Naas Chat Thread

hero001 wrote: »

Having made this journey for many years, it can take you another 25 minutes to get from Heuston to a city centre location, in rush hour. It's also difficult to time, so, in reality, you need to leave the city centre between 30 and 40 minutes before a train is due to depart from Heuston.

It's also difficult to get on to the Luas or buses at Heuston, which is part of the reason the trains to Grand Canal, which take about around 60 minutes, are so popular. Sallins is also part of the Dublin commuter zone, so it costs less than get the train from Sallins than a bus from Naas

i see it as an advantage as its an excuse for a 20 minute walk from heuston to O'Connell Bridge. which is quicker than getting on a cramped luas and getting frustrated at the speed of commute.

If the dart came to naas, it would justify less high speed trains.

but again the frequency is diabolical. id a problem getting the last train yesterday at 7.45pm from heuston to naas. imagine the last train is that early.



On a bus between sallins and around naas.... people in naas love their car. until carbon taxes and oil prices remove the incentive, i cant see a market for public transport

2lazytogetup wrote: »

any restaurants/bars in naas with large outdoor areas. im finding it hard to get a booking. if the outdoor is big might be more successful. and i dont need comments that its impossible or booked out long ago. just looking for places with big outdoor seatings. tks

I just booked las radas, not everyones cup of tea but they seemed to have decent availability.
Ill be dropping my son to 33 main later on, they only called yesterday for a booking.

I did notice alot of the evening slots are gone. Both the above reservations are for 5ish. Id say if your flexi with mid week you might stand a better chance.

silver2020 wrote: »

There's a testing center at the back of the Curragh racecourse in moorefield gaa
https://www.xpresshealth.ie/book-test/

Though at €140, its rather expensive

wow that is expensive, PCR is €69 at the airport. Was just trying to get it done close to home before getting the bus.

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

How is it that Blessington get Dublin bus but Naas doesn't?

Discrimination. Or perhaps there are vested interests at play. Who knows honestly.

If you draw a 30km circle around dublin, Naas is the only commuter town that doesn’t have Dublin bus or DART. It’s cheaper to get the bus from Maynooth to Bray than it is to get a bus from one side of Naas to the other. Very little consideration for the disabled. No consideration for students. There are a lack of bus stops. So much so, that you would see people being dropped to bus stops in cars. There is no local bus to the train station integrated with the LEAP card.

When I was commuting to college, I could be paying up to €70 per week while all my other friends were capped at €20. It’s actually disgusting and really disconnects communities. Talked to James Lawless and Catherine Murphy about it but they don’t seem to want to hear it. I’ve never seen a more expensive bus than that 126. I’ve given up on the buses to get around, far cheaper to use a car in Naas.

And nobody in Naas seems to care so it’ll never change. It seems to be just accepted... I’ve played my part by contacting TD’s. I blame KCC. Just wait until all these new houses are finished, the traffic in the area was already bad as it was.

Tomrota wrote: »

Discrimination. Or perhaps there are vested interests at play. Who knows honestly.

If you draw a 30km circle around dublin, Naas is the only commuter town that doesn’t have Dublin bus or DART. It’s cheaper to get the bus from Maynooth to Bray than it is to get a bus from one side of Naas to the other. Very little consideration for the disabled. No consideration for students. There are a lack of bus stops. So much so, that you would see people being dropped to bus stops in cars. There is no local bus to the train station integrated with the LEAP card.

When I was commuting to college, I could be paying up to €70 per week while all my other friends were capped at €20. It’s actually disgusting and really disconnects communities. Talked to James Lawless and Catherine Murphy about it but they don’t seem to want to hear it. I’ve never seen a more expensive bus than that 126. I’ve given up on the buses to get around, far cheaper to use a car in Naas.

And nobody in Naas seems to care so it’ll never change. It seems to be just accepted... I’ve played my part by contacting TD’s. I blame KCC. Just wait until all these new houses are finished, the traffic in the area was already bad as it was.

and because you need a car, it become more expensive and naas is too congested with cars.

you need to set up a petition to get some force to lobby the National Transport Authority (NTA) . NTA gave out licenses to Bus Eireann and J Kavanagh to operate naas-dublin buses and set the prices. might need to ask Dublin Bus or DART consider it, but since they are strapped for cash i doubt they would have interest. Id say Dublin Bus would want to lose the maynooth and blessington routes but are stuck with them.

Tomrota wrote: »

Discrimination. Or perhaps there are vested interests at play. Who knows honestly.

If you draw a 30km circle around dublin, Naas is the only commuter town that doesn’t have Dublin bus or DART. It’s cheaper to get the bus from Maynooth to Bray than it is to get a bus from one side of Naas to the other. Very little consideration for the disabled. No consideration for students. There are a lack of bus stops. So much so, that you would see people being dropped to bus stops in cars. There is no local bus to the train station integrated with the LEAP card.

When I was commuting to college, I could be paying up to €70 per week while all my other friends were capped at €20. It’s actually disgusting and really disconnects communities. Talked to James Lawless and Catherine Murphy about it but they don’t seem to want to hear it. I’ve never seen a more expensive bus than that 126. I’ve given up on the buses to get around, far cheaper to use a car in Naas.

And nobody in Naas seems to care so it’ll never change. It seems to be just accepted... I’ve played my part by contacting TD’s. I blame KCC. Just wait until all these new houses are finished, the traffic in the area was already bad as it was.

It is funny how things works here and KCC is in Naas, I never get the logic as I am not an Irish

scwazrh wrote: »

Anyone know of a good dress maker for alterations to a debs dress ?

https://m.facebook.com/joysalterations/

pad199207 wrote: »

Caught the 126 bus into town today and my god is it slow. Need to get rid of cash fares as some of the passengers give their life stories when they can’t find change.

Need these city buses pronto with quicker scanners.

Also need to bring the fares into line with the likes of Maynooth and Celbridge. €7.70 one way on leap is scandalous.

It's 5.86(ish) one way to Dublin in the leap card. If you are being charged more then it must still be charging from Newbridge, and maybe the bus driver hadn't reprogrammed it yet.


Gotten then 126 to Dublin countless times over the last few weeks. But I agree, too dear and painfully slow.

Anyone with water supply issues this morning?

IrishZeus wrote: »

Yes, in Sallins area. No planned outage that I can find

Same, thanks