Trim to Dublin early by Public Transport

Archeron wrote: »

Hi all,
I'm going to be working in Dublin city centre for a while, and need to try to get into the city by public transport for around 6.30 am but looking at the buses, it doesn't seem this is an option. Anybody any suggestions on other potential options? I thought about the train from M3 parkway, but that doesn't seem to start early enough either. Any advice would be really appreciated!

One of my bugbears - I'm 10 years in Trim and there has been pretty much zero improvements in public transport. A decade with nothing to show for, yet we're being told to get out of our cars and use public transport.

The days I work in the city I leave (driving) just after 6am - around the time of the first 111 from Trim, but that route only goes as far as Busaras. The 111X I'd need (to go across to south city) is an hour too late, and only one in the evening back. Nowhere near a reliable enough alternative to the car for me.

Train from M3 Parkway only serves Docklands unless you switch at Clonsilla, then you're getting on trains that are crammed.

One option you could try is the 70 (Dublin Bus) from Dunboyne, first one leaves at 6am according to the timetables - assuming you can get there by car. You could park in Dunboyne station (only a couple of euro for the day as far as I know) and get the bus along the main road (think it's the stop called "Millview" on the list of route stages). Prob won't make 6.30am in town, but it can't be much after that tbh, esp leaving at that time in the morning. Seems to be relatively frequent in both directions also. I've never tried this but it was one of the options I've been exploring if the car becomes untenable.