Longest commute

yop · 23-05-2014 03:29PM

theemigrant wrote: »

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

I have 42k on mine since I got it April 2013 and I only drive 190km round trip 3-4 days a week. Its depressing. I think the bus leaves at 9am from my town to Galway, I could be there for lunch

Sleepy · 23-05-2014 03:58PM

KT10 wrote: »

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.

Why on earth was he commuting by train?! If he'd driven he'd have been able to leave the house at 6 and be back by 9 with time to spare...

plys · 23-05-2014 04:03PM

My father-in-law, now retired, used to commute from Castlebar to Carlow 4 days a week. He did this for 3.5 years.

donegal__road · 23-05-2014 04:05PM

plys wrote: »

My father-in-law, now retired, used to commute from Castlebar to Carlow 4 days a week. He did this for 3.5 years.

that would take you an hour in a helicopter..

plys · 23-05-2014 04:12PM

donegal__road wrote: »

that would take you an hour in a helicopter..

I can't remember how long he said it took him, but i do know he used to leave at about 7am and get home after 9pm. He put 180k miles up on a mondeo he had for 3 years, barely serviced it and was surprised when the engine gave out "out of nowhere"...

jester77 · 23-05-2014 04:15PM

Life's too short to be commuting. 30 min each way is more than enough, that's already nearly 1 whole day every month wasted travelling.

Mike Guide 69 · 23-05-2014 04:46PM

My old supervisor had a particulary awkward daily commute, where he got the 6.40am train from Limerick to Dublin (office based in Leeson St), but prior to this involved travelling 45 minutes in his car from his homeplace in Clare to the train station in Limerick and his return daily journey wasnt great either!!. The situation wasnt made any easier when his missus had twins at the time and were only a few months old, when he started the job. He worked from home once a week, but the remaining days involved the daily commute. He stuck with it for about 2 years, fair play to him, but you could see the strain taking hold of him. He left the job a few months back and took up new employment based in Limerick city, for family reasons but also i think for the sake of his sanity!!!!

Maximus Alexander · 23-05-2014 04:48PM

I work with a gentleman who commutes (by car) from Wexford to Dublin city center every day.

Woofstuff · 23-05-2014 04:58PM

Dangerous stuff these killer commutes, to save a few bob probably, they`ll burn you out eventually.

Grayson · 23-05-2014 05:46PM

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.

Jesus. I find it hard enough to get to Westport to visit my family a few times a year. Then again, i don't drive.

There's a guy i work with here in Dublin who commutes from Sligo. he told me there were 3-4 other others who do it so they each take a week of doing the driving whilst the rest sleep.

seamus · 23-05-2014 05:55PM

There was a teacher in my secondary school (actually who left about a year before I started) who used to take a train from the midlands to Dublin every day. This was back in the 80s/90s, so you're talking 90 minutes to Heuston followed by a 20 minute walk then another 30 minutes on a Dublin bus getting to the school. Granted, you'd get a lot of paperwork and reading done, but still...

A colleague at the moment comes from Mullingar into Dublin city on the train. Seems like madness to me. Back in college I would occasionally do Lucan to UCD if I was going on the beer. There were express busses from Lucan to town and town to UCD but still door-to-door it was the guts of 90 minutes on a bad day. I hated it.

Tarzana · 23-05-2014 06:33PM

jameshayes wrote: »

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

Your circumstances might change, you never know. Even within Dublin city, it's very easy to rack up a one hour commute each way, and that's all in the same city.

JohnMearsheimer · 23-05-2014 06:35PM

I worked with a guy in Dublin who did Limerick to Dublin on the train 5 days a week. He came to Dublin on promotion and got a pay rise. He did it for 2 years and got transferred back to Limerick. I'm not sure I could do it myself.

Turtyturd · 23-05-2014 06:42PM

About an hour and 40 minutes each way and a distance of 90km. It's not so much the commute that bothers me but the people I have to share the bus with...public transport etiquette should be taught in schools. I enjoy the rare days I am in Cork, Limerick or Shelton despite the further distances.

