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Just in the car park at the stadium now at the minute. Absolutely ridiculous. Sheaamy1976 (Tyrone) - Posts: 21 - 05/08/2017 20:10:17 2029420 Link 0 |
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Nothing new there.
Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 05/08/2017 20:27:41 2029429 Link 0 |
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It's been like that for years. What's the problem. I always expect at least a hour plus delay in getting out of there. Been honest I'm happy if I put in two.
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 05/08/2017 22:04:53 2029501 Link 0 |
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as you say, it's always like that on big game days. If you're out in 2 hours you are lucky especially if all the main traffic is heading the same way. The price paid for parking at the door basically
bulmccabe (Tyrone) - Posts: 361 - 05/08/2017 23:23:12 2029534 Link 0 |
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You parked in the car park directly adjacent to an 80,000 capacity stadium on the day of a sell out. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13704 - 06/08/2017 00:06:51 2029546 Link 4 |
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You'd want to need your head tested parking in that place today. Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 06/08/2017 00:11:10 2029552 Link 0 |
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Well said
Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 06/08/2017 04:22:31 2029582 Link 0 |
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I don't know what you expect parking more or less outside the ground what thousands and thousands of people are leaving at the same time. Park about 20 mins away at one of the dart stations and get a dart in, Will save you loads of time. trust me. waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 06/08/2017 11:18:26 2029671 Link 2 |
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There are far easier ways of getting to the stadium, parking beside it and and eating next door are NOT good ideas at all, in fact they are very very bad options. Plus planning the route in, yesterday had three northern counties routes south were always going to be jammers, there are better ways to come in. In Ireland we don't do forward planning - traffic cops, road capacity planning, park and ride all that stuff fly's over our heads or is only for Germans, hence we try to park outside an sold out 80K seater stadium and eat dinner next door. arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4895 - 06/08/2017 13:58:21 2029733 Link 0 |
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Wayno, I've a good question for you and others. Where are the good places to park to get the train to Drumcondra? Have been on the Maynooth train plenty of time on match days and It's not the safest. Seems to be no limits to the amount they will pack into a carriage. I wouldn't recommend bringing young kids on that line if it's busy. Queuing up on the platform in Drumcondra is worse, most of the passengers wanting to go home at the same time. Hopefully they can sort this out and have some staff to make travelling to and from Croker safer and maybe more comfortable.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7335 - 06/08/2017 14:51:42 2029749 Link 0 |
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They could organise park n ride coming into dublin from different motorways plenty of double deckers to bring supporters in this would seriousely cut back on the massive traffic jams. Yourjoking (USA) - Posts: 703 - 06/08/2017 15:09:14 2029754 Link 0 |
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Think the plan for the Metro North has plans for 2 park and rides either side of the airport, with the line going to Drumcondra. CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1643 - 06/08/2017 16:23:25 2029780 Link 0 |
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For you, trains come from longford/Sligo stop in Drumcondra. You could take Westport train to Heuston and Luas to across city. You could take Westport train get off in Newbridge and go to Drumcondra. There are other options, drive and park in Newbridge/Haelhatch goes through Drumcondra and of course the commuter trains from Maynooth. You could drive and park at any station along the way. There is a lot of options but as with everything, go early and avoid the crowds. Not so easy going home.
arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4895 - 06/08/2017 19:08:20 2029858 Link 1 |
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Take M1 - port tunnel ruanua (Donegal) - Posts: 4966 - 06/08/2017 19:36:28 2029878 Link 4 |
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Fair play to arock for posting advice to people travelling unlike some of the other ejits from Dublin who spend their time mocking those on here not from Dublin who point out there experiences to Croker on the day. Don't forget every year a new crop of parents come in with their kids at U6/8 & as they get into it along the age groups start to go to the big games, many of them never in Croke Park before or experience of going to games, so it's all new & they make mistakes. Make some allowance for people who just don't know the run of things. If you look up Croke Parks website for example it names Clonliffe college as one of the car parks to use, it doesn't tell people that there are two exits & it takes time to get out. As someone going for decades & who has seen Croke Park & its environs change rapidly, it's easy to be smug & condescending to people who may not know where they are going but we all learnt the hard way. Maybe if some of these condescending Dubs had to get to C'ship matches where there is no rail link & limited services & waited for hours to get in & out of the venue or queuing for places to eat, they might have a better understanding of where posters on here are coming from. It might help to redress the imbalance of C'ship games Dublin play in Croke Park. The whole smugness online by some of the Dubs here is nauseating, fair play to the few of them who actually try & help & advise people. moc.dna (Galway) - Posts: 1212 - 06/08/2017 20:01:24 2029894 Link 2 |
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That advice is no use at all. Matches in Croke Park are played on Saturdays and Sundays. There are no trains from Sligo, Longford or Newbridge that stop at Drumcondra on these days - only on weekdays. Getting the Luas from Hueston only gets you to Middle Abbey St., Busaras, or Connolly. All are min 20 mins walk from Croke Park, but a lot longer with young kids and requires walking through parts of the city that best avoided. Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1412 - 06/08/2017 20:22:36 2029904 Link 0 |
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I think the gaa and Irish rail need to put there heads together to put proper capacity plan on place for big games. I had a friend to booked a seat from Boyle but was standing the whole way up. This train went on to pick up alot of roscommon people in carrick, drumod, longford and maynooth. Alot of mayo probably in the last 2. I got a train from maynooth at 10.40 it was way over packed and young mayo kids were nearly getting crushed beside me. There was not another train until 11.40 from maynooth which makes no sense. ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 06/08/2017 20:42:22 2029919 Link 0 |
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Usually the Sligo train is last stop Maynooth before Connolly on weekends, but on some matchdays a few of them will stop in Drumcondra. And you can always alight, as the man says, from the Sligo train in Maynooth and get a train to Drumcondra if you like.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7335 - 06/08/2017 20:56:04 2029926 Link 0 |
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Cheers Arock. I used to live 10 mins walk from Maynooth station. Before I discovered Leapcards I'd buy my train ticket the week before the match to avoid the Q. When I was single I lived in Swords. Deadly. Nothing to do on some summer Sunday and I'd hop on the 41 and be sitting in Croker within the hour. If the weather is good the walk from town to Croker or the walk down from Whitehall is great for soaking up the atmosphere.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7335 - 06/08/2017 21:05:43 2029929 Link 1 |
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Getting the Luas from Hueston only gets you to Middle Abbey St., Busaras, or Connolly. All are min 20 mins walk from Croke Park, but a lot longer with young kids and requires walking through parts of the city that best avoided. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13704 - 06/08/2017 21:07:24 2029932 Link 6 |