How long is your commute to work???

mise_me_fein

I was just listening to my local radio station this morning and some person was saying he got up at 5.30 and finished work at 7 in the evening.

My brother works similar hours 3 days a week.

Crazy working like that but money's money I suppose

kaimera

Roughly 10 mins

[edit] Walking.

ibh

Dundalk to Cookstown 5 days a week. Roughly 12 hour day with 9 of that in work and 3 travelling. Money sucks, as does job. Necessity is why i do it.

EdgarAllenPoo

Someone made a thread like this not too long ago. My mam's commute used to see her have to leave at half four in the morning for an eight o'clock start, she'd finish at four and be home at eight. We lived in Cavan and she worked in Stillorgan.

Going to and from college takes me about three and a half hours a day in total.

xzanti

Blanchardstown to Merrion Square... Can be anything from an hour to 90 minutes depending on traffic and same home.. The alternative is to take the bus but I hate public transport..

briantwin

50 minutes to work.......about an hour home +8.30 hours in work so not too bad....just god damn trains are always packed!!

pbug21

Anywhere between 30-45 mins. Ballsbridge to Clondalkin. Always going opposite way to traffic flow tis great. Traffic along the canal at rathmines has been a bit of a bitch lately though!

ScumLord

Oh god.. These Dublin commutes always have me in stitches. 3 hours driving to work lol.

I'm a 3 minute walk away from work. But I take the car. :eek::D

arseagon

The minute I get up I'm at work. God I love being self employed.

H.O.T.A.S.

10min walk down the road

star-pants

anywhere from 40mins - 1hr 15 into work (Churchtown to BeggarsBush)
and then... depending on when I leave and weird randomness -- it can be from 25mins - 1hr

fun fun eh? twas evil this morning though

bill_ashmount

Less than 10 minutes.

The thought of doing more than 30 minutes is too much for me, not worth it.

asti_mivec

For me it's anywhere from 40 mins to 90 minutes but depends what time I come in for!!

But today it took 1 hour and 55 minutes (Enfield to Tallaght) :mad:

Rob_l

about 15 minutes 10 minutes on the luas 5 minutes walk

watna

I leave my house at 8.10 to be in at exactly 9am. (on the dart). it's not bad unless there's a problem with the dart. Then it's a pain in the hole!

Pigletlover

I've gone from a 5 minute walk to work to an hour + drive, depending on traffic :mad: in the last year, I work 9.30-5.30 so that's not too bad but I'm on the road for 8 and not home till 7.

Dancor

From Temple Street to Eccles street in less than two minutes, Im still always late.:p

kev_s88

get up at 7am for a train at 8.10am.

20 minute walk to train station, 30 train journey followed by a 20 minute walk from train station to work.tis f*cking miserable.and the money really isnt worth it.damn my contract!!

finish at 5pm and dont get home til about 6.30pm

MoominPapa

15mins in, 20 mins home, cycle Dundrum/Ballsbridge. Sweet, except this morning, note to self :get rain gear:(

5starpool

20 mins, maybe less. Drive from Ashtown, park in the Phoenix park, and then 5 mins walk to work. I usually get up at around 9.30, be in work for 10 (well, 10.05) after a quick shower, leave work around 5.20 and then home for about 5.50 (takes longer in the evening), so around 8 hours 20 mins from get up to get home on a normal day. I have never lived more than 20 mins away from work, and wouldn't really care to tbh.

Hard life.

jester77

Train is just around the corner, 3 minute walk. It goes every 2 mins (the joys of a proper service ), 2 stops and walk into work. Takes about 15 or so mins but that includes stopping off at the bakery!

neil_hosey

Enfield -> Adelaide Road (end of harcourt street)

Get up at 6.40, leave 6:55 ,get 7 oclock bus, in work 8:45.

Finish work at 5:30, walk to ha'penny bridge to bus. Get 6:15 bus, in enfield 7:10, home at 7:15.

Lifes a bitch!

cornbb

10 mile, 20 minute drive. Can't complain really.

prendy

5 min walk and 5-10 min on train or else a 30 min walk...not bad in dublin!

L31mr0d

~20 minute walk, depending on the weather and how awake I am as i'm walking.

I could probably cut that time down if I got a bike but I like the walk in the morning. gives me time to think about what I need to get done in the day.

Lifes too short to be sitting in gridlock or waiting on the rubbish irish bus system.

Snarler

Enfield -> Adelaide Road (end of harcourt street)

Get up at 6.40, leave 6:55 ,get 7 oclock bus, in work 8:45.

Finish work at 5:30, walk to ha'penny bridge to bus. Get 6:15 bus, in enfield 7:10, home at 7:15.

