Is London commutable?

[2BIT]

What, when you wrote...


...you mean?

Anyway, we're all clear now, hopefully.

no when I wrote this:

you said you can only get to CF on the tube which wasn't true

but ok going on you don't make too much sense- CF is in London

it's all good not rucking or anything just wanted to clear up that CW is in London and accessible by Rail... in case any northerners were put off CW roles due to the duff info

[SueEllen]

no when I wrote this:



it's all good not rucking or anything just wanted to clear up that CW is in London and accessible by Rail... in case any northerners were put off CW roles due to the duff info

It's also accessible by river boat and DLR.

[SueEllen]

Badly, it seems.

Yes badly because transport links have a lot to do with it not just distance.

Getting to East Croydon from Euston is half an hour quicker than getting to Hounslow. (Fast train over tube/slow train but you wouldn't want to work in either place.)

[Fred Bloggs]

Yes badly because transport links have a lot to do with it not just distance.

Getting to East Croydon from Euston is half an hour quicker than getting to Hounslow. (Fast train over tube/slow train but you wouldn't want to work in either place.)

Got offered a gig in/near East Croydon last week!

[Ken Dodd]

the commute

Not read all the post so this may have been covered:

Bloke here travels from Stockport everyday. Because he works on the train, he is allowed to work slightly shorter days. He still gets in around 0930 but gets the 1730 ish train home. With the drive and waiting, plus walk to tube and tube journey, I think he is out of the house 13 -14 hours.

Not sustainable I don't think if you had to do a 'real' 8-10 hour day at work and then add travel on top.

[Pogle]

I have commuted to London from Manchester on a weekly basis and I got my virgin traveler club thingy, so in effect I got 1st class return weekly for free.

Daily though? No way.

Anyway i thought you were inundated with contracts in your local area?

[escapeUK]

In this scenario, wouldnt someone just stay in a localish hotel 4 nights?

If the rate wouldnt support that then why would you consider work so far away?

[norrahe]

Not read all the post so this may have been covered:

Bloke here travels from Stockport everyday. Because he works on the train, he is allowed to work slightly shorter days. He still gets in around 0930 but gets the 1730 ish train home. With the drive and waiting, plus walk to tube and tube journey, I think he is out of the house 13 -14 hours.

Not sustainable I don't think if you had to do a 'real' 8-10 hour day at work and then add travel on top.

Some of us do do the real working day and then have a 2 hour commute home, but that is our choice. I could stay in London but at least I have a few hours at home and my own bed. Not great, but at least I'm not stuck in a city centre hotel bored.

Transport links to and from London by rail are improving but you go where the work is and for some of us the work is only in London unfortunately.

[escapeUK]

I could stay in London but at least I have a few hours at home and my own bed. Not great, but at least I'm not stuck in a city centre hotel bored.

If you're bored of London, you're bored of life. Or so they say.

[MrMark]

Not currently of use to commuters, but Crossrail will make parts of west (and east) London far more accesible to commuters.