Getting Here

• Bike Parking
  • 768 bike stands around campus, 64 of these are indoors with secure card access and of the total 56% are sheltered.
• Bike Self-Service Stations outside Park House, Rathdown House, Lower House
  • complete with multiple tools and an integrated bike pump
• Facilities include
  • 68 showers across buildings, of these, 22 are female, 25 are male, 7 are inclusive, and 14 accessible.
  • 16 changing rooms with drying facilities
  • Lockers in Lower House, East Quad, Field Sports Changing, Central Quad and Park House.
• Dublin Bikes : Rental (1-day ticket, 3-day ticket or annual subscription)

TU Dublin encourages cycling as a sustainable travel option for students and staff and has over 1,600 bike stands across campuses. According to our 2024 Smarter Travel survey, 5% of students and 16% of staff cycle to campus.

Bike Security

All locks are not made equal. As a general guide think about spending around 10% of the value of the bike you are trying to protect on a lock.
The tools used to force rigid U locks and flexible cable or chain locks are different and most thieves don’t carry both.

• Consider using a combination for maximum protection.
• Lock your bike to something secure and don’t lock it to a part of your bike which can be easily removed such as wheels, saddle posts or carriers.
• Lock your bike as snugly as possible – slack locks are easier to lever apart.
• Always lock your bike even when it’s parked somewhere secure – bikes are regularly stolen from hallways, back yards and garages.
• Lots of stolen bikes are recovered but there is often no way to locate the owner.
• Take a few photos of your bike and record the serial number of the frame.
• The serial number is usually stamped on the frame under the bottom bracket (near peddles).
• Register your bike: https://bikeregister.ie/ It is a free service to help locate stolen bikes.
• Bike theft is serious – always make a formal report of bike theft at your local Garda station.

Bike to University

Entering third-level education can mark the start of an individual’s independent travel decision making. Campuses and surrounding areas that make sustainable transport options convenient will facilitate the formation of lifelong sustainable travel habits. By choosing sustainable, active travel modes, like cycling, students and staff can enjoy the benefits of better air quality, improved health and well-being, and by doing so contribute to safer, healthier and more sustainable communities. It's a great way to keep fit and save money too.

• H-Spine and C-Spine and E-Spine: Bus Connects serving Dublin City Centre
• Bus Éireann : National coach operator
• Express Bus
• Dublin Bus

• Parking on campus
  • Permit Parking on campus is restricted to staff.
• Paid local parking
  • Park Rite Smithfield offers a rate of €9 per day for TU Dublin visitors if the parking ticket is validated at the machine in Rathdown House (machine to the left when you walk in).
  • Park House has a limited number of Pay & Display spaces priced at €1.50 an hour or €5 per day. Please note, if using Pay & Display you can only park in the spaces marked P&D.
  • North Circular Road Car Park has a small number of Pay & Display spaces prices at €2 per hour. Again you can only park in the P&D spaces marked with a € symbol.
  • Parkopedia
• Carpooling

The Grangegorman campus is easily accessible where TU Dublin encourages students, staff and guests to travel to campus by sustainable travel; but for those who cannot choose a sustainable travel mode and are dependent on travel by car, why not consider carpooling? Has many benefits including lowering traffic congestion and air pollution, reducing travel costs, and reducing car dependency.

Green line

• Stop: Grangegorman
• Stop: Broadstone - University

Red line

• Stop: Smithfield 

• TFI Driver Check

Irish Rail

• Stop: Heuston
• Stop: Connolly
• Stop: Pearse Street
• Stop: Tara Street

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• TFI Go App : smarter ticket payment for Bus Éireann, etc
• Transport for Ireland : Plan your journey, including real time info
• TFI Leap Card : prepaid travel card that offers users the lowest public transport fares, often up to 30% cheaper than cash single tickets, and valid on bus, train and LUAS services across the TFI network as well as on many commercial bus services.
• TFI Leap Top-Up App to instantly top-up or check your balance, collect tickets and check how close you are to reaching your daily and weekly cap values.
• Student Travel Card : Discount student fares