Commute time Salthill/City to Oranmore?

MindBodySpirit

Hi,

Am looking to move to Galway -I got a job in Oranmore but don't want to live there.

I love Salthill/The Docks area but wonder if I left for work from there (say 7.30am) would it take ages to get to Oranmore with the traffic?

I'm hoping it'd be about half an hour/35mins.
...otherwise I'm gonna have to look at Mervue :-(

Any help would be much appreciated!

TerrorFirmer

At that time, no, not at all. You'll be fine.

Traffic outbound wouldn't be that bad anyway even at peak times.

Oranmore is a nice place to live, surely if you were considering Mervue it would make sense to consider Oranmore as well.

MindBodySpirit

Thanks a mill for your reply TF!

Oranmore is lovely ...but I don't want to live and work in the same place.

I'll check out a few places in Salthill during the week!

:-)

GalwayGrrrrrl

What time would you be coming home? Traffic can be busy in all directions between 5-7pm. I agree your morning commute would be ok as you will be going against the main morning rush and you are early enough to avoid the school child gridlock around Salthill at 8.30am

stampydmonkey

xfactorfan23 wrote: »

What time would you be coming home? Traffic can be busy in all directions between 5-7pm. I agree your morning commute would be ok as you will be going against the main morning rush and you are early enough to avoid the school child gridlock around Salthill at 8.30am

Cycle it if possible. Not that far and guaranteed commute time.

snubbleste

stampydmonkey wrote: »

Cycle it if possible. Not that far and guaranteed commute time.

The OP did not say if he/she was walking or taking a helicopter.

equivariant

stampydmonkey wrote: »

Cycle it if possible. Not that far and guaranteed commute time.

Agree with this. I often cycle it as part of my commute. The Coast road to Oran is a pleasant cycle. With proper cycling gear it is possible to cycle commute year round in galway.

PS very doable in 30 min from Salthill on a bike

Notch000

I travel from Black rock to parkmore every day and it takes 20-30 mins, so it would be around 40 to oran, the return will take 1 Hrs + , your probably best looking on the merve side if town, to position yourself between the two

b.gud

MindBodySpirit wrote: »

Hi,

Am looking to move to Galway -I got a job in Oranmore but don't want to live there.

I love Salthill/The Docks area but wonder if I left for work from there (say 7.30am) would it take ages to get to Oranmore with the traffic?

I'm hoping it'd be about half an hour/35mins.
...otherwise I'm gonna have to look at Mervue :-(

Any help would be much appreciated!

Going out isn't going to be your problem, it'll be the traffic coming back that is a killer. The past couple of weeks it's been really bad and has taken me 50 - 70 mins to get back some evenings when I've been leaving work at 6 pm. If you can leave earlier, at 5 or so it might not be as bad. Also I must point out that the times above have been particularly bad and most of the year coming back takes about 40 mins

GekkePrutser

Yes just wanted to chip in on the coming back being a problem.. I work in Ballybrit and live in Salthill, the mornings are never (or rarely) any problem if you avoid the 8-9 time slot. And even then it moves steadily. I usually go after 9. It's always 15-20 minutes.

But coming back is a nightmare, especially the last month. I'd be mostly travelling the same routes as from Oranmore (I'd take the N6 or the Mervue road and then Lough Atalia road). The traffic rush is much longer in the evening too, it's bad from 4:30pm all the way through to well after 7. I never get why this is, I mean, it must be the same cars going both ways on average. Why can it move normally in the morning and not in the evening?

There's some shortcuts but they're not really worth it IMO.

Personally I'd love to live near work and just walk to work. But I don't like Ballybrit and I can't be bothered moving house. Also, I don't really split work and personal life so it would be less of an issue for me.

MindBodySpirit

Wow -thanks for all the replies!

so as a follow up i've resolved to get a bike ... for the good weather (whenever that will arrive!)

House hunting has been a HUGE mission but eventually found a place in Gort na Coirbe (Headford Road) ...so imagine the traffic will be even easier from there.

I timed a journey from St. Mary's road to Oranmore -1/3 of the journey time was just crawling along accros river to the docks! Galway traffic is CRAZY !

MindBodySpirit

GekkePrutser wrote: »

The traffic rush is much longer in the evening too, it's bad from 4:30pm all the way through to well after 7. I never get why this is, I mean, it must be the same cars going both ways on average. Why can it move normally in the morning and not in the evening?

Yep ...don't get this either! Most of the traffic is coming in to the town in the morning! So I dont get why evening inbound traffic is so heavy!

I was talking to one of my locals on the ground here ... he reckoned it had to do with the roundabouts in town ...the heavy stream of outbound traffic not giving 'inbound' a chance to get on & through roundabouts. and yet ...Galway traffic seems to defy logic!

Mrs OBumble

MindBodySpirit wrote: »

Yep ...don't get this either! Most of the traffic is coming in to the town in the morning! So I dont get why evening inbound traffic is so heavy!

Jobs on the east side of the river. Homes on the west.

Crumbs868

MindBodySpirit wrote: »

Yep ...don't get this either! Most of the traffic is coming in to the town in the morning! So I dont get why evening inbound traffic is so heavy!

More people finish work at the same time in the evening whereas start times in the morning are spread out. You also have the extra traffic from shoppers / socialisers etc in the evening