Quickest commute from Skerries to Sandyford

conleth

Hi all,

I've just been offered a part time position in Sandyford but am currently living in Donabate and am hoping to buy something in Skerries within the next few weeks. I've been living in Australia for the past 4 years and have lost touch with how to get around Dublin so I'm looking for some opinions on the quickest way to get from Donabate or Skerries to Sandyford. I would have preffered public transport but the only feasible option I've come up with is train to Pearse, walk to St Stephens Green and Luas to Sandyford, which from Skerries and including walking from the Luas to the office is going to be about 1:15. Surely there's a better option? I don't mind getting up early to beat traffic but the rumours about the M50 don't hold much hope!

Any advice?

Cheers,
Con

d-arke

sorry mate your out of luck, i live in balbriggan so i can feel your pain. luckily for me my job was a field based position but the office was out by the old naas road. you've basically answered your own question, its a train to pearse and the luas out so you'd prob be leavin around leaving around 7am every morning, at least the trains will be quiet--er. It must be a very good part-time job. if it was me, i would look for a job closer to home or if it was a full time position move out closer to it.

sorry. all the best with the early mornings, at least you'll see the sun rise

conleth

I was afraid you'd say that...

How about driving?

murphaph

conleth wrote:

Hi all,

I've just been offered a part time position in Sandyford but am currently living in Donabate and am hoping to buy something in Skerries within the next few weeks. I've been living in Australia for the past 4 years and have lost touch with how to get around Dublin so I'm looking for some opinions on the quickest way to get from Donabate or Skerries to Sandyford. I would have preffered public transport but the only feasible option I've come up with is train to Pearse, walk to St Stephens Green and Luas to Sandyford, which from Skerries and including walking from the Luas to the office is going to be about 1:15. Surely there's a better option? I don't mind getting up early to beat traffic but the rumours about the M50 don't hold much hope!

Any advice?

Cheers,
Con

You live in Dublin, on the northside, and have a job offer on the southside and it'll take you an hour and a quarter, many people living in the suburbs and working in town take a lot longer than that to get to work! I doubt you'll beat that time and if you do beat it with the car it'll cost you €900 or more in tolls annually before you think about fuel, depreciation on the car (assuming you own it!), insurance etc. An annual train/Luas ticket will cost aroud the cost of tolls alone and is tax deductable. Think carefully about using our car. Find out exactly how much the train/tram ticket will cost.

Your journey time will also be more reliable if you leave the car at home and the daily walk and no M50 stress will do your health no harm!

MarkoP11

Other option is Skerries Blackrock by rail (4 direct services each morning then bus to Sandyford (114 or 115) could be handy if you are based on the other side of Sandyford

Its 50-55 minutes to Blackrock plus bus (no idea 30 minutes roughly) otherwise its 40 minutes to Pearse, a good 10 minutes walk to Stephens Green the Luas is 22 to Sandyford stop thats 72 minutes not accounting for walk on the other end or 5 minutes for a tram )

No direct return trains in the evening though

As Philip says get the annual ticket and travel everywhere on one ticket and best of all its valid on the nightlink. Its €1,120 for a rail bus luas annual ticket valid for all services within roughly 18 miles of the city, add in the tax relief at up to 42% if your employer is part of the scheme and you can pay directly from your wages on a monthly basis

d-arke

regarding the M50, if you left around 7am or just after you could expect to get into work for about half 8 or 9 depending on traffic. The M50 is nightmare from half 7 to about half 10 in the mornings, murder at lunch, and death between half 4 and 7 in the evenings. though in fairness some days you can get lucky, but not that often though

Flukey

An Annual Rail/Bus ticket may be the option and then take your choice of the to Pearse or to Backrock options.

You said you are about to move to Skerries. Is that a definite or could a southside residence, seeing as you are going to be working there, be a better option for you now?

conleth

Dublin Bus tell me that the 114 or 115 to Sandyford from Blackrock would take 40-50 minutes. Add 50ish minutes for the train from Skerries to Blackrock makes it over 1:30. Skerries move is close to a definite. I haven't accepted this job yet and from what I'm hearing I don't think I will either...

d-arke

to be honest, you'd be far better off getting a job closer to home unless its a really cool job like a monkey jugger or something...... if juggling monkeys counts as being cool but you get the picture

conleth

Juggling monekys eh? And you tell me I can do this in Skerries?

d-arke

conleth wrote:

Juggling monekys eh? And you tell me I can do this in Skerries?

well maybe not monkeys, but you could probably start small by going up to ardgillan castle and catching some squirrels, now some people start with rabbits (easier to catch apparently), but when it comes to technique, squirrels are used to height and you'll notice the improvement immensely compared.

the problem with sandyford is that its too close to the city and doesnt have the same quality of squirrels, as for their use in monkeys.....well....they go for style, they prefer to look good first rather than having a better standard of juggling.

murphaph

Is there any monkey juggling available in west Dublin? It'd save me a lot of commuting if it were so, but I'm unsure of how to crack into this field, is there a course available?

This is the second serious thread that's gone south (in a good funny way!) for me today. Here's the other one!

d-arke

murphaph wrote:

Is there any monkey juggling available in west Dublin? It'd save me a lot of commuting if it were so, but I'm unsure of how to crack into this field, is there a course available?

This is the second serious thread that's gone south (in a good funny way!) for me today. Here's the other one!

ah Murphaph, you don't know how lucky you are, being based in West Dublin your already in a prime location for commuting to both North or Southside. On the one hand you've got the Southside where style counts for everything and technique isnt a major concern, and on the other hand if you feel technique is what your game is all about you'd have to consider the M50 toll bridge, so you'll have to compromise between Style and Technique.

Also, if your interested in this field, I hear that surrounding counties, especially the likes of Kildare are trying to move in on Dublin territory and if whispers appear correct, towns such as Naas and more importantly Leixlip are already on the verge of new Monkey Juggling opportunities as they have a good quality of life being a suburb of Dublin with ample parks & wildlife to practice with. Although, they have been restricted to Hedgehog juggling for now until they are able to master hand to eye coordination and thus compete at a sufficient level.

This could be your best best as you then only need to take N4 to get out there, although be warned, it is a tough field to crack into. Unlike most employment opportunities, students tend to work from city centre and progress into the suburbs for peace of life, unfortunately Monkey Juggling is the reverse with students progressing into the city after mastering the technique to compete with the best...and ultimately most difficult performers, pigeon juggling!!!

The Bollox

could you not get a train into Dublin, anywhere really, and get a DART out to Sandyford? it'd save you a bit of a walk and a few bob too

conleth

But the DART doesn't go to Sandyford... or have I been away too long?

The Bollox

I am pretty sure it does, but not positive, I never take the DART, but I remember when I went to the Metallica concert 3 years ago I got the DART out to Sandyford... I think that was the place anyway

d-arke

you probably got off at Sandymount, more than likely the Metallica concert was in the RDS

conleth

And can you juggle anything at Sandymount?

d-arke

conleth wrote:

And can you juggle anything at Sandymount?

Lol, believe it or not you can!! Well nearly, theres a Monkey juggling society in UCD (you have to look very hard to find it) and their in talks to have their club championships held there as its only around the corner, so they can easily commute there and back via Dublin Bus in between lectures. And depending on the popularity of the competition, I'd say it would have a good chance of hosting the annual southside monkey juggling tournament as it's possible the best open plan venue.