Prosperous => Dublin Quays

sc9736

Hi all,

I apologise if this has been done before - can anyone recommend the best way to do commute from Prosperous Kildare to Dublin? I am hoping to start job at 830 / 9am and leave at 5/530pm

Is traffic a nightmare? Would the buses / trains be packed?

thanks!

monument

If you outline where in Dublin you need to go to people will be better able too give advice.

Spook_ie

Title says Dublin Quays

foggy_lad

sc9736 wrote: »

Hi all,

I apologise if this has been done before - can anyone recommend the best way to do commute from Prosperous Kildare to Dublin? I am hoping to start job at 830 / 9am and leave at 5/530pm

Is traffic a nightmare? Would the buses / trains be packed?

thanks!

The 120/121/123/123b from Prosperous is your best bet, Stops at the Pitch & Putt club beside the church or Further back across from Blacksticks Place(Thatched cottage). The 121(Tullamore bus) goes semi-express by skipping out on Straffan and Celbridge and uses the Motorway from Maynooth but is usually pretty full in the mornings, the 123/123b from Newbridge/Kilmeague/Robertstown have lighter loadings and are usually double deck coaches as are the 120's from Edenderry.

http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1279726183-120.pdf

http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1202394373-123.pdf

monument

Spook_ie wrote: »

Title says Dublin Quays

Which stretch from Parkgate Street to the Point.

ailbheg

foggy_lad wrote: »

The 120/121/123/123b from Prosperous is your best bet, Stops at the Pitch & Putt club beside the church or Further back across from Blacksticks Place(Thatched cottage). The 121(Tullamore bus) goes semi-express by skipping out on Straffan and Celbridge and uses the Motorway from Maynooth but is usually pretty full in the mornings, the 123/123b from Newbridge/Kilmeague/Robertstown have lighter loadings and are usually double deck coaches as are the 120's from Edenderry.

http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1279726183-120.pdf

http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1202394373-123.pdf

There's also a stop at Downings North (beyond the hardware store, heading for Allenwood) if you're that side of Prosperous.

In the evenings the 5/5.30 services can be very busy, so I'd recommend boarding at Connolly rather than the quays to guarantee getting on the bus. Traffic can be pretty bad, it's timetabled to take about half an hour to Celbridge, but often takes 40/45 minutes at that time of the day. Beyond Celbridge traffic is usually fine, sometimes it's a bit slow through Clane.

If you don't have a taxsaver ticket, get a leap card, the 7 day rolling pass (Green Zone) works out cheaper than the 10 journey ticket, and is valid for unlimited travel within the zone for 7 days from first validation.

foggy_lad

ailbheg wrote: »

There's also a stop at Downings North (beyond the hardware store, heading for Allenwood) if you're that side of Prosperous.

In the evenings the 5/5.30 services can be very busy, so I'd recommend boarding at Connolly rather than the quays to guarantee getting on the bus. Traffic can be pretty bad, it's timetabled to take about half an hour to Celbridge, but often takes 40/45 minutes at that time of the day. Beyond Celbridge traffic is usually fine, sometimes it's a bit slow through Clane.

If you don't have a taxsaver ticket, get a leap card, the 7 day rolling pass (Green Zone) works out cheaper than the 10 journey ticket, and is valid for unlimited travel within the zone for 7 days from first validation.

In the mornings the first two buses use the motorway from Maynooth so are quite fast, on the way home I would try to get the tullamore bus as it doesn't serve Celbridge or Straffan but there are three buses leaving at 5.30pm(121,120,123b) as well as 1 bus at 4.30pm, 5pm & 6pm. I have never been longer than 75minutes on the bus in the evenings

ailbheg

foggy_lad wrote: »

In the mornings the first two buses use the motorway from Maynooth so are quite fast, on the way home I would try to get the tullamore bus as it doesn't serve Celbridge or Straffan but there are three buses leaving at 5.30pm(121,120,123b) as well as 1 bus at 4.30pm, 5pm & 6pm. I have never been longer than 75minutes on the bus in the evenings

I've been on the 121 on occasion where it has passed the 5pm bus in Clane (5pm bus didn't get to the Ha'penny bridge until nearly 20 past 5, and was full before I boarded), so on wet days in particular, I'd hold out for the 121 if you're ready to leave around 5.

foggy_lad

Op also be aware that some drivers roll into prosperous 15-20minutes late, possibly because they have been late leaving the depot in Edenderry. Some will make up the time but some are just a lot slower on the road than others.

