Commuting from Rush & Lusk

Sawks86

My wife and I are thinking of moving to Rush and I would be commuting to the city centre by train. There are lots of posts on here complaining about parking at Rush & Lusk station but they all seem to date from before the car park expansion. I'm hoping some of you may be able to offer a more up-to-date picture of how full the car park gets and when it fills up.

On a related note, which trains are busy and how busy are they?

Thanks very much in advance.

Victor

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Carawaystick

Sawks86 wrote: »

My wife and I are thinking of moving to Rush and I would be commuting to the city centre by train. There are lots of posts on here complaining about parking at Rush & Lusk station but they all seem to date from before the car park expansion. I'm hoping some of you may be able to offer a more up-to-date picture of how full the car park gets and when it fills up.

On a related note, which trains are busy and how busy are they?

Thanks very much in advance.

Unless you are travelling outside peak times, get the 33X

It actually serves Rush
It's cheaper, faster than the train and you will get a seat

I used to get the train until the malahide viaduct fell into the sea

I regularily saw the train arrive leave rush&Lusk station and only cross the Liffey as the bus passed under the bridge at Tara st, but many times the bus passed before the train time.

The bus serves grafton st and Kildare st too
I haven't taken the bus since the 3rd lane opened on the m1, but this would have taken 5-10 mins off the outbound bus trip


There's loads of space at the station to park nowadays but you'll have to pay to park there

Spook_ie

Carawaystick wrote: »

Unless you are travelling outside peak times, get the 33X

It actually serves Rush
It's cheaper, faster than the train and you will get a seat

I used to get the train until the malahide viaduct fell into the sea

I regularily saw the train arrive leave rush&Lusk station and only cross the Liffey as the bus passed under the bridge at Tara st, but many times the bus passed before the train time.

The bus serves grafton st and Kildare st too
I haven't taken the bus since the 3rd lane opened on the m1, but this would have taken 5-10 mins off the outbound bus trip


There's loads of space at the station to park nowadays but you'll have to pay to park there

You sure you were looking at the same train? According to DB the 33x takes upwards of an hour
http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Your-Journey1/Timetables/All-Timetables/33x/

The train only takes 30 mins according to IR
http://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/bin/query.exe/en

Carawaystick

Spook_ie wrote: »

You sure you were looking at the same train? According to DB the 33x takes upwards of an hour
http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Your-Journey1/Timetables/All-Timetables/33x/

The train only takes 30 mins according to IR
http://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/bin/query.exe/en

Yeah, I used to get that train, so those were the times.

You may have missed the small print on the 33x timetables saying the times are off peak estimates - for a peak only service :0

As for it taking 10 minutes to get from hearse road to the m1
Or 15 mins from dOlier st to ssg

Carawaystick

Spook_ie wrote: »

You sure you were looking at the same train? According to DB the 33x takes upwards of an hour
http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Your-Journey1/Timetables/All-Timetables/33x/

The train only takes 30 mins according to IR
http://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/bin/query.exe/en

Yeah, I used to get that train, so those were the times.

You may have missed the small print on the 33x timetables saying the times are off peak estimates - for a peak only service :0

As for it taking 10 minutes to get from hearse road to the m1
Or 15 mins from dOlier st to ssg

Spook_ie

Carawaystick wrote: »

Yeah, I used to get that train, so those were the times.

You may have missed the small print on the 33x timetables saying the times are off peak estimates - for a peak only service :0

As for it taking 10 minutes to get from hearse road to the m1
Or 15 mins from dOlier st to ssg

Yeah, so surely an off peak estimate would be faster than a peak time would it not?

Victor

This might be a bit more useful:

LXFlyer

Spook_ie wrote: »

You sure you were looking at the same train? According to DB the 33x takes upwards of an hour
http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Your-Journey1/Timetables/All-Timetables/33x/

The train only takes 30 mins according to IR
http://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/bin/query.exe/en

Carawaystick wrote: »

Yeah, I used to get that train, so those were the times.

You may have missed the small print on the 33x timetables saying the times are off peak estimates - for a peak only service :0

As for it taking 10 minutes to get from hearse road to the m1
Or 15 mins from dOlier st to ssg

All of those estimated times on Dublin Bus timetables need a complete review - in many cases they are wildly inaccurate. They pre-date the schedules that are on the NTA journey planner and are frankly useless.

Victor's timetable is far closer to the mark - this is the control system's schedule.

Sawks86

Thanks guys, will definitely bear the bus in mind. Honestly hadn't given it a second thought because of all the horror stories I'd heard about Dublin traffic (only moved over a couple of weeks ago, currently living in Dun Laoghaire and getting the DART to work).

Spook_ie

Victor wrote: »

This might be a bit more useful:

lxflyer wrote: »

All of those estimated times on Dublin Bus timetables need a complete review - in many cases they are wildly inaccurate. They pre-date the schedules that are on the NTA journey planner and are frankly useless.

Victor's timetable is far closer to the mark - this is the control system's schedule.

In that case yeah could well have been the train and buses matching each other, each would have it's pros and cons so probably best to try them both out on a week about basis and see which suits you better

petronius

I think the train is a good option (but seats may be at a premium at rush hour) - I think the bus is hit and miss and the express one is best otherwise your picking up after john, niamh and seamus on the way into town
Ideally they will soon extend the DART to Balbriggan and it will be faster, more regular etc.

Carawaystick

petronius wrote: »

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Ideally they will soon extend the DART to Balbriggan and it will be faster, more regular etc.

I used to get a train that too 28 mins non-stop from Donabate to Connolly
I can't see how trains that stops at every station could improve times.

The 33x also serves Rush, it's a long walk/drive to the station from Rush and you have to pay for it.

The 33 after 7 pm gets out fairly quickly, probably 40 mins from Abbey st to Lusk