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Best bus routes are the 39A, 46A and 145, or use the DART shuttle
Best bus routes are the 39A, 46A and 145, or use the DART shuttle

Transport to UCD

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Ask UCD Students' Union...
 

info@ucdsu.ie

01 716 3108

 

Getting to UCD

UCD is out in the sticks, which makes transport an issue. The costs can add up if you’re not savvy about your options.

 

Student Leap Card

 

This card saves you 25% on most of bus routes to and from UCD.

Bonus: you get euro saver deals in McDonalds, Apache Pizza, KC Peaches, Pablo Picante and Tolteca (best wings in Dublin).

 

 

Cycle and Save

 

If you want to buy a bike, the Belfield Bike Shop on campus sells them new and secondhand.

 

They’ll buy it back from you too when you’re finished college.

 

If you’d rather rent, there’s no Dublin Bikes near UCD, but Bleeperbike is a similar bike rental scheme.

 

You only need your smartphone and they cover Belfield and the neighbouring areas.

Trying to figure out if you should cycle to college? See this chart :)

 

 

Driving

If you’ve four wheels to call your own, then you’re paying out the nose for insurance, tax, petrol and parking.

Split costs and be sound to the environment by joining our UCD Carpool Facebook group.

UCD operates a permit car parking system on campus which costs €50 per academic year. Applications begin mid August.

Interactive visitor parking map

 

 

Dublin Bus

There’s real time bus update screens just outside the James Joyce Library and just outside the Student Centre.

Most Frequent:

46a Phoenix Park Towards Dún Laoghaire
145 From Heuston Rail Station Towards Ballywaltrim
39a From UCD Belfield To Ongar
11 From Wadelai Park Towards Sandyford Industrial Estate
17 Rialto to Blackrock
142 From Portmarnock To UCD Belfield

 

Less frequent but still good:

47 From Fleet St. To Belarmine
116 From Parnell Sq. to Whitechurch
7b From Mountjoy Sq. Towards Shankill
7d From Mountjoy Sq. To Dalkey
25x From UCD Belfield To Lucan
27x From UCD Belfield To Clare Hall
32x From Malahide To UCD Belfield
41x From UCD Belfield To Swords
51x From Dunawley To UCD Belfield
66x From UCD Belfield To Maynooth
67x From UCD Belfield To Celbridge (Salesian College)
77x From Tallaght To UCD Belfield

84x From College St. To Newcastle / Kilcoole

 

 

 

All UCD bus stops are mapped above

 

 

The DORT

 

 

 

The closest DART station is Sydney Parade.

 

It’s a 15-20 minute walk or – if you’ve got a spare €1– you can grab a shuttle bus.

 

 

The Leona Lewis

 

It’s 10 minutes on the Green Line from St Stephen’s Green to Windy Arbour.

It's another 20 minutes walk from Windy Arbour down Bird Avenue to the Clonskeagh entrance.

 

Last year, we’d a shuttlebus. It didn’t great take-up but if we get enough people asking for one, we might be able to start that up again!