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parking near kevin st

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  • 07-10-2011 8:28pm
    #1
    machhu
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭


    i am in kevin st for evening class. Does any one suggest me a cheap parking near by. i'm getting broke paying 8-10 euro per class for parking.i have to use car as i come from a distance. i'm not from dublin and as i dont know places..pls help me


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    #2
    Metar
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭Metar


    Hi Macchu,
    DIT have a deal with Q-Park. The nearest one to Kevin St is the College of Surgeons car park at the back of St Stephens Green Shopping centre. About a 5 min walk to Kevin st. It is only 2 euro for the car park. You validate your parking tkt in Kevin st. There is a validation machine beside the porters glass hut in the front hall of main kevin st building. (It is about the size of a cigarette box and is on the wall beside one of the windows.) You put your tkt in there and press down. It puts a little punched hole in the top left hand corner of your parking tkt. Then you pay as normal in the carpark, but it will only be 2 euro. It is a deal a lot of the colleges around there have with the carpark. The carpark itself is always fairly busy, but you will always get a spot in there. This only works for evening classes, by the way.


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    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,027 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    Just to clarify for anyone else who looks at this, it does work during the day, its just a bit dearer. Its €1.50/hour up to a max of €5.


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    SLDeviant
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭SLDeviant


    Metar wrote: »
    Hi Macchu,
    DIT have a deal with Q-Park. The nearest one to Kevin St is the College of Surgeons car park at the back of St Stephens Green Shopping centre. About a 5 min walk to Kevin st. It is only 2 euro for the car park. You validate your parking tkt in Kevin st. There is a validation machine beside the porters glass hut in the front hall of main kevin st building. (It is about the size of a cigarette box and is on the wall beside one of the windows.) You put your tkt in there and press down. It puts a little punched hole in the top left hand corner of your parking tkt. Then you pay as normal in the carpark, but it will only be 2 euro. It is a deal a lot of the colleges around there have with the carpark. The carpark itself is always fairly busy, but you will always get a spot in there. This only works for evening classes, by the way.

    Wow, they really should have this in bright, bold letters on your acceptance letter. I don't want to think how much money I've pissed through. I've been parking three nights a week because I commute from Swords.

    Frustrating, but thanks for enlightening us.


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    ted1
    Registered Users Posts: 23,508 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    They told us the first night of our course. Dt 015


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    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,027 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    Yeah I'm not quite sure where I saw it, but I did know about it very early on, within the first few weeks anyway. I assume someone told me.


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    sudzy25
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭sudzy25


    If you park on west lomard street, its free parking from 6.30 onwards.


    directions:

    when i come out of DIT Kevin Street,
    Take left and then let again
    continue until after traffic lights
    turn right at corner after the the lights
    this is one way street
    second right(off cambrassil street)

    I have parked there at night for year and abit no probs.


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    Doodoo
    Registered Users Posts: 430 ✭✭Doodoo


    Metar wrote: »
    Hi Macchu,
    DIT have a deal with Q-Park. The nearest one to Kevin St is the College of Surgeons car park at the back of St Stephens Green Shopping centre. About a 5 min walk to Kevin st. It is only 2 euro for the car park. You validate your parking tkt in Kevin st. There is a validation machine beside the porters glass hut in the front hall of main kevin st building. (It is about the size of a cigarette box and is on the wall beside one of the windows.) You put your tkt in there and press down. It puts a little punched hole in the top left hand corner of your parking tkt. Then you pay as normal in the carpark, but it will only be 2 euro. It is a deal a lot of the colleges around there have with the carpark. The carpark itself is always fairly busy, but you will always get a spot in there. This only works for evening classes, by the way.

    Sorry to drag this up again but I've tried this and seem to get charged 3e for about 2.5hours and 2e for 1hour. Is the price gone up or am I doing something wrong?


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    nicearbhaill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 169 ✭✭nicearbhaill


    rates are found here http://www.ditsu.ie/union/news-publications/news/discounted-parking-from-q-park-for-dit-students/


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    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,027 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    Doodoo wrote: »
    Sorry to drag this up again but I've tried this and seem to get charged 3e for about 2.5hours and 2e for 1hour. Is the price gone up or am I doing something wrong?

    What time are you parking at?


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    Doodoo
    Registered Users Posts: 430 ✭✭Doodoo


    Grand_Rajnah wrote: »
    What time are you parking at?

    Usually around 6.15 to start class at 6.30


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    Sklarker
    Registered Users Posts: 242 ✭✭Sklarker


    There's plenty of off street parking near Aungier Street that's free after 7. I parked around 6 pm and paid around €3 60/70 times until I came out one night and someone had tried to break my wing mirror off so now I use Q-Park :)


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