How far is your commute to work?

[JustmeKC]

80-90 minutes each way. Soul destroying!
Covid means it’s the bedroom to the spare room via the kitchen and I like it this way!

 

[thetemptationisreal]

1 hour and 2 buses. If I drove, it'd take 10-15 minutes.

 

[Tinkerbell cat]

I’m really lucky as I can leave my house at 8.50am and be in work for just before 9, starting at 9. I live very close to work so it’s handy.

 

[cosmo girl]

It takes me about 1 hour. It can be a bit longer if traffic is bad. It use to take me over 2.5 hours to get to work.. That was 20 min walk to station .. Overground train and two tubes. I stopped working in London because of the commute. Also trains were so packed on the way home that couldn't get on them. Spent a lot of time trying to get on a train. Then once got groped on the tube I hated travelling on the tubes.,

 

[Peaches_xox]

From the bedroom to the living room .. sometimes can be late due to traffic on the stairs

pre Covid, 5 min walk to the station, 25 min train, 5 min walk to the office. I work in central London so obviously subject to a lot of train delays

 

[under the ivy]

Pre Covid - about 50 minutes

Now it’s a 30 second walk to the kitchen table

 

[Sunflower91]

Unfortunately it involves a change at either Oxford Circus. Alter as an alternative I could just walk a few more minutes in the morning (10) and get the Piccadilly line direct.

I feel for you. I used to change at TCR and when it would stop at Oxford Circus it looked like carnage.

 

[Jennysona]

First time posting a thread!

Just in the process fo applying for new jobs. I’ve seen one but it’s 50minutes away via train. How far does everyone else travel daily

(when working in the office pre COVID)

 

[Belulah]

30 minutes on a direct bus. By far my easiest commute. Though I normally drive there in the morning (about 15 minutes) and my mum drives my car back as I haven’t passed my test. (The fates are against me there) and then get the bus home.
At the moment I’m WFH everyday except Friday which makes life easier.

 

[Giggling Squid]

Currently, about 10m. Or 2m if I start from the kitchen

Pre-lockdown about 3 miles drive but that involved crossing a motorway junction so took anything up to 60 mins! 20 on a good day

 

[eSsExBiRd]

Used to be 90 mins via foot, bus and train. Now it’s seconds into the spare room

 

[Jennysona]

Unfortunately it involves a change at either Oxford Circus. Alter as an alternative I could just walk a few more minutes in the morning (10) and get the Piccadilly line direct.

 

[Platypusfattypus]

40-60 mins. Depending on traffic. An absolute bitch after nights

 

[Sunflower91]

Pre COVID it could be anywhere between 50mins to over an hour each way depending on the time I go or if there’s tube delays or rail strikes. I remember one day going to the tube station and the tube was beyond delayed and the platform was packed and it was only going to get worse further down the line so I decided to go to the train station. Got to the train station which was also packed and every thing had 20 minute delays so I sacked it off and worked from home.
One thing about the current situation is that I definitely don’t miss the stress of commuting or being crammed into a carriage like a sardine but I do miss having that focus time before work.

 

[Jennysona]

I feel for you. I used to change at TCR and when it would stop at Oxford Circus it looked like carnage.

Alternatively I could change at Holborn!! Don’t know which would be worse. I don’t go through central atm

 

[Fizzwhizz2020]

Pre Covid about 1hr 10 mins (I only live 14 miles from London) but a train and then either a tube or a walk. Just think about trains and the constant delays. Now it’s about a 30 second commute

 

[Penelope Strawberry]

Alternatively I could change at Holborn!! Don’t know which would be worse. I don’t go through central atm

Oh man, in my 10 years working in London, my worst changes must have been at Holborn and Bank (the bottleneck to get to the DLR is brutal).

 

[wastelandbaby]

A half hour drive down country lanes, I work in the countryside with absolutely no public transport. My commute is often longer if I get stuck behind tractors, cyclists or horses. I like my commute - it is really beautiful and I tend to see a lot of weird/funny things! It's very scary in the dark though, heavily wooded and no streetlamps.

 

[comment on life]

Pre Covid it was an hour and 10 each way if there was no traffic.

The one perk the past year has been not having to do that drive twice a day

 

[toffeejelly]

15-20 minute drive