Traveling from the East into London

HappyUser

Hello!



I am going to travel from the East (Essex) into London every day in the morning and returning in the afternoon.



Is there any place that I can always park my car and then get to the station and get into London?


That station must be cheap to get into London from, eg £6 return or less and it must have always some parking spaces (even if I have to walk 5-10min).


Any ideas??

John_Jones

You need to narrow it down a bit, Essex is a very big county.

Going by the description given so far, though, Canary Wharf would fit the bill, under £6 a day tube ticket into the centre, and huge numbers of spaces available.

HappyUser

John_Jones wrote: »

You need to narrow it down a bit, Essex is a very big county.

Going by the description given so far, though, Canary Wharf would fit the bill, under £6 a day tube ticket into the centre, and huge numbers of spaces available.

Are you sure there are huge number of FREE parking spaces available in Canary Wharf?


I think it has to be alot eastern, outer London, getting to canary wharf by car can be a nightmare.

John_Jones

HappyUser wrote: »

Are you sure there are huge number of FREE parking spaces available in Canary Wharf?


I think it has to be alot eastern, outer London, getting to canary wharf by car can be a nightmare.

You did not mention or imply anything about free parking...

giraffe69

I thin you are being an optimist expecting free parking at or near any London Station. Loughton has a big car park and spaces but is £5.70 per day. Street parking surrounding it as a 2-3p.m. restriction to stop all day commuting.

HappyUser

I can consider £2-3 per day!

John_Jones

HappyUser wrote: »

I can consider £2-3 per day!

Then you are going to be disappointed.

What job requires you to commute into central London but pays so little that you cannot afford the transport?

I suggest selling the car, buying a scooter, and coming in the whole,way on that, as there. Is plenty of free bike parking available.

redux

How about a bit more train and a folding bicycle?

HappyUser

No, I cannot cycle unfortunately due to health issue.


Can you tell me please the station with always available cheapest possible parking along the c2c line or the District line?

KeithP

HappyUser wrote: »

Can you tell me please the station with always available cheapest possible parking along the c2c line or the District line?

Here's an idea... why don't you look at all the possible stations' parking facilities, choose a few appropriate stations and ask if anyone has knowledge about how full they get?

TfL station parking is detailed here:

https://www.ncp.co.uk/parking-solutions/london-underground-car-parks/

All National Rail station facilities are available here:

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/

John_Jones

HappyUser wrote: »

No, I cannot cycle unfortunately due to health issue.


Can you tell me please the station with always available cheapest possible parking along the c2c line or the District line?

Upminster is £34 per week, or £8.40 per day, so well over your budget.

I will say it again, scooter. Quick, easy, and free parking.