Moving Further from city centre - cheaper but commute??

hazyjo

I have 40 mins or so on a train, a 10-15 min walk to the station, and a 5 min walk the other side. Don't mind that at all - feels quick! Only thing that winds me up are the other passengers - but music/headphones helps with that!

Jx

SAMMYE_2

Echo what others have said depends on the journey if its packed and horrible or if you always get a seat and the train is reliable you can use that time to chill out / sleep / read / study etc etc

But it is a weigh up. You lose time, a valuable commodity! Your effectively losing 2 hours of your day... factoring in waiting around for trains as well so if you work long hours could prove detrimental to your life.

Your journey sounds very very quick considering its 25 miles so you are lucky. My train take 45/50 mins slow 30/35mins fast and thats for just 15 odd miles... I cycle now anyway so I save myself going to the gym so not wasted time ;-)

As someone else said a shorter journey on the train doesnt always feel so good as you dont get into your book or relax enough! lol

cassidy0111

I actually miss my commute to work. I just do not feel quite so "awake" after a short journey in to work.

ReadingTim

In terms of commuting, distance is a less relevant factor than time, and regularity of time at that.

Have you considered the frequency and reliability of the train service on your new route? Alternative routes should something go wrong? Reliabilty of said alternatives? Cost of main route, plus any additional costs should you have to take another route?

At best, you'll lose 1 and a half to 2 hours per day to the commute, or between seven and a half and ten hours per week less time in the new house. You'll probably get used to this, if it is regular; but if you don't know from day to day whether the journey home will take 45minutes or hour and a half, you may regret your new location, especially if you don't have any time left in the day to enjoy it!

pimento

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

If you can sit on the morning train you could make breakfast the night before, microwave it in the morning and put it in an insulated serving container, and eat it on the train (to envious looks from everyone else!), so you'd actually save some time.

Please don't do this, I commute 90 mins (40 miles) each way and this would turn my stomach first thing in the morning. Eat it when you get to work.

Oh and don't do your make-up on the train either.

crazycatlady1984

Thanks for the input guys, im actually feeling a lot better about commute now

Will still be 25miles from my current home, friends, family etc so hoping I make some new friends in my new area :cool:

Will be good to have ppl to hang around with locally instead of having to drive/take train to visit ppl back home all the time

hazyjo

pimento wrote: »

Please don't do this, I commute 90 mins (40 miles) each way and this would turn my stomach first thing in the morning. Eat it when you get to work.

Oh and don't do your make-up on the train either.

Agree with the food thing. Yuck.

*Hangs head in shame re the makeup* Used to hate that too - but have a longer journey now, and have moved to Brentwood, Essex so everyone does it (probably even the boys lol).

Jx

abankerbutnotafatcat

pimento wrote: »

Please don't do this, I commute 90 mins (40 miles) each way and this would turn my stomach first thing in the morning. Eat it when you get to work.

Oh and don't do your make-up on the train either.

Do you do that every day, pimento? Does your train stop at an awful lot of stations??

pimento

It stops at six stations. I live on the same line as hazyjo, but about 20 miles further out.

I start early (8am) and finish at 4pm. I leave home at 6.30am and get back indoors at about 5.20pm. I think it's worth it, although I wouldn't want to start later and finish later. I see people still getting off trains at 7.30pm. I couldn't do that, your evening is gone.

The only other major thing is the cost of the ticket. Just short of £4000 per annum.

abankerbutnotafatcat

pimento wrote: »

It stops at six stations. I live on the same line as hazyjo, but about 20 miles further out.

I start early (8am) and finish at 4pm. I leave home at 6.30am and get back indoors at about 5.20pm. I think it's worth it, although I wouldn't want to start later and finish later. I see people still getting off trains at 7.30pm. I couldn't do that, your evening is gone.

The only other major thing is the cost of the ticket. Just short of £4000 per annum.

Hi Pimento, I think I mis-read/understood your op - I thought your train journey was 90 minutes and I was wondering how you could only get 40 miles in that time but now I realise that it's your door to door journey that is 90 mins which is similar to mine. I had decided that if i wasn't a stopping train then perhaps it was a steam train because it was going very slowly!!!