17 bus

WeeBushy · 21-10-2010 3:36pm #1

Does the 17 bus leaves the terminal by the sport centre, or up near engineering?

antomorro-sei · 21-10-2010 3:39pm

Engineering!

**Timbuk2** · 21-10-2010 3:41pm

It goes from the bus stop at Engineering, where the 10/2/3 buses go from!

Bryan4president · 21-10-2010 3:57pm

If your going to Blackrock for an exam, make sure you go to the bus stop early, because the 17 is ridiculously unreliable.

WeeBushy · 21-10-2010 4:23pm

Thanking you all kindly.

No exam luckily

fairyprincessx · 21-10-2010 7:59pm

Bryan4president wrote: »

If your going to Blackrock for an exam, make sure you go to the bus stop early, because the 17 is ridiculously unreliable.

On that note, i've an exam there next week, how long should I leave to get there?

**Timbuk2** · 21-10-2010 8:01pm

fairyprincessx wrote: »

On that note, i've an exam there next week, how long should I leave to get there?

I'd be there between an hour and a half, to an hour beforehand. The 17 bus is unreliable and if there is an exam, there will be a large crowd of UCD students getting it!

Ruski · 21-10-2010 8:17pm

I suggest just getting the 46a/145/7b/7d/84 to Stillorgan, then walking through Priory and Avoca to get to UCD Blackrock. It would save you the trouble of waiting for a 17, even if it's twice as long a walk.

fairyprincessx · 21-10-2010 8:22pm

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

I'd be there between an hour and a half, to an hour beforehand. The 17 bus is unreliable and if there is an exam, there will be a large crowd of UCD students getting it!

Ya I was thinking about that length of time would be needed!

Ruski wrote: »

I suggest just getting the 46a/145/7b/7d/84 to Stillorgan, then walking through Priory and Avoca to get to UCD Blackrock. It would save you the trouble of waiting for a 17, even if it's twice as long a walk.

Thats not a bad idea, I don't mind walking, but hate being stessed. I'd much rather walk into an exam windswept than rushing! Thanks!

Ruski · 21-10-2010 8:25pm

fairyprincessx wrote: »

Ya I was thinking about that length of time would be needed!

Thats not a bad idea, I don't mind walking, but hate being stessed. I'd much rather walk into an exam windswept than rushing! Thanks!

It takes about ten minutes to bus to Stillorgan. And the walk to UCD from there takes 25 minutes maximum. So 35 minutes versus at least an hour.

delta_bravo · 21-10-2010 8:30pm

You're all mad if you are getting a bus 90 minutes before a test. The walk is an easy 30 minutes - all downhill. Get the bus back but it clears the head to have a nice leisurely stroll to Blackrock

RandomName2 · 21-10-2010 9:45pm

delta_bravo wrote: »

You're all mad if you are getting a bus 90 minutes before a test. The walk is an easy 30 minutes - all downhill. Get the bus back but it clears the head to have a nice leisurely stroll to Blackrock

As a person who communtes from Smurfit to Belfield every day I would not reccomend walking it - not least the fact that if you are not familiar with the route you will quite likely get lost (unless you go the absolutely most obvious route down to the bottom of Mt. Merrion Avenue with no short-cuts: but that isn't a 30 minutes walk; more like an 75-80 minute.

Hell it would take almost 30 minutes to cycle (at a leisurely pace). And it by no means is all downhill!

If you actually get the 17 (which does happen sometimes; particularly early evening and very early afternoon) the journey takes 15 minutes + 5-10 minute walk.

Edit: Get there early, bing yur student card and you can study in the Smurfit Library; it's only 3 or 4 minutes away from the exam centre, on the same campus; can't miss it.

Alternatively, if you are a gambling sort of person you can get the 46A to the top of Newtownpark Avenue and hope for a 114 to come alone, which will drop you right outside the exam centre.

Do note the 114's timetable before taking such a risky move tho.

