Longest ongoing Commute

hurler32

What are the longest daily Commutes people are doing?
Could be travelling Limerick Dublin for a while..

magicbastarder

i have heard of two people travelling from armagh to dublin - neither still doing it, but one was driving from armagh to either newry or dundalk (can't remember which it was); train from there to connolly; dart from connolly to blackrock; and staff bus from blackrock dart station to leopardstown. she did it for about a year.

Wishbone Ash

There's a few regulars in the cycling forum doing round trips of 100k cycling to/from work. Much more impressive than anyone driving longer distances.

hurler32

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

There's a few regulars in the cycling forum doing round trips of 100k cycling to/from work. Much more impressive than anyone driving longer distances.

Its more the time travelling , effect on home life..whats the furthest manageable commute im interested in..

B-D-P--

BIL travels Mayo to Cork every monday morning and home again that eve, rest of week is Mayo - Limerick daily.

bauney

Doing 120km each way. Non motorway. 50/80/100 km of average standard of roads. Takes 1 hour 50 mins. Travel 3 days a week. Ework other 2 days. Doing it for 6 or so years. To be honest, it's beginning to take its toll. Stressful at times with traffic, constant changing of speed limits, weather, speed cameras, care service costs. I have 2 young kids now and its hard to get balance. That said it's my choice to stay working where I am but it's definitely getting harder the older I get. I try to use my car time to listen to podcasts to get most out of it.

_Kaiser_

I'm doing Laois to Dublin and it takes about an hour each way @ just under 200km a day.

To make it manageable though I start/finish work later to miss the worst of the traffic.. but the downside of this is not getting home till 8/8:30 most nights.

It's also not cheap.. extra mileage means more frequent servicing costs, tyres, fuel etc. It'll ultimately wreck a car if done over the long term so that needs to be factored in too.

It's also very tiring after a while. Being motorway all the way does help, but it's constant concentration and needing to deal with a lot of muppetry and stupidity on the roads every day. It does wear you out, and your patience shortens dramatically - everyone can shrug off an occasional "incident" on a journey, but when you experience several of those "incidents" every journey the tolerance level drops a lot!

In short, a long commute is not something to be done long term IMO.. although with the current housing situation (shortages and expensive), piss-poor (and also expensive!) public transport which doesn't cater for anything other than simple A-B trips for the most part, and the fact that most jobs are centered around Dublin or the handful of regional cities, it's pretty much unavoidable for many, which is also why the whole anti-car attitudes of many on this forum but also in the decision making processes annoy me - what are people SUPPOSED to do?

Chris_5339762

I remember an article, someone was doing Tipperary to Dublin each day. Mania.

Someone at work (who has since relocated) was doing Clonmel to Dublin.

gmacww

hurler32 wrote: »

Its more the time travelling , effect on home life..whats the furthest manageable commute im interested in..

I cycle Blessington to Eastpoint each day. It works out at 70km round trip. Time wise 1:05 on the way in and 1:15-1:20 on the way home.

When I drive it it works out very similar times on the way in however if I get any sort of delay getting out of the office I can easily 2+ hr on the way home with about 80% of that time just trying to get out of the city.

The distance is not always the killer it's the time spent. I know people who have 80km each way but they get there in an hour. I know others that have 12km but takes about 90mins each way.

afatbollix

A guy in work comes into London each day from 112 miles away. His train ticket is £950 a month.


I think hes mad.

ullu

Worked with a guy a few years ago who did Omagh to Dublin and back most days. He stayed with friends at least once a week when something was on or he just couldn't face the return journey.

Nomis21

I was a bus driver on Collins' bus service from Carrickmacross, Monaghan to Dublin. The journey took around 3 hours each way in rush hour. I quit the job after 3 months as I had enough of seeing such miserable people every day.

tringle

I'm doing 74km each way 5 days a week. An hour each way mostly on motorway and dual carriageway. €19 a week on tolls. Not very long but do different shifts each day and could be.driving to work at 3am and have found motorway driving at that time a bit disorientating. Much prefer driving with some traffic around.

magicbastarder

gmacww wrote: »

It works out at 70km round trip. Time wise 1:05 on the way in

that's some average speed, considering it's not all on open roads!

Jaden

North Galway to Dublin, 3 days a week. 500km round trip. On a motorbike.

Did it for 4 years, gave it up about 2 years ago. Don't miss it, mostly.

gmacww

magicbastarder wrote: »

that's some average speed, considering it's not all on open roads!

It's also mostly down hill.

Dark and Long

Banbridge to Blanchardstown Mon-Fri here, ~260km round trip, about 4 months into it and while I have gotten used to it, I do already feel that I cannot keep this up for much more than a year, 2 years max maybe. Lorry drivers are a$$holes, mainly, and the N2 at the ridiculous traffic lights at the turn off for tayto park is a nightmare.

