On 29 Nov, 16:28, "Toby" wrote:
"Sam" wrote in message

Going down,
there are 3 Pendolinos that arrive into Euston before 9 -

Going up to London.

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

"Cheeky" wrote:

A lad I know does it from Crewe to London each day. As you said -
rather him than me although an hour and 16 minutes isn't that bad. It
can take that on a bad day from South Manchester to Wigan. I suppose
it depends on what the journeys are at either end.

I'm 1hr 45m each way, door to door, from Seaford (Sussex) to the Fleet
Street area.

The mitigating factors, for me, are the ability to work from home one day a
week, and living within two minutes walk of the platform, thus avoiding any
faffing about with parking and de-icing in winter etc. Even so, it's a long
(and expensive) haul. Surprisingly, I've got used to the early starts (05.45
train), but if I miss the 17.46 from London Bridge, it's 'back home, into
bed, get up', and I'm shattered by Wednesday.

Chris

"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?

--
DB.

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.

Tom Anderson wrote:

Heh! The solution would have been to keep a bike locked up at Euston,
and do the leg to the city on that. Saves money, burns calories, and is
quicker!


Burns calories? Is that a good thing?

Philip.

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.

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

On 29 Nov, 19:02, Cheeky wrote:
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:26:34 -0800 (PST), "





wrote:
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!

A lad I know does it from Crewe to London each day. As you said -
rather him than me although an hour and 16 minutes isn't that bad. It
can take that on a bad day from South Manchester to Wigan. I suppose
it depends on what the journeys are at either end.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I know someone who commutes to Clerkenwell most days from Norwich!

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:58:47 -0000, "Chris Read"
wrote:


"Cheeky" wrote:

A lad I know does it from Crewe to London each day. As you said -
rather him than me although an hour and 16 minutes isn't that bad. It
can take that on a bad day from South Manchester to Wigan. I suppose
it depends on what the journeys are at either end.

I'm 1hr 45m each way, door to door, from Seaford (Sussex) to the Fleet
Street area.

The mitigating factors, for me, are the ability to work from home one day a
week, and living within two minutes walk of the platform, thus avoiding any
faffing about with parking and de-icing in winter etc. Even so, it's a long
(and expensive) haul. Surprisingly, I've got used to the early starts (05.45
train), but if I miss the 17.46 from London Bridge, it's 'back home, into
bed, get up', and I'm shattered by Wednesday.

Chris

Mine varies by mode:

Bus + Train + Walk is usually 1:15-1:30
Bike + Train is usually about 50 - 60 minutes depending on whether I
get the express or the stopper.

It's long enough for me. I loath the days I have to get the bus. The
mornings are usually OK but evenings can be terrible. On the bike, the
journey time is very consistent.