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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I am suffering from shock here.

I need to go into London a couple of days week after next, it is an hour and 5 minutes each way on the train. The cheapest fare I can find is £48.30 a day!!! For two days that is equivalent to about 1000 miles petrol in the car.

Regular train users can probably tell I don't use trains much, but that seems somewhat steep to me for a total of 2 hours on a train!

How on earth do people afford to work in London everyday - or commute on the train full stop!

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent


"I am suffering from shock here.

I need to go into London a couple of days week after next, it is an hour and 5 minutes each way on the train. The cheapest fare I can find is £48.30 a day!!! For two days that is equivalent to about 1000 miles petrol in the car.

Regular train users can probably tell I don't use trains much, but that seems somewhat steep to me for a total of 2 hours on a train!

How on earth do people afford to work in London everyday - or commute on the train full stop! "

My brother in law does the commute 4 days a week. 1.5 hours each way. Think his yearly ticket cost about £4000! And they are on about stopping the high speed to us so soon it'll be an extra 45 mins each way!

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

it is a huge expense

most buy annual tickets I think and a few companies offer interest free loans.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"My brother in law does the commute 4 days a week. 1.5 hours each way. Think his yearly ticket cost about £4000! And they are on about stopping the high speed to us so soon it'll be an extra 45 mins each way! "

£4000!!!

For that you could buy a perfectly servicable car for £2000, tax and insure it and put over 10000 miles of fuel into it. And then give it away at the end of the year. And still be no worse off.

And they wonder why people won't get out of their cars!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Grrrr!!! All my meets are always out of London for some reason. Now, that is taking the piss!!!

...i need to get a car that is cheaper to run. I think it is time!

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn


"My brother in law does the commute 4 days a week. 1.5 hours each way. Think his yearly ticket cost about £4000! And they are on about stopping the high speed to us so soon it'll be an extra 45 mins each way!

£4000!!!

For that you could buy a perfectly servicable car for £2000, tax and insure it and put over 10000 miles of fuel into it. And then give it away at the end of the year. And still be no worse off.

And they wonder why people won't get out of their cars!!!"

plus parking: which is a fortune in London, congestion etc etc.

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent


"My brother in law does the commute 4 days a week. 1.5 hours each way. Think his yearly ticket cost about £4000! And they are on about stopping the high speed to us so soon it'll be an extra 45 mins each way!

£4000!!!

For that you could buy a perfectly servicable car for £2000, tax and insure it and put over 10000 miles of fuel into it. And then give it away at the end of the year. And still be no worse off.

And they wonder why people won't get out of their cars!!!"

Yeah but driving in and out of London at rush hour every day would put a huge chunk on his travelling time. A friend of mine takes an hour to drive 4 miles to drop her son to nursery! Plus congestion charge every day x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The absolutely exorbitant price of train tickets is the main reason why I don't travel far for my meets any more.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

London I can see but I am sure it is just as expensive to go the other way away from London.

Shockingly expensive!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My brother in law does the commute 4 days a week. 1.5 hours each way. Think his yearly ticket cost about £4000! And they are on about stopping the high speed to us so soon it'll be an extra 45 mins each way!

£4000!!!

For that you could buy a perfectly servicable car for £2000, tax and insure it and put over 10000 miles of fuel into it. And then give it away at the end of the year. And still be no worse off.

And they wonder why people won't get out of their cars!!!"

Yeah, but you'll need another £5000 to park it in the smoke

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have an app on my phone that I use whenever I need to travel anywhere on the train, you can _iew all the available trains/times and it has worked out a lot cheaper at times, especially when you book more than a week in advance

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By *ickomxxxMan
over a year ago

Oxfordshire

Don't bother with overground train from outside London--just drive to nearest tube --perhaps Chesham and park there and jump on the Tube --should be a much better deal

x

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

Actually I've just figured it out.

£4000 a year works out at £76 a week.

£19 a day.

The congestion charge is £8 a day. So that would leave £11 for the journey there and back for petrol, plus to cover tax, insurance, wear and tear on car etc.

The train doesn't seem so bad when you work it out like that.

But OP I do agree with you that for the odd journey it's a lot. I have friends scattered round the country and they're always trying to get me to go visit but I just can't justify £60/£70 etc on a train journey x

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent


"My brother in law does the commute 4 days a week. 1.5 hours each way. Think his yearly ticket cost about £4000! And they are on about stopping the high speed to us so soon it'll be an extra 45 mins each way!

£4000!!!

For that you could buy a perfectly servicable car for £2000, tax and insure it and put over 10000 miles of fuel into it. And then give it away at the end of the year. And still be no worse off.

And they wonder why people won't get out of their cars!!!

Yeah, but you'll need another £5000 to park it in the smoke "

And another £1500 plus for the congestion charge each day lol x

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I just looked at the season ticket prices and to be fair, as said above they are expensive but probably about right when you take into account the total cost of and hassle of a car.

But the day ticket prices are obviously where the profit is made!

Season ticket works out just under £400 a month. Doing it on day tickets works out just over £1000 a month. So at least you get a significant discount on a season ticket.

Still extortion for a dy ticket though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I catch trains all the time. Only yesterday I paid £15 for a journey of about that time period. Best thing to do is call in to your local station make enquiries you may find a weekly or monthly pass maybe cheaper.

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent


"I just looked at the season ticket prices and to be fair, as said above they are expensive but probably about right when you take into account the total cost of and hassle of a car.

But the day ticket prices are obviously where the profit is made!

Season ticket works out just under £400 a month. Doing it on day tickets works out just over £1000 a month. So at least you get a significant discount on a season ticket.

Still extortion for a dy ticket though "

I've just been looking and I could get an advance return to Birmingham for £24 when if I bought it on the day it would be £74. Only problem is I think that if you do that and don't get the exact train you booked you have to pay the extra!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"£4000!!!

For that you could buy a perfectly servicable car for £2000, tax and insure it and put over 10000 miles of fuel into it. And then give it away at the end of the year. And still be no worse off. "

False comparison. The train ticket is to Central London. In Central London you would also have to spend £4-5k per year on parking to make your daily commute.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you have a look at petrol prices. Even that is too much. Recently, went up to Rochdale for the day. Had to put in £100 petrol to get there and back. Mind you, that was a 9 hour all round trip.

..we have to be made of money nowadays!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Train tickets are significantly cheaper if you book 6-12 weeks in advance and agree to take specific scheduled trains rather than buy open tickets.

Very similar to (e.g.) air fares in that respect.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I travel socialy to London a few times a year. I pay £30 ish but that is booked in advance and on specific trains. You can get really cheap open returns if U travel on slower routes. I use trainline and redspottedhanky

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

try getting a quote for the reverse journey go to london on the return half and back on the out half can work out cheaper sometimes as they have special tickets into london

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