How long is your commute to work?

Mark1974 · 16/06/14 - 09:44

In this age of commuting further to work due to lifestyle choices or simply house prices, do you commute a long way to work?

How do you get there? Is it a pleasant journey or are you sat in traffic or faced with someone's armpit on a crowded train?

Does your commute get you down, or do you find it a strain, or do you use that time to listen to music or read?

shelleyj89 · 16/06/14 - 09:52

From door to door, as long as the buses, trains and tubes are running smoothly, it's and hour and twenty minutes. I get the bus to the station, train into the city, then a tube. I use that time to do exactly as you suggested, listen to music and read.

kippeh · 16/06/14 - 09:54

If I leave early enough, 25 minutes. If I'm late, 2 hours.

pie-eyed · 16/06/14 - 09:54

I travel by bus. An hour each way. Longer if the traffic is bad or the busses particularly busy.

Bethaneeny · 16/06/14 - 10:01

Just Google mapped it - 6 minutes, 2.1 miles.

I drive it, but only because it's along unlit country roads and I quite often don't finish until late at night.

Pumping Iron · 16/06/14 - 10:09

About 300 metres.

indianwells · 16/06/14 - 10:10

Just timed it. 22 seconds.

soulboy77 · 16/06/14 - 10:12

An hour door to door. Car, walk, train, walk. After commuting for a while you just switch into auto-pilot mode and the jouneys just goes. Can't say I get stressed even if the train gets packed or is late.

CLL Dodge · 16/06/14 - 10:13

2 and a half hours each way. 45 minute walk to the station. 10 minute walk from Victoria to the office.

Ollie_h19 · 16/06/14 - 10:18

A 25 minute walk.

Cheruman · 16/06/14 - 10:26

1 hour door to door (40 min bus, 20 min walk). I just put music on and zone out.

malpasc · 16/06/14 - 10:31

Door to door, around about 35 minutes.

bobcar · 16/06/14 - 10:46

From door to door about a 5 second walk.

Jambo_c · 16/06/14 - 11:24

On a bad day it's around 6 minutes. With all green traffic lights it's around 3/4 minutes. I drive it because I'm too lazy to walk and would rather have the extra 15 minutes in bed.

LostFool · 16/06/14 - 11:53

I work from home so it's about 10 seconds. And that includes stopping in the kitchen on the way to put the kettle on.

venusinflares · 16/06/14 - 12:06

About 40 minutes on the bus. The bus stop is almost outside our house so not far to walk, and a short walk to work (around two minutes) once I get into Leeds.

Both me and my husband work in town so we catch the bus together on a morning and have a natter, but we finish work at different times so I listen to music on the journey home.

I don't really find my commute stressful, it's a doddle really. I don't mind getting the bus as it's not a bad bus route and I just see it as someone else driving me to and from work

Joseph_McDonald · 16/06/14 - 12:15

About 45 minutes. Leave at 8:00am, 15/20 minute walk to the train station, five minutes to catch my breath, three minute train journey, 5-10 minute walk to office. I always listen to music on the way.

Vast_Girth · 16/06/14 - 12:17

15 min drive, nearly all the way through tree covered country roads.

elliecat · 16/06/14 - 12:18

On the way in 15-20 minutes if I leave at 7am, 40-50 minutes if I leave at 8.30am, and then the same sort of time on the way home. I leave at 7am and leave work at 4pm avoiding both the school runs and the rush hour traffic, it means the journey is much less stressful and I can go straight down the motorway without much traffic and other drivers are a lot more laid back at that time in the morning. I changed my hours as I should have been doing 9-5 but leaving at 5pm is not something I like doing as it takes so long to get anywhere at that time.

I listen to the Absolute Radio breakfast show on the way in and anything good on the way home