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Meet halfway in Dublin

For a group meeting in Dublin, the fairest points are usually Connolly, Tara Street or St Stephen's Green - Connolly ties the DART to the Luas red line, and the Green line runs through the centre from St Stephen's Green up to O'Connell. Which is fairest depends on where everyone starts: togather compares real door-to-door times for each person and returns the spots that keep the trip even.

  • DART
  • Luas (Green and Red lines)
  • Dublin Bus
  • Cycling
  • Walking
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Where groups actually meet in Dublin

Interchanges that work as a fair midpoint for most groups. togather will not always land on one of these - it answers for your actual starting points - but they are the ones that come up again and again.

  1. Connolly

    DART, Luas red line and Intercity rail

    The one station that ties the DART to the Luas, so a group split between the coastal DART towns and the city tram network can converge here without anyone changing twice. It is also the fair answer for anyone arriving by train.

  2. Tara Street

    DART (all city-centre services)

    The most central DART stop, a minute from the river and from the south-side offices, which makes it the fair pick when the group is weighted along the coastal line rather than the tram routes.

  3. Pearse

    DART and southern commuter rail

    The southern city-centre DART station, closest to Trinity and the Grand Canal Dock side, so it saves a south-weighted group the extra stop into the core and back out again.

  4. St Stephen's Green

    Luas green line

    The southern anchor of the Green line and the edge of the shopping district, which makes it the fair meeting point for a group living out along the southside tram corridor towards Sandyford.

  5. O'Connell - GPO

    Luas green line

    Where the Green line crosses the river in the centre, so it is roughly even for a group spread north and south of the Liffey and has somewhere to go the moment everyone arrives.

  6. Heuston

    Luas red line and Intercity rail

    The western terminus for Intercity trains and the far end of the Red line, so it is the fair choice whenever most of the group is out west or arriving from outside the city rather than converging on the centre.

  7. Ranelagh

    Luas green line

    A genuine southside tram stop rather than a city-centre one, which makes it fairer than St Stephen's Green for a group living around Ranelagh, Rathmines and the inner southern suburbs.

How to pick a fair meeting point in Dublin

Dublin has no single network that covers the whole city, and that is the thing people miss. The DART runs along the coast, the two Luas lines run north-south through the centre, and the buses fill the gaps between them. Because those networks barely touch, distance on a map tells you very little: someone on the DART at Howth and someone on the Green line at Sandyford can be close on paper and three-quarters of an hour apart in practice.

So the useful question is which networks a station actually joins. Connolly is the only real interchange between the DART and the Luas, which is why it answers so many group questions on its own - it is reachable from the coast and from the tram network without doubling back.

Let the group’s centre of gravity decide

The centre is not automatically neutral. A group living out along the southside tram corridor is better served by St Stephen’s Green or Ranelagh, and one weighted to the west by Heuston, than by a stop in the core that adds a leg in each direction. For a group strung along the coast, the central DART stops - Tara Street and Pearse - keep the trip even without dragging anyone onto the tram.

togather times each person on the mode they actually use, walking and cycling included, and returns the spots that keep the journey even across the whole group.

Add everyone’s starting point, set how each person travels, and send the result to the group chat.

Meeting halfway in Dublin - questions

Where is a fair place to meet halfway in Dublin?
Usually a station that joins two networks rather than a geographic midpoint. Connolly ties the DART to the Luas red line, and St Stephen's Green or O'Connell anchor the Green line through the centre. Which is fairest depends on where the group starts, and togather works it out.
Does Dublin not have a metro, so isn't the centre always fair?
There is no metro yet, so the DART, the two Luas lines and the buses each cover a different part of the city and rarely share a stop. That is exactly why the centre is not automatically fair: someone on the DART and someone on the Green line can be far apart in time even when they look close on a map.
Can it handle a group where someone walks or cycles in?
Yes. You set the mode per person, so a short walk or a cycle along the canals is timed on its own terms rather than being averaged in with a DART trip. In a compact city like Dublin the last leg on foot often decides which stop is fairer.

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