Navan to East Point Business Park

chewed

I'm looking at a possible job in East Point but being put off by the location! I'll be travelling from Navan. Is driving to the M3 Parkway to Docklands and then walk or shuttle bus the best option?

Anyone else doing a similar commute?

TimeToShine

I do this every day, getting the train ends up costing you a fortune and really isn't economical nor does it save that much time.

It's about 65-75 minutes in the morning leaving at 7am and maybe 75-90 going home in the evenings. The traffic is particularly grim around this time of year but it will get better in the summer. You can take the N2 through Kentstown in the mornings either if you want to save money on the toll, usually works out the same. Would advise going the N3/M3 on the way back though, N2 can get fairly congested.

chewed

TimeToShine wrote: »

I do this every day, getting the train ends up costing you a fortune and really isn't economical nor does it save that much time.

It's about 65-75 minutes in the morning leaving at 7am and maybe 75-90 going home in the evenings. The traffic is particularly grim around this time of year but it will get better in the summer. You can take the N2 through Kentstown in the mornings either if you want to save money on the toll, usually works out the same. Would advise going the N3/M3 on the way back though, N2 can get fairly congested.

Thanks. The last thing I want to do is drive in each day! I did this before for a while and it brought me very close to insanity! Surely with a tax saver train ticket it wouldn't be too bad? I know driving to and from the M3 Parkway will clock up diesel costs.

_Kaiser_

I did it from Virginia a few years back... took me about an hour and 15 mins most days (but then I started at 10 and finished at 6:30 so the worst of the traffic had died off by then)

Despite the cost (fuel, tollls, extra wear and tear items like tyres) it was still far better to the time that would have been wasted (at least double the time estimate above) by trying to do it with public transport.

lucernarian

35 to 40 minutes on the train, plus a 25 minute walk or similar time via their shuttle bus. The drive to M3 Parkway is what, less than 30 minutes? You'd have to pay that damn toll to get to M3 Parkway if using the motorway but then that toll would be paid when using the M3 anyway.

I wouldn't exactly call it "wasted time via public transport"

OP, the least stressful and IMO quickest way to make that commute would be to drive to the M3 Parkway and then train but getting from Docklands to Eastpoint Business Park is not the nicest experience on the ill-located and untimetabled shuttle service. A fold-up bike for the last part of the journey would do the trick there.

L1011

A footbridge over the tunnel toll would have made luas and docklands walkable for many. Never going to happen I imagine.

You need to ensure you actually have parking if intending to drive -it's extremely limited