Your daily commute

purple.sarah

About 35 minutes, 20 minute tram journey followed by a 15 minute walk. Cost £13.50 a week for the tram ticket. I wouldn't travel more than an hour unless it was my dream job.

marlot

2.5 hours to work, 3 hours coming home by train. Been doing this for 18 months now, and getting rather tired of it.

£42.50 each day (splitting my ticket in good MSE fashion) is actually quite good value for the distance I travel (Hampshire to Warwickshire).

welshbookworm

If the bus runs right, 20 mins door to door
If the bus runs wrong, nearly 2 hours!
Cost is £14.50 a week

J_i_m

I used to mainly drive to work due to the nature of my shift work or commute distance and I typically spent £15-20 a week on fuel, then I briefly started walking four miles each way for a while whilst on a mid shift.

Currently my routine is a five mile walk to the office in the morning which depending on my pace takes upto an hour and twenty minutes, then I get the bus home mainly because I want to get home for dinner before stupid o'clock. A one week bus travel ticket costs £12.

Next week I start a new job which is slighty closer to me, although not as convenient with the bus route/stops. So I'm planing to walk four miles each way again. The job will be sitting at a desk pretty much all day so I figure it makes sense to walk the whole commute as exercise and to mobilise my body.

So my commute will soon cost me nothing although take up roughly two hours per day. I'm thinking that I'll probably drive when the weather gets too sh**y in the winter, i.e. I don't fancy walking eight miles in ice/snow for the slip/fall factor.

Sharon87

I work all over London as I'm freelance. So travel can either be 35 minutes door to door to just over an hour. It's about £35/week travel card or £3.20 for a peak journey or about £2.70ish for if I travel back after 7pm. At some places I walk further to a zone 2 station so it costs even less (and it was only about £1 when I had my young person's railcard on there, but I'm now too old )

Lieja

30 mins drive each way in good traffic, up to an hour if the roads are busy. I spend around £45 in petrol a week, including a 60 mile round trip not related to work.

Would take me hours on public transport. I'd be willing to commute a distance relative to my pay / job satisfaction. I choose to live in a rural area and wouldn't move to a busy residential area just to be closer to work. I like being able to wander round the shops looking like a tramp and not worrying about bumping into anyone from work!

YORKSHIRELASS

J_i_m wrote: »

Currently my routine is a five mile walk to the office in the morning which depending on my pace takes upto an hour and twenty minutes

Well done, I suppose more of us should do this, at least some of the time. Mine is a 20 minute drive, not sure of the petrol cost but parking costs me £50 for a 3 month pass. I am thinking of cycling during the summer when I dont have the take my son for the school bus.

REDDDRAGGON

13 miles

25 - 35 mins by car

40 mins (door to door) by train - if the train isn't cancelled or delayed (which is becoming common)

Approx £100/month fuel or fare.

sammyjammy

25 minute walk for me, its just under two miles and its free. I really feel for those that have to commute long distances that cost lots of money. I'm really grateful, my worst commute was a five mile bus ride each way. I used to ride my bike but its too hot and sweaty.

Very lucky.

xcarlyx

30 mins walk
1.5 miles each way
free.