"Ding Ding, Next stop Balally, alight for Dundrum Town Centre" says the Luas announcer lady!…read more Thats right, THIS is the stop you get off at for Dundrum Town centre, its the closest one to it, well, dundrum is not far off but if its raining you will appreciate a shorter walk from this stop. Like Aoife pointed out below though,this is the first stop inside zone three meaning you have to pay more than you would if you got off in Dundrum, is this all some clever ploy by the Luas people to get us to spend our money? If its a nice day I recommend saving some pennies and getting off in Dundrum, this way you will get to walkdown Dundrum main street and see what it looks like before the old shopping centre is knocked down and you get to see all the pretty houses that line the main street!

Despite it's name not being 'Dundrum', this is the stop you get off at if you are heading to…read moreDundrum City Centre. Even the announcer on the Luas concurs when she affirms, 'Next stop Balally. Please alight for Dundrum Town Centre'. Balally is a far closer and more straightforward walk to the shopping centre, hence this zealous piece of advice coming from all sides. For the privilege of a shorter trip on foot you pay an extra 40c as Dundrum Luas Station is situated inside Zone 2, so to reach it from the city centre costs €1.90. Balally Luas Station however is the first stop inside Zone 3 and thus costs more at €2.30. There are no ceremonial means of having your ticket checked. What happens is that you board the tram, say with a ticket bought from the freestanding machines at each stop and unless an inspector in a fluorescent orange jacket suddenly boards at one of the stops to check tickets you will not have your ticket inspected. The inspectors, in my experience of living in Dublin are rarely seen and so it is customary behaviour by numerous people, especially students who have limited money to spend, not to buy a ticket at all. At a hefty €2.30 it is hard to justify paying this price for such a short journey out to Dundrum then back in again, maybe if the local transport company did not charge such a bold price people would be more keen to pay, even if it was just to get rid of some loose change and ensure that if an inspector did board you were safe. If you do get caught ticketless the fine is an excruciating €45. The gamble is yours to either take or, well, not to take. Balally Luas Station is a pleasant station with a Mace on-site so as to provide the modern commuter with a speedy means in which to pick up some provisions.

There's only one bone I've got to pick with this posh little station on the south bound Dart…read moreline... That bleeping, beeping level crossing. Make the wrong choice on the 50/50 split of running under the rails in Landsdowne station or waiting at the gates could cost you twenty minutes waiting for the next train after yours whizzes by. Buy your tickets in the main brick building on the Southbound side, or stand in line by the single machine on the Northbound side. A tiny news stand which closes around 6 every day vends chocolate, sodas and dodgy coffee along with the daily papers. Unlike the larger Pearse station, or the sparsely furnished Grand Canal Dock (saved by the dearth of services just outside the gates), there's almost nothing at all in terms of service for folks at Lansdowne road. Considering the massive Aviva stadium barrelling it's way to completion just over the tracks, perhaps a few updates might be well-received here too.

Since I am currently the Yelp Duke of this fair Dart station I keep getting prompted to review…read moreit... not a lot to say really! its the station you use for any event in the Aviva Stadium, it has ticket machines that are never out of order and it is always clean.... yup, that about covers it!!!

Had occasion to use this station on the way home to Co. Wexford on Wednesday last. We were waiting…read moreon the 16.53 train. I made a purchase at the stations kiosk and carelessly left my phone on the counter as I picked up my purchase. A few minutes later as I sat on the platform (still unaware I was missing my phone) this young lady, whom I recognised from the kiosk, approached me confirming I had just made a purchase. "I think you left your phone on the counter behind you". As she handed it over to me I was still unaware I was missing it and thanked her. She then rushed back to her kiosk realising it was unattended. I would like to applaud her for honesty and swift action in locating me as we could quite easily have been anywhere on the station or possibly already on our train. She is a credit to her upbringing and to her employers. I wish her well in her future and hope I get the opportunity to remind her of the thoughtful act that day. She can be very proud of herself. Thank you so much young lady.

Perfect spot for a DART station at the shores of Dun Laoghaire. Equally far from everywhere and…read moreclose to any place. Easy to get to and operate, clise connections to the local buses.

