Newry to Dublin/Dundalk

ElaineOC

Hey, I'm looking for someone who commutes from Newry to Dublin who would be willing to give me a lift and share expenses.

Alternatively if there is anyone out there who travels to Dundalk from Newry early in the morning, so I could catch the Commuter train.

Dub13

is there not a train early in the morning from Newry to Dublin....?

MarkoP11

First train arrives Connolly just after 9

ElaineOC

yeah the train doesn't get into connolly until 9.05 and I need to be on pembroke rd by 8.50/9am

daymobrew

A coworker commutes into Dublin from Newry by train. I think he gets in around 9:30. We're flexible in here.

Maybe a bus from Newry to Dundalk (Bus Eireann lists a bus dep Newry 6:55, arr Dundalk Bus stn 7:10 - I don't know proximity of bus/train stations).
There is a 7:15 train from Dundalk, arriving in Connolly at 8:36. This train my stop at Pearse or another station that would suit you, or you could transfer to the DART.

Bus Eireann lists 3 buses between Newry and Dundalk before 9am:
6:55 -> 7:10 (15 mins)
8:00 -> 8:40 (40 mins!)
8:55 -> 9:20 (25 mins)
What's with the mad time differences? Traffic influence things that much?

BTW, that 6:55 bus departure is a direct bus to Dublin, arriving at 8:30. The bus actually leaves Belfast at 6am so might not be reliable enough for using as a train transfer, even if Dundalk bus and train stations are adjacent to each other.

John R

daymobrew wrote:

A coworker commutes into Dublin from Newry by train. I think he gets in around 9:30. We're flexible in here.

Maybe a bus from Newry to Dundalk (Bus Eireann lists a bus dep Newry 6:55, arr Dundalk Bus stn 7:10 - I don't know proximity of bus/train stations).
There is a 7:15 train from Dundalk, arriving in Connolly at 8:36. This train my stop at Pearse or another station that would suit you, or you could transfer to the DART.

Bus Eireann lists 3 buses between Newry and Dundalk before 9am:
6:55 -> 7:10 (15 mins)
8:00 -> 8:40 (40 mins!)
8:55 -> 9:20 (25 mins)
What's with the mad time differences? Traffic influence things that much?

No. The slow one is a local service that serves some of the villages on the backroads. The other two are Belfast-Dublin express.

daymobrew wrote:

BTW, that 6:55 bus departure is a direct bus to Dublin, arriving at 8:30. The bus actually leaves Belfast at 6am so might not be reliable enough for using as a train transfer, even if Dundalk bus and train stations are adjacent to each other.

They are a good 10min walk.

The bus would have no problems with timekeeping out of Belfast. Using the bus for the whole journey to Dublin would be the best option.

jesus_thats_gre

It would be at least a 20 min walk from the main Bus Station in Dundalk to the train station.