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how long is your commute to uni?

Dreammachine1997

I'm thinking of living at home during second year, it'll involve a 50min train then then the underground, so around 1 hour 15mins to get there in total. I'm starting to think it might be too much. How long is your commute?

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 1

Sammylou40

First year involved bus and two trains. Took 1.5 hours. Years two three and now into 4 go in car. 23 miles but rush hour on motorway takes an hour. Still by far cheapest option as not in every day

Reply 2

cherryred90s

Original post by Dreammachine1997

I'm thinking of living at home during second year, it'll involve a 50min train then then the underground, so around 2 hours 15mins in total. I'm starting to think it might be too much. How long is your commute?

That is too much. Why do u want to live at home?

Reply 3

holly_1994

Original post by Dreammachine1997

I feel as though I spend my life answering this same question, but:

First year: I lived on campus, so it took me between 2 and 6 minutes to get to wherever I needed to be on campus.

Second year: This bad boy's got me commuting 2 hrs between Saltdean (Sussex) and London, and 3 hours back to Saltdean, due to stupid train timings. I won't be doing this for third year - I'll probably be living at home up north and travelling down from Lime Street to Euston on Sunday - Tuesday (I have class on Mondays and Tuesdays only), and will stay in a local b&b on those nights. From Weds to Saturday I'll be back home, which is financially more viable for me. Living in London is great in theory, but ridiculously hard in practice - first year's a dream, the other two are a struggle.
I should add that I live in Saltdean with my dad during term as it's rent free, and then go back up to Southport for all holidays, etc., so I didn't just randomly decide to give myself a headache journey for no reason, haha.

EDIT: just noticed your question about how viable your commute will be - it will be a struggle at first, but you will get used to it. BUT, if you are getting the overground to Victoria, just don't do it. I find that travelling overground and then relying on the underground is really hard at times (like this morning where Victoria was closed for more than 15 mins meaning I jumped on a random bus to Hackney and hoped for the best, god bless) because the sheer level of congestion means that certain stations close their underground for a short while which causes an unprecedented amount of chaos. In order to avoid being caught up in this, you'll have to leave around 2 hours before lesson, not 1hr 15 like you have suggested, because you might find that you're frequently being delayed by those 45 minutes - I know I do, and I hadn't accounted for severe delays all the time when planning on living so far away.

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Reply 4

leveridge96

1 hour 20

train

Reply 5

LizzieTwoShoes

I'm gonna be living in University accommodation which will take me about 20/30 minutes to get to campus walking. However if I was commuting it would take me about 2 hours by bus plus walking and I would need to take travel pills every day to travel.

Living near my campus is cheaper and easier.

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Reply 6

Kam Brar

Original post by Dreammachine1997

It takes me an hour and 15 mins to and I take 3 buses to get to uni and back. It involved a lot of running especially when I have 1 minute to get from a stop and run down a main traffic road and make it to me stop! :biggrin:

But on a good day with no traffic it's 45 mins or by car on the motor way it's actually only 15 mins away. Which is why I hope to start driving lessons again but living at home is saving me a lot of money.