Shedite27

I knew a couple living in Portlaoise, one worked in Cork, the other in Dublin.

dashcamdanny

I did Dublin to Sligo for 2 years. Was a nightmare, but had to be done.

Rattlehead_ie

Did Gorey to Blanchardstown/Citywest daily about 2 yrs ago. Was fine for about a year or more, but then it started to take its toll on both my and the car. Couldn't go back to it again.

Clashmore

I do Waterford to Nurney 3-4 times a week working a 12 hr shift for the last 6 years.
Partner does Waterford-Citywest also 3-4 days a week with a 12 hr shift.
Throw 2 young kids into the mix it’s going to be fun

TheBoyConor

I can't get my head around this communting carry on.

It's absolute insanity! I'd rather have a low paid job near home and have a life rather than be a highly paid hamster in a wheel that never stops.

magicbastarder

TheBoyConor wrote: »

It's absolute insanity! I'd rather have a low paid job near home and have a life rather than be a highly paid hamster in a wheel that never stops.

my sister went from spending about 2.5 hours on the bus every day, to a lower paid job a five minute walk from her home. the benefit it made to her life was far better than the loss in pay.

Stephen15

Not in Ireland but I remember hearing of a guy who commutes daily from Newcastle to London completely insane if you ask me.

_Kaiser_

TheBoyConor wrote: »

I can't get my head around this communting carry on.

It's absolute insanity! I'd rather have a low paid job near home and have a life rather than be a highly paid hamster in a wheel that never stops.

magicbastarder wrote: »

my sister went from spending about 2.5 hours on the bus every day, to a lower paid job a five minute walk from her home. the benefit it made to her life was far better than the loss in pay.

That's grand if you can get a job in your field close to home.

Me I manage a global IT team in a multinational. Not many of those in Laois - but luckily I can make my own hours and work from home occasionally.

Besides, as mentioned above it can taker longer to get out of Dublin city centre at rush hour than it does for me to drive 2 counties away

Wishbone Ash

TheBoyConor wrote: »

I can't get my head around this communting carry on.

It's absolute insanity! I'd rather have a low paid job near home and have a life rather than be a highly paid hamster in a wheel that never stops.

I'd say it's a means to an end for most people. They may require a few years experience to allow them to be promoted or to get a better position elsewhere. I don't think anyone does it for years.

XPS_Zero

sugarman wrote: »

Plenty of daily commuters in my place of work in Dublin traveling from Belfast, Galway, Portlaoise, Killkenny to name but a few. Theyre all mad!

Then again, sometimes it takes longer for other colleagues going from North to South Dublin than it does for some of the long distance commuters.

Couldnt and wouldnt travel over an hour eachway myself.

These long commutes are the price we pay for our obsession with owning a house and having a back garden, going out not up, and it's only going to get worse unless we change our attitudes. Before long Athlone will be a Dublin suburb

road_high

Clashmore wrote: »

I do Waterford to Nurney 3-4 times a week working a 12 hr shift for the last 6 years.
Partner does Waterford-Citywest also 3-4 days a week with a 12 hr shift.
Throw 2 young kids into the mix it’s going to be fun

Nurney Co. Carlow or Co. Kildare?!

An Ri rua

Mountmellick to Navan. 110km each way daily. Did it for 2 years. Puke..
1hr45 in summer, almost 2hrs in winter.
Got used to it, but hard graft due to mix of roads. Converting a big cruiser I had (407 Coupe) to LPG did the trick as I had diesel economy with petrol low maintenance. And double glazed windows. 20 miles of M6 motorway but then a lot of ****ty roads with heavy traffic. Eg Longwood, Clonard, Trim. And Mountmellick to Tullamore at the other end.
Cross country was possible via Edenderry if you could afford a new suspension every 6 months.
I hear from ex colleagues, there's a careerist young mother who is now doing Glenamaddy to Navan daily. That is stone cold bat**** crazy.

Jem72

I did Edgeworthstown to Dublin City Centre by train 4 to 5 days a week for 13 years until a year ago. It was four hours per day door-to-door. It is possible but don't expect to have a life while doing so. You think you're coping until it finishes but after a year off I feel like I'm still in some sort of recovery.

That being said, I occasionally stayed in Citywest and the commute in from there was only 20 minutes faster than the Intercity from Edgeworthstown by the time you dealt with longer walks either end.

The devil is in the details - if the train works, it makes if far more viable than driving as you can use the time productively. But once door-to-door passes 2 hours it's getting silly. A day or two a week from home makes all the difference. Don't start without some kind of exit plan.

job seeker

I travel from rural Sligo to urban Sligo. In total it's approximately 40 minutes/30 kph each way..

Clashmore

road_high wrote: »

Nurney Co. Carlow or Co. Kildare?!

