Getting to DCU from Malahide or Portmarnock

silly1 · 02-09-2015 7:33pm #1

Anyone have any experience travelling to DCU from either Malahide or Portmarnock? Looks like there is two bus routes from Malahide to UCD and nothing for DCU. Looks like my journey will be aprrox 90 mins on average !

Kremin · 02-09-2015 11:16pm

How far is the walk to dublin airport for you? I know the 16 from there goes to whitehall which is a minute away from dcu. Also if you get a student leap card using it multiple times within 90 minutes is either discounted or free.. i.e 1euro for the first time, 30 cent 2nd and free after that. Maybe that'll help?

moriz · 03-09-2015 9:34am

The 102 bus comes through Portmarnock and Malahide. You can catch it to the Pavilions in Swords and then catch either the 41 or the 41c. Both will leave you at Santry (at Omni Shopping Centre) and from there it's about a 10-15 minute walk to DCU. The buses are quite frequent, especially in the morning.

You could also catch the 42 to Coolock and catch the 17a which will leave you within a short walk from the Ballymun side of DCU. That might take longer though.

If you get the student leap card your fares are capped at €20 per week. That means you can make an unlimited amount of journeys from Monday to Sunday.

silly1 · 05-09-2015 12:08pm

moriz wrote: »

The 102 bus comes through Portmarnock and Malahide. You can catch it to the Pavilions in Swords and then catch either the 41 or the 41c. Both will leave you at Santry (at Omni Shopping Centre) and from there it's about a 10-15 minute walk to DCU. The buses are quite frequent, especially in the morning.

You could also catch the 42 to Coolock and catch the 17a which will leave you within a short walk from the Ballymun side of DCU. That might take longer though.

If you get the student leap card your fares are capped at €20 per week. That means you can make an unlimited amount of journeys from Monday to Sunday.

Thanks for your reply Kremin but the 102 buses are fairly thin on the ground but there seems to be no other practical option. I'm amazed at the lack of direct public transport to DCU. Most of the services seem to be for other areas and leave you with a 10-15 minute walk to the campus.