Raheny V Lusk

Cosmia

what is the traffic like on the howth road in the morning when the schools are back? I'd be potentially travelling from Foxfield area in Raheny to Fairview (I'm currently looking around to rent a house). I'm also considering Lusk and am hearing conflicting things about the commute from Lusk. Public transport isn't really an option as I'll be dropping off my son to a creche.

Cosmia

anyone?

Ernest

Traffic in the morning rush-hour during school term from Raheny to Fairview is quite heavy especially going through Killester. Traffic from Lusk in the morning rush hour during school term to Fairview can hardly be anything but worse. Of course it not totally clear if you are dropping kids off at Fairview ( why Fairview???) or if their school is somewhere else and you are going to work in Fairview. There is a bus lane on the Howth Road most of the way from Raheny to Fairview which would facilitate taking one of the many Dublin Bus options.There is a Dart station in Fairview ( misleadingly called Clontarf) and there is a good Dart service from Raheny to there. Trains from Lusk presumably are on the less frequent, noisier and less reliable diesel Commuter line to Drogheda and points north.

Victor

Ernest wrote: »

misleadingly called Clontarf

"Clontarf Road"

MrDerp

We're renting in Raheny and herself works in the East Point so I'll fill you in as best I can.

The (right) turn off for Collins Ave East in Killester is a pain in the mornings.
http://www.google.com/maps?ll=53.371053,-6.205001&spn=0.0037,0.021565&t=h&z=16

You can turn left down Castle Avenue before that but you come to an iffy right turn onto the Clontarf Road here:
http://www.google.com/maps?ll=53.360105,-6.208992&spn=0.003701,0.021565&t=h&z=16

Herself actually drives towards betty glen instead and goes around by James Larkin Rd, onto Clontarf road. Shorter, but still hits a pinch point at the junction above.

Basically, with the schools back, on a wet morning, she can hit the junction at 8.15 and only be in east point for 8.45. On a good summer morning she gets to work in 15 mins from Raheny. On a bad winter morning it's 45 mins. Generally though, she'd leave at 8 and be in for 8.30.

She never goes in via the Howth road. Occasionally comes home that way but its pants - a slow trawl up the hill. Clontarf road can be busy for the first couple of junctions on the way home but after that you're flying.

What I will say is this, no-one has any fun getting to that area for work. You'll face bad mornings when the schools are back, one way or another.

shamwari

Blake's Cross and the M1 also have their moments too. As any motoring parent knows, small kids and slow / jammed traffic don't go well together.

Ernest

MrDerp wrote: »

Occasionally comes home that way but its pants

Do people still say " Pants "?? Thought that phrase never caught on or was a short-lived fad that went out of use around the end of the nineteen-nineties.

BC

If I understand correctly, you're thinking about commuting from either lusk or raheny to fairview?
Its about 6km raheny to fairview.
Its about 20km lusk to fairview.
Raheny will always be far quicker.

In my experience raheny to fairview can take anywhere from 15 mins to 40 mins in the mornings but *usually* it's around the 25 minute mark.

Pigeon Reaper

Has anyone tried cycling it? It's about 15/20 minutes each way cycling from Raheny to eastpoint at a very slow pace and you'll never be stuck in traffic. From Lusk you'll spend have the day driving.

Cosmia

thank you MrDerp and Ernest for your replies. I've decided to move to Raheny!