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Which dart station?

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  • 03-06-2016 7:17pm
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    MaudL
    Registered Users Posts: 231 ✭✭


    Hiya,

    I've never taken the dart, so I'm hoping you can help me out.
    I need to be at Connolly station Monday to Friday by 9:30am. I'm doing the school drop off at 8:15 in Balally, and I'm planning on driving from there to the nearest dart station.

    I am aware that with traffic at that time it's likely to take me upwards of 30mn but my circumstances are that I do need to take the car, can't take the bus.
    Could you please tell me which station I should go to, which one would be most likely to have a parking spot available at 9am?

    Thanks in advance!


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    Jamie2k9
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭Jamie2k9


    MaudL wrote: »
    Hiya,

    I've never taken the dart, so I'm hoping you can help me out.
    I need to be at Connolly station Monday to Friday by 9:30am. I'm doing the school drop off at 8:15 in Balally, and I'm planning on driving from there to the nearest dart station.

    I am aware that with traffic at that time it's likely to take me upwards of 30mn but my circumstances are that I do need to take the car, can't take the bus.
    Could you please tell me which station I should go to, which one would be most likely to have a parking spot available at 9am?

    Thanks in advance!

    Prob SeaPoint or Blackrock

    It could be quicker to take the Luas and walk from Stephens Green provided you could get parking in the area. DART either runs perfectly or one big disaster. Irish Rail twitter account can help with car parking if there is no commuters on here from those area's.


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    ProudDUB
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    Booterstown would be an option too. It would save having to go thru Blackrock village to get to the station and the traffic around the 2 shopping centres.

    The No 14 bus goes directly from Balally to Connolly Station. But it goes half way around the world & the traffic in town can be murder, especially with the Luas road works.

    I agree with the above poster about getting the Luas. It's a 15 minute ride to St Stephens Green and then a 20 minute walk to Connolly. Or a 10 minute walk to Westland Row and get the Dart there to Connolly. It's only 2 stops.


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    Tarabuses
    Registered Users Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Tarabuses


    Driving from Balally to any DART station would take some time, especially during school terms.

    What school are you dropping off at in Balally? The national school is only a couple of minutes walk from Kilmacud Luas stop. Take the Luas to Harcourt, walk across to Camden Street and then take a 14 or 15 bus to Connolly.


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