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Commuting to London from Nottingham

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Never been to the campus. How long does it take going from london to nottingham (campus)?

do you know anyone living in london and commuting perhaps 2-3 times weekly?

Reply 1

Lewisy-boy

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No, that would be insane ... and as for times it would totally depend .. I reckon you should probably allow 2.5-3 hrs to get to the M25 though, any southerner got any better estimates?

Reply 2

Juno

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By train, it takes 2 hours from St Pancras. And it would cost loads too

Reply 3

vixky!

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Depends on where in London you are but the train from Charing Cross to Nottingham is over 2.5 hours so you would be wasting a lot of time and spending a lot of money on travel!

Reply 4

The Regend

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Not if you book in advance! Train from Nottm - London can be as cheap as £10 if you book a couple of weeks in advance. Takes about 2 hours. Another option is to take the National Express - a lot cheaper if you need to book close to when you're leaving and does Broadmarsh - Victoria in about 3 hours.

Train (on the day) - looking about £30
N.Express - £10-20

Hope that's helped

Reply 5

LongGone

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The Regend

Not if you book in advance! Train from Nottm - London can be as cheap as £10 if you book a couple of weeks in advance. Takes about 2 hours. Another option is to take the National Express - a lot cheaper if you need to book close to when you're leaving and does Broadmarsh - Victoria in about 3 hours.

Train (on the day) - looking about £30
N.Express - £10-20

Hope that's helped

Last time I went Nottingham to London it was £58 to buy a ticket on the day! With a young persons rail card and booking in advance, it can be as low as £3.99 single though!

Reply 6

shammy

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hmmm midland mainline charged me 7.90£ one way to Leicester, the next stop was Nottingham, took 1hr 2 mins (to be precise) to get to leicester, and i am certain that from Leicester to Nottingham, the total journey should not exceed half an hour.

edit - forgot to mention i used a young persons rail card.

Reply 7

the_oxygen

You should check www.nationalrail.co.uk. This should give you a pretty good idea of what to expect.

Reply 8

Assos

Midland Mainline's fares start at £6 std class / £12 1st class one way if you book far enough in advance. That's excluding any railcard discounts etc...

Reply 9

simeon

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Forget the price...why the hell would you commute to Uni?

Reply 10

finnstar

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another option is megabus.com, as low as 1 pound per journey

it leaves outside broadmarsh centre (collins st i believe) and takes ard 3 hrs to get into london.. they recently refurbished the buses so its acceptable comfortwise.. usually isnt packed, unless its peak season (in my experience)

another option would be national rail, or national express..
personally, i use megabus unless its urgent (catch a flight etc)..

good luck with your busy commuting!

Reply 11

lucozade

That's a bitch of a commute

Reply 12

Lewisy-boy

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Personally I think it's damn stupid, but meh... each to their own. All I can say is I hope you have a good reason and not "I want to be near my boyfriend" or the like.

Reply 13

Stay_Beautiful

Lewisy-boy

No, that would be insane ... and as for times it would totally depend .. I reckon you should probably allow 2.5-3 hrs to get to the M25 though, any southerner got any better estimates?

Depends on whether you go during the rush hour or not. That rush 'hour' being between 6am-11am and 3pm and 9pm. :smile:

.

Seriously, I'm in (inner) North London and it has never taken me more than 30-45 minutes to get out of London. Of course it probably takes about 5 minutes to take out of Manchester or similar Northern villages. :p:

Reply 14

Lewisy-boy

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How funny of you, have you driven in Nottingham, Manchester, Newcastle etc when it's busy? They maybe aren't as big as London, but the same roads can be every bit as busy making it every bit as slow going. Personally I don't see why you view it as a good thing, bloody stupider southern folk think weird.

Commuting to London from Nottingham

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