Traveling to work

swanseajack91

flutterbyuk25 wrote: »

Another Jack here!

I live in Swansea and work in Bridgend. It's a 22mile trip to work for me, I live just off M4 J44 and work just off Sarn junction (36?) so almost all motorway driving for me. It takes 25mins generally to do the journey, I start at 8am and finish at 5pm. I find this really easy and not a bad drive, the traffic builds up at the new 50mph cameras at Port Talbot both ways, and then on the return journey it sometimes builds up around J43.

I used to live in Llanelli, and the journey was so much longer, around 50mins on a good day. Traffic is worse around J45 and then queuing off at J48. I hated this!

I use the journey to process the day ahead and what has happened in work on the way home. Once you get used to it, the commute isn't a chore. In my old job, which I left in July, I had a 5min commute in a works vehicle so it was a shock to the system to drive in my car for so far at first!

You may find someone to car share with in a new job, I did this for 3mths when living in Llanelli but grew to hate it as I had to wait 20mins for them to finish after I finished! But it did save me a fortune at a time I needed it.

Pob lwc.

I live on the outskirts of three crosses! so near gorseinon so good to hear it from you ! I know they can be a pain when ever we are going to cardiff for the day I hate going through them. hoping I can get some interviews now!

diolch i chi

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

There are direct trains from Gowerton to Cardiff, and it costs £137 a month for a season ticket on the train - about £3.40 a journey. I used to commute from PT to Cardiff daily, you get used to it before long.

That said, the job situation in Swansea isn't so bad that you won't be able to find anything between now and July if you're prepared to look hard enough.

poorlittlefish

I live in the Valleys and work in Cardiff. It takes me an hour to get to work and often more than that on the way home. Unfortunately, if I were to get the train it would take me even longer due to the location of my office at the other end. I bought my car before I got this job (the lowest salary I've ever had) and it's costing me circa £200 a month in petrol.