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Travel time from Rathmines to Blackrock

  • 19-01-2010 1:54am
    #1
    rakebackblogger
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    hi all, not sure if i will find the answer im looking for here but its worth a shot.
    I'm thinking of moving to Rathmines but i work in blackrock and i need to know how long it would take me to drive there and back.

    Also how long would it approx take to get to blackrock if i left rathmines at 8am, 9am, 9.30am? If we're talking an hour to go 9 km, i think i may have to rethink the move. It states 13 mins on AA route planner!

    thanks


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  • #2
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,494 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    The planner doesn't account for congestion. Congestions in Ranelagh and Rathmines can be appalling in the morning rush hour unless you are using a radial route outbound or a bus lane inbound. You might have a look at this thread: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055775430&highlight=blackrock Your best bet would be to find somewhere in Ranelagh (or Blackrock!), not Rathmines.

    Public transport-wise, they aren't the best matched pair, the nearest things to direct buses being the 17 and 46E.

    http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Your-Journey1/Timetables/All-Timetables/New-Route-17/
    http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Your-Journey1/Timetables/All-Timetables/46e/
    http://www.mkmap.com/dublin

    So it means getting to Mount Street Bridge and getting a 4/a, 5, 7/a/b, 8, 45 or the DART from Grand Canal Dock or an 18 (but note the first paragraph above) to Ballsbridge and then bus / DART


  • #3
    loyatemu
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    by bike - 7.2km, no more than 30 mins I'd imagine.


  • #4
    rakebackblogger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭rakebackblogger


    cheers guys, but would you know how long it would take me if i only have to start work at 10 am, so i would possibly avoid any heavy traffic? If i left at 9.20 would i avoid most of the ehavy traffic at that stage do you think?


  • #5
    MOH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,465 ✭✭✭MOH


    Victor wrote: »
    So it means getting to Mount Street Bridge and getting a 4/a, 5, 7/a/b, 8, 45 or the DART from Grand Canal Dock or an 18 (but note the first paragraph above) to Ballsbridge and then bus / DART
    I did it in reverse regularly a couple of years ago.

    The 17 is a bit of a disaster. If you're taking public transport, your best bet is walk to Mount St bridge (2k from Portobello bridge) + bus. If it's Upper Rathmines, might be quicker to cut across thruogh Ranelagh to Ballsbridge (about 2.7k) and get a bus from there.

    Driving, I've no idea, though I got a taxi from Ballsbridge a few times and traffic could be bad in the evening.


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