Used this DART station for the first time today after starting a new job on the southside. Couldn't…read morebe handier! Only took 7 years of me living in the area to get a relatively near station too. Situated in a convenient place not too far from my house. Looks nice, modern and the trains are frequent enough but honestly how do you review a DART station?

CityScape buses, are more of a hop on, hop off tour and one of three similar businesses in Dublin…read more We chose the 3 day ticket for €25, see photo. For the most part, it was fast and easy. The drivers are knowledgeable, offering bits of history as you go from stop to stop. Whether it was century old speculation on Charles Parnell's love life, or the very real and sad, yet also heroic ones of the Easter Rising of 1916, we couldn't get enough. One of the best recommendations we received, was on local Trinity Prof Micheál Ó Siochrú's book on Olive Cromwell in Ireland. I would highly recommend "God's Executioner". As our guide pointed out, Cromwell spent only nine months in Ireland, so it's hard to blame him for everything. For us the only down side to CityScape was the apparent lack of buses, compared to it's competition. We too, sat outside the Guinness Storehouse, as other Yelp'ers have noted, while buses went by. And yes, our driver went inside to, er, pickup additional passengers. LOL. It's all part of the charm of Dublin. Enjoy!

Do not waste your money. The bus did not pull in and stop at Houston Station the morning I waited…read moreto be picked up. I watched it go by. It also did not follow the route to to the Zoo the next morning and rather went down the Quay towards the City Center while my husband and I waited on Parkgate. (it was supposed to hit parkgate after the zoo) I was stuck on the bus for 30 minutes while they changed shifts. Another 10 minutes sitting at another stop because he apparently was driving too fast to the next stop. His monologue consisted of snarky comments about big businesses in Ireland avoiding taxes and the waste of taxpayer money on the millennial tower. Finally, and maybe it's because I am a 'new' tourist, there are, I think THREE hop on and hop off services. They do NOT accept each other's fares. When we bought this at the KIOSK there was NO warning that not all Hop ons and Hop offs are alike. Buyer beware!

How do you grade a train station? Ok.. lemme think…read more. 1. Access. There are LOADS of car parking spaces. Definite plus. But you have to pay for them if you're leaving your car there all day. Minus. It's in the middle of nowhere and there's TONS of room. Why charge for carparking? Bad. 2. Easy transport onwards - at busy times there is a local taxi bus that takes people into Celbridge. 3. Umm.. speed? It's only about 12 mins into Heuston. That is whopper by anyone's standard. 4. Staff. The lovely lady behind the counter called a taxi for me before when I got the train times wrong, and even negotiated a rate for me. Legend!

Milltown Luas Stop is situated in a very remote corner of Rathmines. From the stop itself it is a…read more15-20min walk to Rathmines village. Compared to the bustling village awaiting in the centre of town when you initially dismount the tram you could be forgiven for thinking you were in the wrong place as the stop is perpendicular to leafy residential roads of the affluent Rathmines suburbs and generally very isolated in both look and feel. In recent years the stop has since been teeming with students from Trinity College Dublin whose halls of residence are situated at the top of Temple Road, an upper class road populated with expensive houses and a chapel. The Canadian ambassador also lives here in a fine-looking mansion. Furthermore, a girl's school runs vertical to the Luas stop and so the foremost sights here are scruffy students and an abundance of groomed secondary school children in a perceptible red and white uniform.

Its a bus, what can i say? its got 4 wheels, a driver and lets passengers on and off from the…read morefront door. Certainly the transport in Dublin could be better especially i am sorry to say on the northside which does not have the benefit of the Luas and now will never seemingly have the metro but losing buses from the city just is not going to answer that problem and so few of the buses even go anywhere near my job anymore so i have no choice but to use my car. The 83 bus trip has become a bit of an around the world because recently they got rid of the number 19 bus and now the 83 has tried taking in its route too which means you are sitting on the bus while it goes up and down extra roads which were not previously on the route but at least they have free wifi on the buses so now you can spend time checking out what is going on in the rest of the world.

This bus is so handy for work. It's never packed which is a bonus and when timing it on the bus…read moreapp, it actually turns up (most of the time) when it's supposed too-unlike the 145.