Travelling by train to uni...everyday?

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10 minute tube ride.

My mate lives in Kings Cross and I go to QMUL so I make this distance quite a bit.

oh that sounds superb. I'm applying for QMUL (business management) and my nan who lives close to Kings Cross station so have considered living/studying in London but wondered how far the uni was.

How much does it cost to travel from QMUL to Kings X?
And is the uni nice? I havent been to an open day yet :frown:

Reply 21

Maryam321

silentTRUTH

What do you want to study? out of curiosity

I wanna study Law and im in Hertfordshire atm :smile:

Reply 22

Maryam321

button8

If you are travelling in peak times (which you probably will be to get to morning lectures) you won't be able to use the student railcard and will have to pay full price fares.

o.m.g
damn :frown:

Reply 23

Maryam321

Rei

You're stupid if you think it's really that simple. :rolleyes:

yeah, trust me
it's not simple at all

Reply 24

sir-lewis

Are you sure this is how you want uni life to be like?
I mean having to wake up 2 hours earlier everyday then having to sit on a train just to get to lectures, after a while will it not make you get annoyed? it would drive me crazy. I mean a 15 minute bus journey to school makes me less motivated, yet a 2 hour journey! jeez.

Reply 25

Ziggy_Stardust

Try talking and rationalising with your parents. Why won't they let you move out?

Reply 26

Soxi

I commute every day from New Eltham to Charing Cross, which takes about 25 minutes (quicker if it's a fast train) and then there's about a 15/20 minute walk from Charing Cross to the SOAS main campus (I could get a tube and be there in about 5 minutes, but I'm using the walk as a get fit exercise xD). it works for me because the cost is so much cheaper than what halls would cost me - it's about £89 for a month travelcard while accomodation would be more than that for a week. I also had a very slim chance of getting accomodation due to the fact that I do live reasonably close and there are so many foreign students and students from far away in the UK - they obviously take priority. I wouldn't say that I miss out on a lot of the social things - I have to leave some things early, but that's mainly just because I don't want to get the midnight train (teeny bit scared..), but I've had a lot of offers from new friends to stay at their dorm rooms if I ever want to.

Basically, it's a much better option for me financially, particularly as I have to save up for a year abroad. I could've gone to a uni further away like Sheffield where I would have had to move out without a problem, but I wanted to go to the uni where I would be happiest, so accepted that I'd be living at home. However, if I was faced with your problem, I'd definitely be looking at moving out because of the distance and how much it'll cost you. As it's a two hour journey it'll be much mroe expensive and the length of travel will take a toll on you - imagine how early you'll have to get up for a 9am lecture?! I have two 9am starts, Monday and Tuesday, and I have to get up at 6 - you need to make sure you don't get the last possible train just in case it's cancelled and you're then stuck. Your grades might suffer as well is you're so tired after the trip. You need to explain this to your parents - surely they don't want you to waste your uni time because of travel. Commuting works for me, but the length of your journey and relative cost would rule it out if I were in your shoes.

Reply 27

woofums

mines 1hour commute each way, costs about £11 for a return per day as i mostly travel peak times.
honestly its not THAT bad, but depends on what you make of it. its alright because you can catch up on work during travel times, it works out cheaper than halls plus have the comfort of own home. socialising can be hard as travel takes time and restricts you, but most of my closest friends where at home anyway and you can always stay at uni halls with a mate if really want nights out. i hope that helps, and dont worry it isnt that bad

Reply 28

Maryam321

DeSiFiEd

My friend commutes from Hertfordshire to Queen Mary's in about 1hour 15minutes, thats pretty doable...there's a fast train to Stratford! :smile:

Getting into Queen Mary would be a dreammmm come true.
Im just not a AAA grade person, and nooooway can i do that god damned LNAT
but yeah
i did look into qm
:'( if only they didnt have a LNAT

Reply 29

x.fiore.x

I commute from Herts to KCL everyday and it takes me between an hour, hour and a half.

