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  • 19-08-2009 8:08pm
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    Nostradamus
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    Used it for the first time last week. So handy driving down from Sligo now good roads all the way, no real traffic and one exit down the M50. Red Line tram into city centre.

    Have no idea why never used it before but it's avoids a lot of hassle going into town looking and paying for parking etc.

    Ironic that in recent times going from Sligo to Dublin I have now used trams more than trains.

    Thanks Luas!
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    Redsoxfan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,325 ✭✭✭Redsoxfan


    Nostradamus wrote: »
    So handy driving down from Sligo now good roads all the way, no real traffic......

    Really? I'm sure it's better than it was several years ago, but I would hardly say that there are 'good roads all the way'?


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    MOH
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    Redsoxfan wrote: »
    Really? I'm sure it's better than it was several years ago, but I would hardly say that there are 'good roads all the way'?

    Certainly from Carrick on Shannon to Dublin the roads are fine. Not sure about Sligo-CoS


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    a_ominous
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    Could also drive to Maynooth, train in from there to Connolly, trains every 20 minutes. That way you avoid N4 traffic around Lucan,etc. and the M50.

    If you're travelling from Sligo, why not get the train from there???


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    Genghis
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    a_ominous wrote: »
    Could also drive to Maynooth, train in from there to Connolly, trains every 20 minutes. That way you avoid N4 traffic around Lucan,etc. and the M50.

    If you're travelling from Sligo, why not get the train from there???

    Always baffles me, this one. Every train station in the country is effectively a P&R facility to the red Luas line. When I drive to Dublin (rarely), if I am at the Red Cow, I see bringing the car the rest of the way as better than parking it there and tramming it in.

    But then again, I would nearly always take the train to Heuston and pick the luas up there or walk.


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    Redsoxfan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,325 ✭✭✭Redsoxfan


    MOH wrote: »
    Certainly from Carrick on Shannon to Dublin the roads are fine. Not sure about Sligo-CoS

    There is quite a bit of crappy road from Sligo to Carrick-on-Shannon (DC out of Sligo and 2+1 sections around Lough Kee excepted). Also, Roosky to Mullingar isn't great-I find the traffic heavy enough and there are few opportunities to overtake safetly.
    a_ominous wrote:
    That way you avoid N4 traffic around Lucan,etc. and the M50.

    In fairness, since the N4->M50 upgrade has been finished, this is not a bad stretch at all. N4 has been free flowing since they opened the extra lanes and M50 traffic doesn't get backed up until after you pass the Red Cow exit southbound.


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