don't know how safe it would be.

Victor

It is doable, although I'd be wary of the park at night.

An alternative might be to get a 40, 40b or 40d to Drumcondra station.

ProudDUB

I second the idea of getting the bus. The area around the station and the station itself has a bad reputation for anti social behaviour & rocks being thrown at passing trains. There is a lot of badly lit and unsupervised waste land around the station that can harbour the gurrier element out to cause trouble. I'd be very wary walking to and from the station, especially after dark.

mtjm

This pic was taken while passing Broombridge station, picture taken from this website

http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/pic-what-the-hell-is-going-on-at-broombridge-train-station-in-dublin-nsfw-0034245-1

Dravokivich

As bad as broombridge can be, most of the time its completely deserted.

jjbrien

Ah Broombridge I dont get why Irish Rail doesnt shut this station down. A few years ago Irish Rail put bricks on the platform and the local hooligans decided to take them up brick by brick and use them to trow at passing trains.

OP stay away from this station and do as the others suggested take the bus to Drumcondra station

Victor

jjbrien wrote: »

Ah Broombridge I dont get why Irish Rail doesnt shut this station down.

Because people use it.

OP stay away from this station and do as the others suggested take the bus to Drumcondra station

Other than the reports of bag snatching on the train, the problems are anti-social behaviour and criminal damage. There is no absolute need to avoid the station.

n97 mini

Anti-social behaviour and criminal damage are enough reasons for most people!

mtjm wrote: »

This pic was taken while passing Broombridge station, picture taken from this website

http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/pic-what-the-hell-is-going-on-at-broombridge-train-station-in-dublin-nsfw-0034245-1

Looks like a gay orgy.

GLaDOS

Kids smashing windows on the train at Broombridge yesterday evening, same the evening before by the sounds of things (My train behind it was delayed as a result).

xOxSinéadxOx

People who say it should be shut down are talking bollix. The trains will still have to go through it even if they don't stop there but people won't be able to use it

triple-M

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

People who say it should be shut down are talking bollix. The trains will still have to go through it even if they don't stop there but people won't be able to use it

too dodgy just shut the place down and open a new heavily guarded station at a more suitable location when the luas gets extended to finglas

Carawaystick

triple-M wrote: »

too dodgy just shut the place down and open a new heavily guarded station at a more suitable location when the luas gets extended to finglas

Why not guard the station now?
The luas is only getting extended to broombridge station at present

n97 mini

Shut it down and put 15 ft security fence both sides of the track, stretching half a mile in both directions from the station.