Where about in Herts do you live? Everyone's talking about it like it's a town, when it's a pretty big place! I mean, Potter's Bar is a lot nearer to London than, say, Royston.

Herts to London is easily doable, but Warwick? UEA?! That's crazy!

Oh, and I know someone has already said it, but you will have to pay full price train fares (I think its 10am it goes off-peak). I lived in London last year, believe me, it's so much easier.

Reply 30

Higgy90

your dad's an ass who is hindering your education and chance at a future career.

ask him what his reasons are for not wanting you to go to halls and see if they are rational. i just moved to london and my halls are ~£110/week self catering. add food on to that and u make it ~£150/week. trains (u said 3h?!) i would say at LEAST £25/day if not more (dont know exactly where u live - u wont get young persons railcard at commuting times) so it really wouldnt be more expensive. and obviously he still has to pay for your food and electricity + w/e on top of that so it would work out more expensive.

it would also be hard for you to make friends since you would have to leave early every day to get home at a reasonable time and then u would have nobody to socialise with.

Reply 31

Maryam321

I live in Letchworth (near hitchin...whicch is near stevenage...which is near luton etc etc just incase u guys didnt know where it was...it seems most know where luton is?)

I've just checked
that
City Uni is close to Farringdon station...am i correct?
and Letch - Farringdon is 1 hour 34 mins according to the train journey planner thingy
no bad compared to the previous 2 hours...
i dont know i think im just trying to make myself think its not gonna be too bad haha...this is all so poop man

what about brunel and kingston, what station are they closest to does anyoneknow?

Reply 32

DeSiFiEd

Maryam321

Getting into Queen Mary would be a dreammmm come true.
Im just not a AAA grade person, and nooooway can i do that god damned LNAT
but yeah
i did look into qm
:'( if only they didnt have a LNAT

Wow QM are doing an LNAT for this year too? TOUGH! We never had to do that :frown:

Reply 33

footballcrazy12

do not take the trian it is gnna be packed and plus u will regret going to uni by not stayin in halls at least the first year

Reply 34

EssexDan86

I take the train to uni (From Leeds to Sheffield). Luckily I'm a part-time postgrad so I only go once a week!

That's bad enough though... rush hour trains are NOT fun!

Reply 35

david89

You know what, this is your decision not your parents. If you want to move into the university halls then do it, you're a grown up now. To be honest I don't know any parent's who want their kids to stay at home while at uni! Try talking to them to get them to understand that it just isn't worth staying at home, it would be easier if your uni was closer but considering it's two hours away it really is a bit of a hassle commuting four hours each day when you can just live there.

Reply 36

Maryam321

DeSiFiEd

Wow QM are doing an LNAT for this year too? TOUGH! We never had to do that :frown:

i know
it's soooooooooooo- poo
:'(
especciallly as i might even get AAA so its just that stupid lnat in the way

and btw
u know lnat
is it said l-nat or l.n.a.t?

Reply 37

summerjam

so basicly i had to do the same thing but my traveling time was 1hours 15min. i did in my final year as i only had 2 days a week. i advise you to live out in first year if you are at university more then 3 days a week.

my first year i lived out and it made it alot simpler as i was in everyday for uni. traveling for one or even two years is doable but not in first year. you wana have the ability to go out with your friends after lectures and stuff not worrying about when the last train is etc and what time you have to be up in the morning

Reply 38

ocelotrevs

If you're going to go CITY Uni, you'll probably be getting the National Express line.
DO NOT use that line for commuting. I had to use if for 2 years, and it was notoriously late. It has gotten better since it was taken over by National Express from 'one' railway.

How come you cannot stay on campus, I would've thought it would cost the same to live there as to commute.
Also, if you live so far, it's much more hassle to go down there and if you wake up late, you might not bother turning up.
And if the trains aren't running, you're messed up.