Co.Kildare

MayoForSam

I've been commuting Tuam-Ballina (80km each way) for the past 7 years. I can do it in just over an hour, maybe a bit extra in the evenings. I've gotten used to it. Before I used to work near Spiddal for 3 years which meant going through Galway, mornings and evenings over the Quincentennial bridge - at least now I can enjoy the open road with minimal traffic, especially off the N17. Comfortable car definitely helps.

I can work from home 2-3 times per month and my folks are from Mayo originally so I know the area well. Looking at getting a holiday home closer to work so that could be an option a few times a week. I see no major reason to change, I leave home at 7 am and I'm back around 6:30 pm most evenings.

duffman13

220km a day roughly. Just over an hour each way with a 15 min walk tacked on. Tbh its not too bad for 6 months but I've been doing it a year now and it's wearing me down, wouldn't be able to keep at much longer, usually leave house at 7.30 and get home 19.30 so a 12 hour day all going well.

trellheim

Cabra to London City most weeks. 0430 start, at desk by 0910.

Wishbone Ash

trellheim wrote: »

Cabra to London City most weeks. 0430 start, at desk by 0910.

Daily?

An Ri rua

job seeker wrote:

I travel from rural Sligo to urban Sligo. In total it's approximately 40 minutes/30 kph each way..

Are you trolling or is this your first job?

Carb

Mid-Monghan to Dublin city centre 5 days a week. Averages about 2 hrs and 15 mins/20 mins each way. Doing it 11 years now. Drove it for 3 of those years, but now drive to Dundalk and get the train.

job seeker

An Ri rua wrote: »

Are you trolling or is this your first job?

Not at all to both of your questions..

I used live 5 miles/10 minutes from work.. So my current commute seems like so much hassle.. Obviously it's not as far as other peoples commutes here though..

CrabRevolution

Worked with a lad who lived in Dublin but worked in Meath, probably took him about 45 minutes to get to work since he'd be going against the main flows of traffic in the mornings and evenings.

Since then he has built a house in Roscommon (on a free site from his wife's parents of course) and still commutes to Meath every day. It must be at least 90 minutes each way down the motorway, plus a toll at Enfield.

He's lucky he has a company van since he's clocking up 1300km a week just driving to and from work.

Dark and Long

CrabRevolution wrote: »

Worked with a lad who lived in Dublin but worked in Meath, probably took him about 45 minutes to get to work since he'd be going against the main flows of traffic in the mornings and evenings.

Since then he has built a house in Roscommon (on a free site from his wife's parents of course) and still commutes to Meath every day. It must be at least 90 minutes each way down the motorway, plus a toll at Enfield.

He's lucky he has a company van since he's clocking up 1300km a week just driving to and from work.

I'm clocking up ~1400km/week at the minute :eek:

magicbastarder

CrabRevolution wrote: »

He's lucky he has a company van since he's clocking up 1300km a week just driving to and from work.

what are the BIK implications on this? plus on the commercial vehicle status of the van - if he's using it to commute to work.

CrabRevolution

magicbastarder wrote: »

what are the BIK implications on this? plus on the commercial vehicle status of the van - if he's using it to commute to work.

I don't work there any more so I can't ask. It does sound like it could be an issue, but the boss there is usually well on top of paperwork, auditing, insurance etc. so I'd be surprised if it was a gross violation of revenue rules.

Ultimate Seduction

An hour each way is the most I used to do. Was working 12 hour shifts so when babies came along I packed it in. Got a much lower paying job 15 mins down the road but it's an extra 4 hours of my day at home, time is priceless.

positron

Not sure if this would qualify as extreme, and I wouldn't be a minority either doing Drogheda-Dundrum, about 70 km each way, taking M50 crash park. It's miserable really. I do it on a motorbike, and filter like no tomorrow. I don't know how people drive cars there, sitting in endless crawls, not knowing when they will get going. If it wasn't for the motorbike and the generous WFH policy (2 days a week, more if weather is crap), I would've moved on a long time ago.

I can't believe some of commutes mentioned here.

A lot of focus on homelessness, rent increases, etc.

The fact people are doing these commutes should be highlighted as well. Must be huge economic and social costs .

Macha

salonfire wrote: »

I can't believe some of commutes mentioned here.

A lot of focus on homelessness, rent increases, etc.  

The fact people are doing these commutes should be highlighted as well.  Must be huge economic and social costs .

And environmental...

Clonmel1000

The agenda set by the media in this country baffles me at time. I do a 200km commute a day. I don’t mind the drive listen to podcasts etc but it would tire you out and the cost is humongous.

Stheno

ive a colleague who commutes from Cork o Dublin every day

Ultimate Seduction

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

The agenda set by the media in this country baffles me at time. I do a 200km commute a day. I don’t mind the drive listen to podcasts etc but it would tire you out and the cost is humongous.

What's the agenda?

D3V!L

Stheno wrote: »

ive a colleague who commutes from Cork o Dublin every day

I don't believe that for a second