Getting There & Getting Around
Belfield Campus
Belfield, the main University College Dublin campus is located on a 132 hectare site, 4km south of Dublin city centre. The campus in an attractively landscaped complex of modern architectural buildings, accommodating student residences and numerous leisure and sporting facilities. The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business is located on the campus at Blackrock, County Dublin.
Public Transport (Bus/Rail)
Bus
Dublin Bus provide services to the Belfield campus. Click here for a guide to buses serving the campus or see Dublin Bus’ own Student Smarts interactive map.
Bus Éireann provides a nationwide bus service, with most major areas having a regular link to Dublin. The majority of Dublin services terminate in Busáras (Central Bus Station, Dublin) from where it is a short walk to O’Connell Street for connecting buses to UCD.
Several Bus Éireann services from the Greater Dublin area directly serve UCD, Belfield Campus during morning peak. For further information please visit www.buseireann.ie
Rail:
Dublin is served by two main railway stations: Connolly Station and Heuston Stations. It is a short walk from Connolly Station to O’Connell Street, where the Dublin Bus numbers 2, 11 and 46A can be boarded for UCD. The route 145 provides a direct route from Heuston Station to Belfield via the city centre. For further information please visit Iarnróad Eireann (Irish Rail)
Taxis
There are usually an adequate number of taxis in operation in the city centre at any given time. It is possible to hail a taxi from the street, but convenient taxi ranks are located on O’Connell Street, Middle Abbey Street, Dame Street and St Stephens Green.
Car
Please note that parking on the Belfield and Blackrock campuses is extremely limited in term time, so we would encourage you to use public transport where possible.
However during the summer break there is ample free parking at UCD.
Plane
Dublin is served by Dublin International Airport, which is located north of Dublin City Centre. There are frequent connecting buses from the airport to the city centre, including a special shuttle service, Airlink which brings passengers directly to Busáras (Central Bus Station, Dublin).
Aircoach operates a direct service (No. 700) Â from Dublin Airport terminal to Leopardstown / Sandyford / Stillorgan which passes in front of UCD.
- Further details available at www.aircoach.ie
- For further information on Dublin Airport and Flights please visit Aer Rianta
Hit the Road shows you how to get to or from UCD Campus using a combination of Dublin Bus, Luas and DART links. You can also change searching options and search how to get from point A to B anywhere in Dublin.