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Author: SamSam Date: Nov 29, 2007 02:00
Hi All
Due to my partner's working commitments it looks like we will be moving from
London to the Stafford area
Has anyone experience of commuting from Stafford to EUS ? Needing to arrive
into EUS about 0900 and leaving at 1700 ish, chances of getting seats,
frequency of delays etc etc ?
Cheers
J.
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Author: TobyToby Date: Nov 29, 2007 08:28
"Sam" hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:S6SdnXXeK_R_ENPanZ2dnUVZ8uydnZ2d@bt.com...> Hi All
>
> Due to my partner's working commitments it looks like we will be moving
> from London to the Stafford area
>
> Has anyone experience of commuting from Stafford to EUS ? Needing to
> arrive into EUS about 0900 and leaving at 1700 ish, chances of getting
> seats, frequency of delays etc etc ?
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Author: philipukphilipuk Date: Nov 29, 2007 09:26
On 29 Nov, 10:00, "Sam" hotmail.com> wrote:> Hi All
>
> Due to my partner's working commitments it looks like we will be moving from
> London to the Stafford area
>
> Has anyone experience of commuting from Stafford to EUS ? Needing to arrive
> into EUS about 0900 and leaving at 1700 ish, chances of getting seats,
> frequency of delays etc etc ?
>
> Cheers
>
> J.
All the way from Stafford to London every day! Rather you than me!
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Author: Graham HarrisonGraham Harrison Date: Nov 29, 2007 09:44
> On 29 Nov, 10:00, "Sam" hotmail.com> wrote:>> Hi All
>>
>> Due to my partner's working commitments it looks like we will be moving
>> from
>> London to the Stafford area
>>
>> Has anyone experience of commuting from Stafford to EUS ? Needing to
>> arrive
>> into EUS about 0900 and leaving at 1700 ish, chances of getting seats,
>> frequency of delays etc etc ?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> J.
>
> All the way from Stafford to London every day! Rather you than me!
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Author: kevallsopkevallsop Date: Nov 29, 2007 10:02
On 29 Nov, 16:28, "Toby" nospam.com> wrote:
> I've done this route many times, albeit from London to Crewe. Going down,
> there are 3 Pendolinos that arrive into Euston before 9 - the
> 05:59/06:25/07:05 from Crewe (all call at Stafford). I always travel First
> Class but you're always likely to get a seat at Stafford as the first train
> (05:20 from Manchester) always fills up from the Trent Valley stations and
> Rugby. You can always reserve a seat though. Returning back, I routinely
> get the 17:21 Holyhead service, which calls at Stafford. Since this calls
> at Rugby, I've heard PA announcements of it regularly being full and
> standing in Standard - First is always almost full. This service is
> notorious for not being on time.
In the December 2008 timetable, the morning trains from Stafford are:
06.21 (calls MKC , arrives Euston 07.47); 06.53 (Lichfield and
Tamworth, 08.22) and 07.36 (nonstop, 08.52). The first two originate
at Lime Street, the last from Manchester Piccadilly (so presumably
pretty busy).
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Author: allan tracyallan tracy Date: Nov 29, 2007 10:16
I commuted for about 3 years daily Birmingham International to Euston
then Tube to the City.
It was taking me less time to commute than a colleague who travelled
in from Maidenhead who claimed the worst part of his journey was the
four-mile drive to Maidenhead station and the hopeless task of finding
a parking space.
I went the whole hog of booking a first class season, which by the
time you take into account the free food wasn't such a bad deal
compared to the standard fare.
Only trouble was, taken in combination with the lunchtime pigging out
session (why is there so much food everywhere in London?) my waistline
exploded.
I was commuting during the final days of loco haulage as well so was
rewarded on numerous occasions by class 47 haulage - something of a
bonus.
With the new trains I would imagine I could be saving a good hour on
the commute nowadays.
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Author: CheekyCheeky Date: Nov 29, 2007 11:02
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:26:34 -0800 (PST), "philipuk@ gmail.com"
gmail.com> wrote:
>On 29 Nov, 10:00, "Sam" hotmail.com> wrote:>> Hi All
>>
>> Due to my partner's working commitments it looks like we will be moving from
>> London to the Stafford area
>>
>> Has anyone experience of commuting from Stafford to EUS ? Needing to arrive
>> into EUS about 0900 and leaving at 1700 ish, chances of getting seats,
>> frequency of delays etc etc ?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> J.
>
>All the way from Stafford to London every day! Rather you than me!
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Author: Tom AndersonTom Anderson Date: Nov 29, 2007 11:03
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Graham Harrison wrote:
>> On 29 Nov, 10:00, "Sam" hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Due to my partner's working...
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Author: Tom AndersonTom Anderson Date: Nov 29, 2007 11:04
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, allan tracy wrote:
> I commuted for about 3 years daily Birmingham International to Euston
> then Tube to the City.
>
> It was taking me less time to commute than a colleague who travelled in
> from Maidenhead who claimed the worst part of his journey was the
> four-mile drive to Maidenhead station and the hopeless task of finding a
> parking space.
>
> I went the whole hog of booking a first class season, which by the time
> you take into account the free food wasn't such a bad deal compared to
> the standard fare.
>
> Only trouble was, taken in combination with the lunchtime pigging out
> session (why is there so much food everywhere in London?) my waistline
> exploded.
Heh! The solution would have been to keep a bike locked up at Euston, and
do the leg to the city on that. Saves money, burns calories, and is
quicker!
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Author: Roland PerryRoland Perry Date: Nov 29, 2007 11:04
In message bt.com>, at 17:44:18 on
Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Graham Harrison
btinternet.obvious.com> remarked:>Many years ago (mid/late 70s) I worked in a travel agency in Fleet Street.
>Customer came in and I needed his address which he gave me as somewhere near
>Coventry. When I asked if he was just in London for the day he said "no"
>and explained that he had found that the season fare from Coventry was less
>than somewhere like Brighton or Worthing. He also pointed out that Coventry
>took no longer than Brighton and plenty of people did that journey.
>
>Much the same arguement (timewise, don't know about the fares) can be made
>for Stafford versus plenty of South Coast "commuter" towns where nobody
>would bat an eyelid.
It's only a bit over an hour from Grantham to KX (hardly any longer than
Cambridge). It's time that matters, not distance.
--
Roland Perry
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