Sh1tbag OToole · 23-05-2014 07:16PM

Jaysus.. People must really not like the idea of living in Dublin to come up every day from Letterkenny or Fermoy. Can't really say i blame them though

black & white · 26-05-2014 10:58AM

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

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.

The road from Mallow to Croom can be a nightmare if anything happens, like rain. Best of luck anyway.

RoboRat · 26-05-2014 11:27AM

I know a guy who used to commute from Strandhill in Sligo to Dublin city centre. That is a terrible commute!

donegal__road · 26-05-2014 11:42AM

RoboRat wrote: »

I know a guy who used to commute from Strandhill in Sligo to Dublin city centre. That is a terrible commute!

would be ok if you could fly down but the Strandhill airport closed a couple of years ago.

bear1 · 26-05-2014 12:35PM

I used to do Tramore to Naas 5 days a week.
This was back in 07/08 when the motorway to Waterford wasn't ready and you had nothing but winding roads until more or less Carlow.
Hated it so much but had no choice really.
Would wake up at 6am to be at work by 9 and then home by around 9pm. Was completely wrecked and the relationship was suffering because of it.
Packed it in a few months later and got a local job but for less money

AlwaysAnyTime · 26-05-2014 12:50PM

I drive from malin head to mizen head and back every day for work.

neamhspleachi · 26-05-2014 12:54PM

A friend of mine used to travel to Dublin city centre from Toomevara in Tipperary, 5 days a week on a motorcycle to work, 290km round trip

Noffles · 26-05-2014 12:58PM

Do Gorey to Dublin, it's bad enough and with all the works going on the N11 it can be a pain... Schools being off from next week on as far as I know make a huge difference.
People saying life is too short for long commutes may well find that most people commute out of necessity rather than the desire to travel miles everyday to see the lovely countryside.

kfallon · 26-05-2014 01:00PM

Jaysus if I fell over coming out my front door I'd be half way to work

TimeToShine · 26-05-2014 01:05PM

neamhspleachi wrote: »

A friend of mine used to travel to Dublin city centre from Toomevara in Tipperary, 5 days a week on a motorcycle to work, 290km round trip

It would be kind of fun on a bike though. It would even be relatively enjoyable in a nice car - commuting that far by train/bus however would have no redeeming qualities I would think.

I currently have a 2 hour commute each way, two buses and it's awful. Up at 6 and not back home until 9.

duffalosoldier · 26-05-2014 01:10PM

Virginia Co. Cavan to Dublin city - approx 3 hours per day 5 days a week. Once I hit Blanchardstown on outshirts of Dublin its another 35 mins. Way I look at it is I could only afford a place in the suburbs anyway and the extra 70 mins per day Id spend in the car is worth it...

osarusan · 26-05-2014 01:29PM

4 minutes on a train. Nightmare.

KT10 · 28-05-2014 10:37AM

Sleepy wrote: »

Why on earth was he commuting by train?! If he'd driven he'd have been able to leave the house at 6 and be back by 9 with time to spare...

So he could get in an extra 4 hours work a day on the train I think. :eek:

Grayson wrote: »

There's a guy i work with here in Dublin who commutes from Sligo. he told me there were 3-4 other others who do it so they each take a week of doing the driving whilst the rest sleep.

Thats actually pretty clever

renofan · 28-05-2014 10:42AM

For 13 years up to August 2011 I drove 52 miles to work and 52 miles home 5 days a week. Was having no real quality of life as it could be 8pm some evenings when I'd get home.

Moved 15 mins drive away from work in August 2011 and it's been one of the best decisions I've made.

R0ot · 28-05-2014 10:51AM

1hr 30mins / 1hr 45mins each way when I started, working from home has made this easier though.

czechlin · 28-05-2014 11:04AM

Sligo to Dublin. But he doesn't have to do it every day, depends where the job takes him. If he has to stay later the company books him into a hotel. I wouldn't want to commute for longer than 30-40 minutes. My friends in London are thinking about buying a house outside of it and they said that it'll take them around 2 hours each way to get to work.

Longest commute

Comments