Longest commute

donegal__road · 23-05-2014 01:06PM #1

what is the farthest you, or someone you know, has to drive to get to work every day? I am lucky so far, as over the years I have rarely had to drive for more than an hour one way.

I know of a guy that drives from Letterkenny to Dundalk and back every day to get to his work.

*I know there are people that travel on the train from Limerick to Dublin, and Belfast to Dublin every day which is a long commute, but they are not driving.

MonkeyTennis · 23-05-2014 01:07PM

I know him too

fleet_admiral · 23-05-2014 01:09PM

I worked with a bloke in dun laoghaire that traveled up from Fermoy every morning 5 days a week

donegal__road · 23-05-2014 01:12PM

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

I know him too

I know of him, haven't met him though.. small world.

Outkast_IRE · 23-05-2014 01:15PM

I will be doing southside of cork city to south of limerick city daily for most of the upcoming summer. Reckon it will be about the hour or so mark if there are no unexpected delays. I think its about 100km each way.

That will be my longest commute but its just for 12 weeks or so this summer, if it was permanent i dont think i would fancy it too much especially in the winter.

Turtyturd · 23-05-2014 01:16PM

donegal__road wrote: »

I know of him, haven't met him though.. small world.

I'm him and so is my wife.

L'Enfer du Nord · 23-05-2014 01:21PM

I saw a guy on winning streak once who commuted from Athenry to Liexlip 4 days a week. I think he was working in Intel, this was before the motorway west of the Shannon was open, he was saying how it was much better now that Moate had been bypassed. Both place are less than 20 km from the coast, so it's practically coast to coast. I guess if he's still doing it its now less than 2 hours each way, must cost a fortune in petrol and tools though.

Not sure why he was doing it, he seemed to be from Athenry and had a site in Athenry where he was planning to build a home.

jamo2oo9 · 23-05-2014 01:40PM

I know a girl who lives in Derry and travels down to Dublin, Monday to Friday for work :eek:

Mink · 23-05-2014 01:44PM

I travel 45 kms to work, can do it in just over an hour and that includes dropping the sprog off.

Friend works with a guy who travels from Longford to Dublin city centre 5 days for a wage of 12 euros per hour. He has to though as bought out in Longford during boom and has to pay the mortgage I guess.

Sunglasses Ron · 23-05-2014 01:47PM

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

I know a girl who lives in Derry and travels down to Dublin, Monday to Friday for work :eek:

Jesus, that must easily be 3 hours down :eek: You would wonder/ worry about the state of these people's ability to drive five days in.

jamo2oo9 · 23-05-2014 01:49PM

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

Jesus, that must easily be 3 hours down :eek:

Yeah something like that for each way and by the time she gets home, she's in bed and up at 4 the next morning!

black & white · 23-05-2014 01:55PM

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

I will be doing southside of cork city to south of limerick city daily for most of the upcoming summer. Reckon it will be about the hour or so mark if there are no unexpected delays. I think its about 100km each way.

That will be my longest commute but its just for 12 weeks or so this summer, if it was permanent i dont think i would fancy it too much especially in the winter.

You'll do well to do that in journey an hour, if you're heading to Raheen Industrial Estate you may have a chance but if it's into the city you will struggle. I suppose it depends on what time you are starting as well.

Senna · 23-05-2014 02:03PM

Good few people used to do Letterkenny to Dublin daily, usually contract work but would be for 6 months or a year at a time.
Don't know of anyone doing that run now.

yop · 23-05-2014 02:05PM

I travelled Westport to Baldonnel for 12 months before I got it reduced to work from home for 3 days a weeks so only 2 up there.
I did Westport to Naas then for 3 months.

donegal__road · 23-05-2014 02:07PM

Senna wrote: »

Good few people used to do Letterkenny to Dublin daily, usually contract work but would be for 6 months or a year at a time.
Don't know of anyone doing that run now.

I know a guy in Letterkenny that got an IT contract in Sandyford, and after the first week of trying to commute he ended up getting a weekly deal in a hotel in Dublin, which worked out less than what he would have spent on petrol if he continued to commute.

Sleepy · 23-05-2014 02:07PM

The worst daily commute I've ever had personally was Stamullen to Deansgrange - so pretty much the entire length of the M50. Might not be too bad these days but I was doing it during the M50 upgrade works. Regularly took 90 minutes and on a bad day (or a Friday) it could take as long as 2 1/2 hours. We rented a new place fairly quickly.

The worst of people I know personally would be some friends of a cousin of mine who drive from Tullow to Dublin City Centre 5 days a week. Nasty.

donegal__road · 23-05-2014 02:08PM

yop wrote: »

I travelled Westport to Baldonnel for 12 months before I got it reduced to work from home for 3 days a weeks so only 2 up there.
I did Westport to Naas then for 3 months.

did you drive it?

Outkast_IRE · 23-05-2014 02:18PM

black & white wrote: »

You'll do well to do that in journey an hour, if you're heading to Raheen Industrial Estate you may have a chance but if it's into the city you will struggle. I suppose it depends on what time you are starting as well.

