allan tracy wrote:

One word of warning though the M1 is hell on earth.

This is true. I don't even think about commuting south by car.
Northbound it isn't as bad, though watch out for hideous traffic jams
going south on a Sunday evening.

The train service to most parts, though, is really rather good, give or
take weekend engineering works. The WCML has changed a lot in the last
few years, and VT seem to quietly get on with the job in hand these
days.

Neil