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With the M1 motorway only 3 minutes’ drive from the campus and it takes just 45 minutes from Dublin Airport to DkIT by car and just under 1 hour from Dublin or Belfast City Centre. Dundalk also has great rail and bus connections.

Getting to DkIT with Transport for Ireland (TFI) Journey Planner

Plan your journey to DkIT and around Ireland using train, bus, tram, car, taxi or bicycle using the TFI Journey Planner website or by downloading the TFI LIVE App.

Student Leap Card on Bus Éireann and Expressway services

Holders of Student and Young Adult Leap cards are entitled to purchase tickets at half-price fares on Bus Éireann and Expressway services. However, college identity cards are no longer acceptable as a valid form of student ID.

Concession tickets at student/young adult fare rates are offered to holders of Student and Young Adult (19-23) Leap cards only. All other forms of student identification will no longer be acceptable. Students are advised to apply for either a Student or Young Adult Leap card, as appropriate, on the TFI website. You can also see which Commercial Bus Operators offer the Discount on the TFI website.

Options for Getting to DkIT

By Bus

Free Shuttle Bus

By Car

From Dublin Airport

By Train

Cycling to Campus

Arriving by Bus

There are a large number of buses servicing the DkIT and Dundalk area daily.

Download Transport Timetables

Local and National Services:

Route Number	Route	More Information
Bus Éireann — 70	Galway - Athlone - Mullingar - Dundalk	View Timetable
Bus Éireann — 100	Dundalk - Drogheda	View Timetable
Bus Éireann — 100X	Dundalk - Dublin	View Timetable
Bus Éireann — 160	Dundalk - Ravensdale - Carrickarnon - Newry	View Timetable
Bus Éireann — 161	Dundalk - Carlingford - Omeath - Newry	View Timetable
Bus Éireann — 166	Dundalk -Carrickmacross - Cavan	View Timetable
Bus Éireann — 167	Dundalk - Louth - Ardee - Mullingar	View Timetable
Bus Éireann — 168	Dundalk - Drogheda	View Timetable
Bus Éireann — 174	Dundalk Town Service	View Timetable
Bus Éireann — 174B	Dundalk Town Service	View Timetable

Private Buses:

Route	More Information
Shercock – Carrickmacross – Inniskeen – Dundalk Train Station – Dundalk Bus Station Local Link Route 171	View Local Link Timetable
Monaghan – Castleblayney - Dundalk Institute of Technology	E.Mc Entee Coach Hire Website
Dublin, Drogheda, Dundalk	Matthews Coach Timetables
Meath, Cavan, Louth, Dublin	Royal Breffni Tours Website
Dundalk / Drogheda / Maynooth Service	Streamline Coaches Website
Carrickmacross to Dundalk	Finnegan Coaches
Blackrock to Dundalk – Route 169 (Mon – Fri)	Halpenny Travel Route 169 Timetable
Dundalk to Carrick Road – Route 09152	Halpenny Travel Route 09152 Timetable
Dundalk to Muirhevnamor – Monday to Saturday – Route 95226	Halpenny Travel Route 95226 Timetable
Dundalk to Bay Estate – Route 0871	Halpenny Travel Route 0871 Timetable

Arriving by Car

In the main Dublin to Belfast motorway leave at junction 16 (signposted Ardee, Dundalk South). Take exit signposted Dundalk (N52) and continue through a set of traffic lights, heading towards Dundalk. Go through roundabout, taking first exit and when you reach Dundalk turn left at XEROX junction (first set of traffic light). DkIT is half a mile along on the right hand side.

Parking at DkIT

Arriving by Train

Dundalk is served by the mainline train route between Belfast and Dublin. Trains run daily. Check out schedules on the Irish Rail Website link. The Institute is a 25 minute walk from Dundalk's Clarke Train station.

The DkIT shuttle bus now picks up and drops off at the Dundalk train station. View more information about the shuttle bus.

Free Shuttle Services

If carparks are full, students and visitors can park their cars (free of charge) at the carpark at DkIT Sport.

The DkIT Shuttle Bus will depart the train station each morning at 8.35 am and will travel to the Institute via DkIT Sport, with a collection in the DkIT Sport car park en route to the Institute.

Please note the shuttle service has been revised to facilitate the addition of the collection each morning and drop off to the train station each evening. The last shuttle will now depart DkIT each evening at 5.15pm and travel via DkIT Sport and onto the Train Station.

Time	Departing	Arriving
8.35 am	Dundalk Train Station	DkIT (via DkIT Sport)
8.45 am to 10.00 am (shuttle service back and forth)	DkIT Sport (Last drop off to Institute after 10 am does not return to DkIT Sport)	DkIT
12.30 pm to 13.30 pm (shuttle service back and forth)	DkIT (Last drop off to DkIT Sport after 1.30 pm does not return to the Institute)	DkIT Sport
16.30 pm to 17.15 pm (shuttle service back and forth)	DkIT	DkIT Sport
17.15 pm	DkIT	Dundalk Train Station (via DkIT Sport)

From Dublin Airport

Taxi — 35-40 minute journey of approx 40 miles.
Bus — Buses Travel directly from Dublin Airport to Dundalk. Check out schedules on the Bus Eireann website link. There is also a bus from the airport that stops right outside the college.
Car — Follow the M1, direction north towards Belfast. Take Exit 16 and follow the signs to Dundalk. Turn left at XEROX junction. DkIT is half a mile along on the right hand side. See here for more details and interactive journey planning.

Cycling to DkIT

DkIT is keen to promote cycling as a viable alternative to car based transport. There is a number of bike sheds throughout the campus as well as changing facilities.