On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Graham Harrison wrote:

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On 29 Nov, 10:00, "Sam" wrote:

Due to my partner's working commitments it looks like we will be
moving from London to the Stafford area

Has anyone experience of commuting from Stafford to EUS ? Needing to
arrive into EUS about 0900 and leaving at 1700 ish, chances of getting
seats, frequency of delays etc etc ?

All the way from Stafford to London every day! Rather you than me!

Many years ago (mid/late 70s) I worked in a travel agency in Fleet
Street. Customer came in and I needed his address which he gave me as
somewhere near Coventry. When I asked if he was just in London for the
day he said "no" and explained that he had found that the season fare
from Coventry was less than somewhere like Brighton or Worthing. He
also pointed out that Coventry took no longer than Brighton and plenty
of people did that journey.

Much the same arguement (timewise, don't know about the fares) can be made
for Stafford versus plenty of South Coast "commuter" towns where nobody
would bat an eyelid.

Even a few places inside London - plenty of places on the southern and
eastern side of zone 6 take an hour to get to Euston from.

tom

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In message , at
19:03:21 on Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Tom Anderson
remarked:
Even a few places inside London - plenty of places on the southern and
eastern side of zone 6 take an hour to get to Euston from.

Up with which I would not put.
--
Roland Perry

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 19:03:21
on Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Tom Anderson remarked:

Even a few places inside London - plenty of places on the southern and
eastern side of zone 6 take an hour to get to Euston from.

Up with which I would not put.

I KNEW someone was going to say that! Nine minutes is record time, i
think.

Here's what people's hero Geoffrey Pullum (and sideick Benjamin Zimmer)
has to say about it:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/langu...es/001702.html
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/langu...es/001715.html
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/langu...es/002670.html

tom

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Hobbit while listening to Radiohead's Hail to the Thief. To kill a dragon
(i.e. Serpent, Smaug, Wolf at the Door) you need 12 (disciples/dwarves)
plus one thief (burglar, Hail to the Thief/King/thief in the night),
making Christ/Bilbo the 13th Thief. -- Remy Wilkins

On Nov 29, 7:12 pm, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
19:03:21 on Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Tom Anderson
remarked:

Even a few places inside London - plenty of places on the southern and
eastern side of zone 6 take an hour to get to Euston from.

Up with which I would not put.

Though presumably not many people who commute therefrom actually work
near Euston, and can probably walk to their offices from the Southern
termini... (Yes, I know the original poster was asking about Stafford
to Euston.)

In message , at 17:44:18 on
Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Graham Harrison
remarked:
Many years ago (mid/late 70s) I worked in a travel agency in Fleet Street.
Customer came in and I needed his address which he gave me as somewhere near
Coventry. When I asked if he was just in London for the day he said "no"
and explained that he had found that the season fare from Coventry was less
than somewhere like Brighton or Worthing. He also pointed out that Coventry
took no longer than Brighton and plenty of people did that journey.

Much the same arguement (timewise, don't know about the fares) can be made
for Stafford versus plenty of South Coast "commuter" towns where nobody
would bat an eyelid.

It's only a bit over an hour from Grantham to KX (hardly any longer than
Cambridge). It's time that matters, not distance.
--
Roland Perry

On Nov 29, 7:04 pm, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 17:44:18 on
Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Graham Harrison
remarked:

Many years ago (mid/late 70s) I worked in a travel agency in Fleet Street.
Customer came in and I needed his address which he gave me as somewhere near
Coventry. When I asked if he was just in London for the day he said "no"
and explained that he had found that the season fare from Coventry was less
than somewhere like Brighton or Worthing. He also pointed out that Coventry
took no longer than Brighton and plenty of people did that journey.

Much the same arguement (timewise, don't know about the fares) can be made
for Stafford versus plenty of South Coast "commuter" towns where nobody
would bat an eyelid.

It's only a bit over an hour from Grantham to KX (hardly any longer than
Cambridge). It's time that matters, not distance.


It's also price, which varies with distance more than with time.

And also the number of alternatives.

I might choose to allow an hour to get to Euston from some places in
zone 2, as it happens, but it would also take me two hours or less to
walk there from most of zone 2 if absolutely everything went wrong.

In message
, at
12:14:22 on Thu, 29 Nov 2007, MIG
remarked:
It's only a bit over an hour from Grantham to KX (hardly any longer than
Cambridge). It's time that matters, not distance.

It's also price, which varies with distance more than with time.

It's obviously a bit of both, but people are reluctant to commute much
more than an hour, even if it's really cheap.
--
Roland Perry

It's also price, which varies with distance more than with time.

And also the number of alternatives.

I might choose to allow an hour to get to Euston from some places in
zone 2, as it happens, but it would also take me two hours or less to
walk there from most of zone 2 if absolutely everything went wrong.

Oh yes. In my Cambridge commuting days, when everything worked I was
pretty smug, but when (for example) the train sat down at Letchworth I
didn't have the option of hopping on a bus with my Oyster. To say
nothing of the numerous times when the portion from Kings Lynn refused
to mate with the portion sitting at the platform in Cambridge, often
leading to the whole thing being cancelled (with me a good 50 miles
from my desk...)

"Graham Harrison"
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On 29 Nov, 10:00, "Sam" wrote:
Hi All

Due to my partner's working commitments it looks like we will be
moving from
London to the Stafford area

Has anyone experience of commuting from Stafford to EUS ? Needing
to arrive
into EUS about 0900 and leaving at 1700 ish, chances of getting
seats,
frequency of delays etc etc ?

Cheers

J.

All the way from Stafford to London every day! Rather you than me!

Many years ago (mid/late 70s) I worked in a travel agency in Fleet
Street. Customer came in and I needed his address which he gave me as
somewhere near Coventry. When I asked if he was just in London for
the day he said "no" and explained that he had found that the season
fare from Coventry was less than somewhere like Brighton or Worthing.
He also pointed out that Coventry took no longer than Brighton and
plenty of people did that journey.

Much the same argument (timewise, don't know about the fares) can be
made for Stafford versus plenty of South Coast "commuter" towns where
nobody would bat an eyelid.


Can anyone find quickly (and quote here) the Stafford Euston
season ticket rates, please?

--
DB.

DB. wrote:
"Graham Harrison"
wrote in message news
wrote in message
...
On 29 Nov, 10:00, "Sam" wrote:
Hi All

Due to my partner's working commitments it looks like we will be
moving from
London to the Stafford area

Has anyone experience of commuting from Stafford to EUS ? Needing
to arrive
into EUS about 0900 and leaving at 1700 ish, chances of getting
seats,
frequency of delays etc etc ?

Cheers

J.
All the way from Stafford to London every day! Rather you than me!
Many years ago (mid/late 70s) I worked in a travel agency in Fleet
Street. Customer came in and I needed his address which he gave me as
somewhere near Coventry. When I asked if he was just in London for
the day he said "no" and explained that he had found that the season
fare from Coventry was less than somewhere like Brighton or Worthing.
He also pointed out that Coventry took no longer than Brighton and
plenty of people did that journey.

Much the same argument (timewise, don't know about the fares) can be
made for Stafford versus plenty of South Coast "commuter" towns where
nobody would bat an eyelid.


Can anyone find quickly (and quote here) the Stafford Euston
season ticket rates, please?

Nationalrail.co.uk says £741pm or £7,724pa.