Lifes a bitch!

So why don't you just get a job in Enfield or move to Dublin City. I can't understand why people travel more than an hour a day to work.

thebman

Little over an hour. Its fine, I get a seat on the train every morning and a 20 minute walk to wake myself up when I get into Connolly.

Stephen

20 minute drive with no traffic, its great

zuutroy

Bleagh, dunno how some of yiz do it. At the moment I'm about 10 mins on the bike. Up just before 9am, gone by 9:20....leave work @5...home by 5:15. Indeed a tough life.
Had to do Castleknock to Beaumont for two weeks last year and I was a basket case by the end of it. Trying to get out of castleknock with all the mammies dropping their precious kiddies the 1km to school was a friggin nightmare. Took me longer to get to the M50 than the whole rest of the journey.

johnny_adidas

bout 86 secs walking round the corner last time i timed it, and i still manage to be 10 mins late every day

Ginger

When i lived in Dublin, I had a 30 second commute (lived in the building next to work beside the Phoenix Park), then moved slightly farther away and it was a 5 minute walk

Now in Norway, get a bus at 7;15 and I am in work usually at 7:40 and usually home by 4:15 or so.

robinph

About 20 minutes from Lucan to St. Stephens Green, 25 minutes if there is bad traffic.

garthv

5 minute walk and 15 mins on the luas...and I still manage to be late every day

Mossy Monk

45 minutes generally.

kim_eire

leave house at 4.45 and start work at 8, leave work at 4 home at around half six!!!

zuutroy

robinph wrote: »

About 20 minutes from Lucan to St. Stephens Green, 25 minutes if there is bad traffic.

:eek: Do you go to work at 3am in a Ferrari?

kevmy

Ahh Dublin. Glad I don't live there (or at some point in the horrid commuter belt) for that reason alone.

Takes me 10 mins on mo rothar about 5-25mins if I take the car (generally don't I think 3 times in the last year) depending on the traffic

Tazz T

Should really have an option for homeworkers as we just walk to the next room?

Mind you, can take me an hour some monrings. :cool:

Oriel

10 mins walk, shamefully, 2 mins drive.

robinph

zuutroy wrote: »

:eek: Do you go to work at 3am in a Ferrari?

Nah, straight down the bus lane all the way on two wheels. The traffic lights slow things down for me more than the traffic does.

r3nu4l

zuutroy wrote: »

:eek: Do you go to work at 3am in a Ferrari?

Yeah, either that or a helicopter! :eek:
robinph, how do you get from Lucan to St. Stephen's Green in 20 mins?

On-topic, my commute is about 30 mins for a 35 mile drive. A14 and onto the A11

Snarler

r3nu4l wrote: »

Yeah, either that or a helicopter! :eek:
robinph, how do you get from Lucan to St. Stephen's Green in 20 mins?

On-topic, my commute is about 30 mins for a 35 mile drive. A14 and onto the A11

its only an 8 mile journey.
I drive from Maynooth to O'Connell st. in about 20-22 minutes off peak times.

Kintarō Hattori

I'm really lucky in that I have a 5 minute walk to work. However I have travelled from Kildare to Dublin for many years and that could be as quick as 45mins each way to 2 hours depending on traffic.

One Cold Hand

4 and a half minute walk. I've timed it to the second!

When I was living at home during college it was over an hour each way. Hate commuting.

r3nu4l

Snarler wrote: »

its only an 8 mile journey.
I drive from Maynooth to O'Connell st. in about 20-22 minutes off peak times.

Magic words! When I lived in Maynooth, getting into Dublin during rush hour was a fcuking nightmare! I also lived in Lucan so I know anyone posting sub-1-hour times is either telling porkies or travelling off-peak or in bus lanes
Nice to be able to commute at off-peak times

Noelie

Moving jobs in 2 weeks and commute will only be about 10 minutes.
Currently it's about 25

rossious

55 mins all in,each way, includes dropping the good lady to Wyeth!!

themadchef

3 to 10 minutes depending on volume of sheep on the road :D

robinph

Snarler wrote: »

its only an 8 mile journey.
I drive from Maynooth to O'Connell st. in about 20-22 minutes off peak times.

It's always off peak when your on two wheels, well until you get right into the city and the bus lanes dissapear. Of course I should probably have added and extra 5 minutes or so to my commuting time for getting all the waterproofs on and off at each end as well.

DonJose

My commute to work is 5 seconds, I work from home so its a trip from the bedroom to the office.

Wacker

it's about an hour for me, but that isn't so bad as it mostly spent on the DART, where I read. That is way more to my liking than driving. I don't know how people endure long drives to work.