Can work expect you to travel 2.5 hours to work and 2.5 hours back ?

Cycrow

maninthestreet wrote: »

OP - please explain to everyone how it takes 3 bus journeys, a train journey and 2.5 to 3 hours to travel a distance of just 6.6 miles??

Technically its possible, i would have something similar if using public transport.

I live just outside London, and my work is bit further out. Its about 7 miles between my work and home. There isn't a connecting bus service between the 2 places, so it would require a number of buses, and given the large amount of traffic, the buses are very slow (stationary most of the time).

The closest train station to me is at the end of the line, and goes into central london.

The closest station to work is the same, end of the line and goes into central london.

The 2 lines dont connect to each other

So i would have to go into central london, change trains and come back out again.

And due to the large number of stops they have to make, they do take quite a long time, despite the relatively short distances.

althou i've never actually used public transport to get to work, as i always cycle, which is by far the quickest way to get to work.

so its about 2+ hours by train, 1hour by car, or 20mins on my bike

TELLIT01

Would it be possible to use taxi to get to the nearest station on the line which goes to your work? Taxi isn't limited by public transport routes?

Intoodeep

I walk just under a mile to work everyday in between 12 to 15 minutes
Less concentration required than driving or biking

silverwhistle

cduuffo13 wrote: »

and then leaving work at 7.30pm to arrive home at 00:30. (wait time)

... and it's only 6.6 miles? Do you have physical problems, why didn't you just start walking? I occasionally walk nearly 3 miles to the nearest town to meet friends in a Wetherspoons, takes me around 40-45 minutes, although ahem... a little longer on the way back.

Your best bet though would be the bike, particularly if you can borrow one. Don't forget to lock it or we might end up hearing another tale of woe..

dancingfairy

Could you get the bus part way there and a taxi the rest or vice versa?
Is there anybody else in the company that comes from near you who could help you out?
Have you looked at renting a car for a few weeks?
A car share website that advertises people going in certain directions (who may not work exactly where you work but near enough)?
It's a pain, granted but it's not exactly work's fault your car is broken and your lift is on holiday. I hope you can find a solution to tide you over.
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Lieja

6 miles?! Flippin' heck, if you're able-bodied just walk!

A couple of years ago my car broke down and I walked the 6 miles to work and back for a couple of weeks. And I had to be there at 8am! You'll save lots of money and get super fit

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k12479 wrote: »

As an aside, why not? Some jobs may specify a distance an employee can live, but many (most?) don't. I've worked with people who've had 150, 180 and even 210-mile daily round trips. To be fair the first two were more punctual than most.

LOL!! Not been my experience. Can you read some of the threads on here that has been about commutability issues


I'd hope it is limited to this way of Essex (must be high demand ) but the vast majority of employers now do not want people travelling afar in terms of affordability and punctuality they cite, whilst never late or called to an emergency, I lived close to the end with deception of address - and all the problems that could have gone with that, indeed giving a false location of residence just meant I was offered 12 hour shifts with a 50 mile journey there and back as I didn't see that coming, silly girl perhaps but their argument was shorter shifts wouldn't have been economical given that they were lead to believe I was half the real distance away.. if they knew where I really lived I doubt they would have truly considered me. Like I've always said it is odd as I didn't mind it, the travelling, but I think they would have
I did also like the £8.00 odd per hour though! Not giving up but next time I hope the wind changes and applications happily accepted from anywhere in the UK. Going to work locally is murder and gridlock so just goes to show! would far sooner swap the wrong time A12 for the right timed M11/M25

prowla

Aren't there any buses which could do the route?

hawk30

I can see how it might take so long to do a fairly short distance. It takes me 10-15 minutes to drive the 3.5 miles to work. But if I wanted to use public transport, it would take me approx 1.5-2 hours, because I can't get a bus straight there. I'd have to travel into town and then out again. But OP, the onus is on you to get to work.

Pennywise

maninthestreet wrote: »

OP - please explain to everyone how it takes 3 bus journeys, a train journey and 2.5 to 3 hours to travel a distance of just 6.6 miles??

I can believe it. My son leaves home at 7.15 to be certain of getting to school by 8.40, and that's only 4-5 miles, the school is within the city centre and we're in a village on the edge of the city. It involves a mile walk to get to the bus stop and a mile walk from the bus station to the school at the other end, then unhelpfully, the bus timetable means few buses and then a glut of them that arrive at the city centre around 8.30 (hopefully), which are too risky as if they're late he'd be late for school.

I had similar problem when commuting to the next town for a job years ago. It was a longer journey (more like 15 miles) that was an easy drive in 15 minutes. But to take the train instead (if I had no car that day), it was a 3 hour marathon, getting a bus to the train station, long wait because no connection, then 2 changes of trains both involving long waits because no connection, and then a bus at the other end. Had to leave home at 6.00 and even then didn't get to work until after 9.00.

In some areas, there simply is no integrated alternative public transport for many journeys. People living in the big cities don't know how lucky they are. And, no, I'm not living in a sleepy rural backwater, I'm talking about a small city and relatively large towns. But bus routes havn't changed for decades so vast areas of new housing and new industry simply aren't on bus routes at all.