Trampas

foggy_lad wrote: »

Op also be aware that some drivers roll into prosperous 15-20minutes late, possibly because they have been late leaving the depot in Edenderry. Some will make up the time but some are just a lot slower on the road than others.

We all know the slow one's

ailbheg

foggy_lad wrote: »

Op also be aware that some drivers roll into prosperous 15-20minutes late, possibly because they have been late leaving the depot in Edenderry. Some will make up the time but some are just a lot slower on the road than others.

There were roadworks coming out of Edenderry for a while, which didn't help matters. Not sure if they've started them up again, as the 19.00 buses this week and last week were late a few times.

The real time site is fairly useful for letting you know if the bus is on the way/far away, although the odd time it jumps from being 20 minutes away to being due.

foggy_lad

ailbheg wrote: »

There were roadworks coming out of Edenderry for a while, which didn't help matters. Not sure if they've started them up again, as the 19.00 buses this week and last week were late a few times.

The real time site is fairly useful for letting you know if the bus is on the way/far away, although the odd time it jumps from being 20 minutes away to being due.

I often think it has more to do with the old timetables for the 123b and the 121 which had some buses arriving into Prosperous at quarter past the hour but they are all supposed to be on the hour now.

The 7pm bus is late because it is the returning leg of the 4.30pm or 5pm bus and because of the tight times and the driver needing to take their break in Edenderry they have no choice but to leave late, most drivers are able to make up most of the time on the way into Dublin though.

ailbheg

foggy_lad wrote: »

I often think it has more to do with the old timetables for the 123b and the 121 which had some buses arriving into Prosperous at quarter past the hour but they are all supposed to be on the hour now.

The 7pm bus is late because it is the returning leg of the 4.30pm or 5pm bus and because of the tight times and the driver needing to take their break in Edenderry they have no choice but to leave late, most drivers are able to make up most of the time on the way into Dublin though.

You could be right about the old timetables.

They were running to the schedule coming up to Christmas, and for a couple of weeks after (not just when the schools were off, so it wasn't just a case of the 4.30/5pm bus getting down in time due to reduced traffic), so I'm assuming there's some other factor affecting the times.

As you've said about late buses though, most make up the time on the way in. It might not be as good in the morning though if it's late, as I'd say there are a lot more stops for people heading to Dublin at that time of the day.

Banjoxed

According to Google Maps, driving to Sallins Railway Station takes nine minutes to cover the approx. ten kilometres. By bicycle, its half an hour and of course no charge then for parking or fuel.


Good selection of trains direct to Heuston. http://www.irishrail.ie/media/16-DublinPortlaoise250920131.pdf

The Quays are easily accessible then - walking from Heuston to O'Connell Bridge should take twenty minutes, with quicker connections by tram or bus if preferred.

I lived in Celbridge for years and can attest to the vicious backlog of traffic on school mornings all the way down the Clane Road to the Liffey Bridge, and for that reason would not take the bus.

foggy_lad

Banjoxed wrote: »

According to Google Maps, driving to Sallins Railway Station takes nine minutes to cover the approx. ten kilometres. By bicycle, its half an hour and of course no charge then for parking or fuel.


Good selection of trains direct to Heuston. http://www.irishrail.ie/media/16-DublinPortlaoise250920131.pdf

The Quays are easily accessible then - walking from Heuston to O'Connell Bridge should take twenty minutes, with quicker connections by tram or bus if preferred.

I lived in Celbridge for years and can attest to the vicious backlog of traffic on school mornings all the way down the Clane Road to the Liffey Bridge, and for that reason would not take the bus.

Driving to Sallins takes about 15 minutes and even longer in the mornings with traffic going into Naas from Clane. Sallins can be worse than Celbridge at peak times.

The early buses from Prosperous do not go through celbridge but turn at Barberstown and use the M4 from Maynooth so are probably faster into the city centre than the train from Sallins when you consider the change to bus or luas at Heuston station.

Mycroft H

If the drivers are still the same when I went to college, there will be some extremely rapid drivers of the 120 and others who'll just plod along, slow as they can.

ailbheg

foggy_lad wrote: »

Driving to Sallins takes about 15 minutes and even longer in the mornings with traffic going into Naas from Clane. Sallins can be worse than Celbridge at peak times.

This. Going from Prosperous to Sallins you're driving on minor roads, so google maps underestimates the time it takes.