Tolling
The tunnel is tolled, with funds collected remitted to the Department of Transport. In order to facilitate the ban on 5-axled HGVs in Greater Dublin, there are no tolls for vehicles in excess of 3,500 kg MLW, or for vehicles capable of carrying 25 passengers or more.
The original tolling scheme saw three stages of tolling:
- 06:00-10:00 (Southbound) and 16:00-19:00 (Northbound) - €12
- 10:00-22:00 (Southbound), 06:00-16:00 (Northbound) and 19:00-22:00 (Northbound) - €6
- 22:00-06:00, and all day Saturday and Sunday, in both directions - €3
To alleviate congestion and due to extra capacity, these tolls have now been revised. As of 1 January 2010 the tolls are:
- 06:00-10:00 Monday-Friday (Southbound) - €10
- 16:00-19:00 Monday-Friday (Northbound) - €10
- All other times - €3
The toll plaza is located beside the tunnel control building at the southern portal, near Dublin Port. To date, tolls have been payable either on an ad-hoc basis by cash, credit or debit card or electronically by using a tolling tag from a provider such as eFlow. Cash payments are made either to a cashier, or by dropping coins only (5c denomination and above only) into an automatic counter in certain lanes.
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