Ruski · 21-10-2010 10:11pm

I live on the other side of Carysfort Park from Smurfit. It usually takes me 15 minutes to cycle to Belfield.

HavingCrack · 21-10-2010 10:25pm

RandomName2 wrote: »

As a person who communtes from Smurfit to Belfield every day I would not reccomend walking it - not least the fact that if you are not familiar with the route you will quite likely get lost (unless you go the absolutely most obvious route down to the bottom of Mt. Merrion Avenue with no short-cuts: but that isn't a 30 minutes walk; more like an 75-80 minute.

Hell it would take almost 30 minutes to cycle (at a leisurely pace). And it by no means is all downhill!

If you actually get the 17 (which does happen sometimes; particularly early evening and very early afternoon) the journey takes 15 minutes + 5-10 minute walk.

Edit: Get there early, bing yur student card and you can study in the Smurfit Library; it's only 3 or 4 minutes away from the exam centre, on the same campus; can't miss it.

Alternatively, if you are a gambling sort of person you can get the 46A to the top of Newtownpark Avenue and hope for a 114 to come alone, which will drop you right outside the exam centre.

Do note the 114's timetable before taking such a risky move tho.

What pace do you walk or cycle at?????

I live at the top of Carysfort Avenue and I've walked home form UCD before-35 minutes tops, walking....add on 5 minutes extra for getting down Carysfort Avenue, 40 minutes tops.

RandomName2 · 21-10-2010 11:03pm

HavingCrack wrote: »

What pace do you walk or cycle at?????

I live at the top of Carysfort Avenue and I've walked home form UCD before-35 minutes tops, walking....add on 5 minutes extra for getting down Carysfort Avenue, 40 minutes tops.

35 minutes walking from UCD to Stillorgan then from Stillorgan to Carysfort...

maybe...

with rollerskates

Okay, okay I know you probably are using short-cuts and the like but the thread is designed for people who don't know how to get to Blackrock, and the short-cuts I developed included going up many cul-de-sacs and useless routes.

Takes me 18 minutes to walk from Stillorgan to the bottom of Carysfort Avenue (as-in near the Avoca pub) and 8 minutes to get from the bottom of Carysfort Avenue to the top of Mt. Merrion Avenue by cycling. My record for making it to UCD by cycling was 12 minutes I think but it was undone by the increased recovery time...

I'm just not going to say 'ah sure it is like 10 minutes away' cuz if you have an exam in Blackrock and you havn't put an hour aside to get to the exam Centre for your first time then you might be asking for trouble.

**Timbuk2** · 21-10-2010 11:43pm

For the reference, I had an exam two weeks ago in Smurfit.

It was at 6. I got the 5.05 bus from UCD, which arrived 5 minutes late, took ages to board because loads of students were getting on, but still made it on time!

I assumed the bus would be late, but I never thought about the possibility of it not even showing up! The next bus would have been late, I think! I was actually outside Smurfit with between 15-20 minutes spare!

HavingCrack · 22-10-2010 10:30am

RandomName2 wrote: »

35 minutes walking from UCD to Stillorgan then from Stillorgan to Carysfort...

maybe...

with rollerskates

Okay, okay I know you probably are using short-cuts and the like but the thread is designed for people who don't know how to get to Blackrock, and the short-cuts I developed included going up many cul-de-sacs and useless routes.

Takes me 18 minutes to walk from Stillorgan to the bottom of Carysfort Avenue (as-in near the Avoca pub) and 8 minutes to get from the bottom of Carysfort Avenue to the top of Mt. Merrion Avenue by cycling. My record for making it to UCD by cycling was 12 minutes I think but it was undone by the increased recovery time...

I'm just not going to say 'ah sure it is like 10 minutes away' cuz if you have an exam in Blackrock and you havn't put an hour aside to get to the exam Centre for your first time then you might be asking for trouble.

Fair enough :pac:

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