It is Raheen Industrial Estate actually. The start is 9 in limerick but i may leave cork at 7.30 or so to escape before the real traffic builds up in cork and give me time to spare if im caught anywhere.

Tabnabs · 23-05-2014 02:26PM

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/ncad-lecturer-turns-daily-commute-into-creative-opportunity-1.1734208

At least four times a week he drives 100 miles from near Boyle to Dublin, a journey that takes 2½ hours door to door and must make him one of Ireland’s longest-distance commuters. He does the return journey in the late afternoon, bringing his time in the car to about five hours a day.

A report in the IT about a guy who does a very significant commute every week. All in an old VW Polo.

c_man · 23-05-2014 02:26PM

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

Yeah something like that for each way and by the time she gets home, she's in bed and up at 4 the next morning!

When does she fit in time for ridin'?

SeaFields · 23-05-2014 02:27PM

A guy working in the same building as me was doing killorglin, kerry to Midleton in Cork five days a week. How, i do not know. A brutal drive.

Sleepy · 23-05-2014 02:28PM

Come on c_man, he sais she goes straight to bed

yop · 23-05-2014 02:37PM

donegal__road wrote: »

did you drive it?

I did ya, Love driving me

When the weather was cat bad back in 2010 for the "big snow" I was getting the 5.15am train up.

Leave house at 5.40am, be at work desk for circa 8am, out in the car at 5-5.15, home around 8pm.

jameshayes · 23-05-2014 02:39PM

I wouldn't travel anymore than 30 minutes, my life is worth more than to be spent on transport.

jamo2oo9 · 23-05-2014 02:41PM

c_man wrote: »

When does she fit in time for ridin'?

Weekends?

Franticfrank · 23-05-2014 02:44PM

Tabnabs wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/ncad-lecturer-turns-daily-commute-into-creative-opportunity-1.1734208

A report in the IT about a guy who does a very significant commute every week. All in an old VW Polo.

I can't believe they're still using miles in that article. Didn't the Irishtimes realise we switched to kilometers in 2005?

Kevhog1988 · 23-05-2014 02:46PM

I regularly leave manchester at 4am, drive to london for 7, work all day, leave at say 7pm and drive home…. Then i could be off to edinburgh the next day. I once slept for 6 hours in back seat of the car after pulling in for 10 mins… had 19 missed calls when i woke up

yop · 23-05-2014 02:53PM

theemigrant wrote: »

I regularly leave manchester at 4am, drive to london for 7, work all day, leave at say 7pm and drive home…. Then i could be off to edinburgh the next day. I once slept for 6 hours in back seat of the car after pulling in for 10 mins… had 19 missed calls when i woke up

donegal__road · 23-05-2014 03:12PM

theemigrant wrote: »

I regularly leave manchester at 4am, drive to london for 7, work all day, leave at say 7pm and drive home…. Then i could be off to edinburgh the next day. I once slept for 6 hours in back seat of the car after pulling in for 10 mins… had 19 missed calls when i woke up

thats brutal. I think I would find it harder to do longer commutes in England as their motorways are monotonous. At least you have to keep your wits about you on some of our twisty roads.
I nodded off one night behind the wheel and drifted across into the opposite lane. I woke up as I was going into the hedge on the opposite side of the road. I always pull over now for a nap if I feel it coming on.. and I sleep for how ever long it takes.

KT10 · 23-05-2014 03:20PM

Longest I've ever seen personally was Galway to Dublin 4 days a week, by a contractor working on a custom system in my old job. Dude was up before 5am, drive to station (30 min) got a train at 6am I think, into Hueston, bus to our office on the Grand Canal for 9am-ish, worked till 6pm, bus back to the train station, train at 7pm, Galway for 9:30, 30 min drive home, reheated his dinner, kissed his young kids (who were already asleep) goodnight, went to bed.

No way to live your life. Was chatting to him over a coffee (he, understandibly, lived on coffee) and seemed happy enough to keep doing it, wife and kids loved where they lived, money he earned meant a comfortable lifestyle and a couple nice holidays a year.

Still, madness.

I commute by motorbike and even then traffic annoys me (despite it having little effect on me) but anything above 30 mins each way is unusual. As for Letterkenny to Dublin, I can't even fathom spending that much time in a car.

Every day.

I'd do the math but I already know its going to shocking, I mean, 6 hours driving, 8 hours working, means little or no time for anything else outside of having a bite to eat and sleeping, meaning everything gets pushed back to your weekend, so you now spend your weekend doing household sh!te like washing,cleaning, shopping etc.

Kevhog1988 · 23-05-2014 03:23PM

donegal__road wrote: »

thats brutal. I think I would find it harder to do longer commutes in England as their motorways are monotonous. At least you have to keep your wits about you on some of our twisty roads.
I nodded off one night behind the wheel and drifted across into the opposite lane. I woke up as I was going into the hedge on the opposite side of the road. I always pull over now for a nap if I feel it coming on.. and I sleep for how ever long it takes.

80k on the car and its not 2 yrs old until december… I also drive vans and jeeps the odd time too

Longest commute

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