So How Much Is Your Commute?

[HappyMidget]

bigandclever said:

Many will be paying more than 10% of net ... Reading to London zones 1-6 = £5024 a year in standard class. Still, at least you get to stand for the entire journey for that modest sum

Over £5700 if paid monthly

[Ste1987]

I get 55mpg for a 74 mile round trip. Calculates to £6.66 per day

[bigandclever]

HappyMidget said:

bigandclever said:

Many will be paying more than 10% of net ... Reading to London zones 1-6 = £5024 a year in standard class. Still, at least you get to stand for the entire journey for that modest sum

Over £5700 if paid monthly

If you did twelve monthly season tickets, it works out at just about 11 1/2 grand. Bargain.

[21TonyK]

If you are looking at fuel only then £1.65 a day, 7.5 miles each way at 45mpg.

[eliot]

People tend to forget that to pay an £8k train ticket and £1k parking you need to earn around £15k gross, plus 3 hours of commuting per day as a minimum means that you need to earning at least another £20k to make it worthwhile.

I did the London commute for 12 years - you do get used to it, but it does wear on you after a while. I only have to contend with "leaves on the path" nowadays:

[okgo]

I don’t buy a travelcard as generally I cycle to London, but I do get the train sometimes, when I do it costs £12 per day. I reckon I probably do that 5-6 times a month, so I guess its around 60 odd quid per month. My Mrs buys a season ticket from where we are in z6 to central its £220 NET per month (which is what I would pay if I did similar) which is about 5% I guess, quite significant if you do it for years on end! So if we were both doing it, it would be about £5k net per year.

[S10GTA]

About £5 a month on inner tubes

10.5 miles each way. About a fiver in fuel if I drive.

[HappyMidget]

bigandclever said:

HappyMidget said:

bigandclever said:

Many will be paying more than 10% of net ... Reading to London zones 1-6 = £5024 a year in standard class. Still, at least you get to stand for the entire journey for that modest sum

Over £5700 if paid monthly

If you did twelve monthly season tickets, it works out at just about 11 1/2 grand. Bargain.

Err, nope. £5788 in monthly season tickets. I did that for two years.

[K50 DEL]

I was driving 80 miles a day total, in a car that did 28mpg so about £13 a day in fuel, plus depreciation, servicing etc etc
I'm in the process of changing cars to something that (I hope) should do about 45mpg so about £8 a day in fuel.

It takes me just over an hour to get in and about 90 minutes to get home, thankfully parking is free (which for city centre Bristol is pretty rare)

[jshell]

£450/week

[bigandclever]

HappyMidget said:

Err, nope. £5788 in monthly season tickets. I did that for two years.

Quite right. My sausage fingers had hit First Class.

[DMN]

Untill recently my commute cost me £10 a week in diesel. Now the wifes changed jobs and stolen that car, its costing me £25 a week to use the RX8.

[Podie]

£5312 season ticket, upto £4/day parking (no season ticket option!), petrol to drive to the station, and a decent walk in London to avoid the tube or bus.

They make it worth it.

[edc]

I bought a moped to park free at the station to avoid the now 8.50 a day parking charge. I figured it's saving money overall Rail fare to London with underground is over 5k per year ...

[HappyMidget]

bigandclever said:

HappyMidget said:

Err, nope. £5788 in monthly season tickets. I did that for two years.

Quite right. My sausage fingers had hit First Class.

Glad my local station master never had that problem

[krallicious]

Either a hope across the hall or about 5 to 10 minutes on my bike. So, nothing at all (ignoring the outlay for the bike).

[paul789]

HappyMidget said:

bigandclever said:

HappyMidget said:

bigandclever said:

Many will be paying more than 10% of net ... Reading to London zones 1-6 = £5024 a year in standard class. Still, at least you get to stand for the entire journey for that modest sum

Over £5700 if paid monthly

If you did twelve monthly season tickets, it works out at just about 11 1/2 grand. Bargain.

Err, nope. £5788 in monthly season tickets. I did that for two years.

Any cheaper this way?: https://www.commuterclub.co.uk/nationalrail

[Crumpet]

The cost of one return train ticket, once a month. So about £22 a month.

Used to be about £250 a month plus the extra costs associated with owning and running a car for the sole purpose of going to work.

[okgo]

paul789 said:

Any cheaper this way?: https://www.commuterclub.co.uk/nationalrail

Surely people are bright enough to work out that an interest free credit card is the way to do an annual ticket?

[Saleen836]

43034 said:

Mine would be very reasonable, if it wasn't for the fking Severn Bridge toll. £6.60 a day, a long with fuel.

fking hate paying it, don't get used to it!

You will be better off soon...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-358125...