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Just get a train why do you need the car?

kmlx 5y ago
the weather and personal comfort are probably the top two reasons. and recently the threat of getting covid is probably another serious reason.
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  The weather? What's that got to do with trains?
  - 867-5309 5y ago
    not living in the station?
    - chrisseaton 5y ago
      Unless you live somewhere with a garage that you can get to without going outside, then I don't really see the difference with a car that you also have to walk to first. But even if not, are you made of sugar or something? Why can't you handle any weather? (Short of disabled people, but that's not what this discussion is about.)
      - 867-5309 5y ago
        the distance can be hundreds of times the journey! a criterion for property selection is nearest public transport even if you aren't made of sugar, you're not going to have much fun being drenched on public transport
        chrisseaton 5y ago
        > the distance can be hundreds of times the journey! You’d walk 100km to take a 1km train journey? How far is it even possible to live in London from a train station or bus stop?
        867-5309 5y ago
        distance to car from house = 6 metres, distance to nearest train = 600 metres
        chrisseaton 5y ago
        Don’t get why one was a ‘distance’ and the other a ‘journey’? But either way - wow a whole 600m! What a hardship just to have clean air and a future for your children!
        867-5309 5y ago
        maybe because it's the same thing in this context they are hypothetical numbers, the point being walking in bad weather is a strong argument for not using public transport I don't care what other people do as much as you seem to, save the planet and all that, woo. if you want clean air move to a village on the coast. if you want to be kind to your children, raise them there
- whywhywhywhy 5y ago
  Don't go to london then if you're scared of that. No one is social distancing in London.
petercooper 5y ago
I'm an unusual case, but I live in one of the least accessible parts of the country with extremely poor transport links (even by road). It is, of course, totally possible to drive to other cities to then get the train, but then you have the same problems just in a different city (since amazingly few have particularly good parking + mass transit arrangements). Beyond that, once you're in the car and trundling along, switching transport modes isn't particularly appetising, particularly when trains are so costly if not booked in advance and you have zero idea if you'll even get a seat. Yes, I've stood for two hours on a train out of London. No, it's actually not more fun than sitting in two hours of traffic.
- jen20 5y ago
  If you failed to pre book a month in advance, it used to cost over £150 for a return trip to London from Bath which got you in before normal business hours, and you very often did not get a seat for that (making it impossible to spend the time productively, one of the key benefits of train travel). If you have three colleagues travelling together for a meeting, driving or even taking a car service is invariably cheaper.

kmlx 5y ago

the weather and personal comfort are probably the top two reasons. and recently the threat of getting covid is probably another serious reason.

chrisseaton 5y ago
The weather? What's that got to do with trains?
- 867-5309 5y ago
  not living in the station?
  - chrisseaton 5y ago
    Unless you live somewhere with a garage that you can get to without going outside, then I don't really see the difference with a car that you also have to walk to first. But even if not, are you made of sugar or something? Why can't you handle any weather? (Short of disabled people, but that's not what this discussion is about.)
    - 867-5309 5y ago
      the distance can be hundreds of times the journey! a criterion for property selection is nearest public transport even if you aren't made of sugar, you're not going to have much fun being drenched on public transport
      - chrisseaton 5y ago
        > the distance can be hundreds of times the journey! You’d walk 100km to take a 1km train journey? How far is it even possible to live in London from a train station or bus stop?
        867-5309 5y ago
        distance to car from house = 6 metres, distance to nearest train = 600 metres
        chrisseaton 5y ago
        Don’t get why one was a ‘distance’ and the other a ‘journey’? But either way - wow a whole 600m! What a hardship just to have clean air and a future for your children!
        867-5309 5y ago
        maybe because it's the same thing in this context they are hypothetical numbers, the point being walking in bad weather is a strong argument for not using public transport I don't care what other people do as much as you seem to, save the planet and all that, woo. if you want clean air move to a village on the coast. if you want to be kind to your children, raise them there
whywhywhywhy 5y ago
Don't go to london then if you're scared of that. No one is social distancing in London.

petercooper 5y ago

I'm an unusual case, but I live in one of the least accessible parts of the country with extremely poor transport links (even by road). It is, of course, totally possible to drive to other cities to then get the train, but then you have the same problems just in a different city (since amazingly few have particularly good parking + mass transit arrangements). Beyond that, once you're in the car and trundling along, switching transport modes isn't particularly appetising, particularly when trains are so costly if not booked in advance and you have zero idea if you'll even get a seat. Yes, I've stood for two hours on a train out of London. No, it's actually not more fun than sitting in two hours of traffic.

jen20 5y ago
If you failed to pre book a month in advance, it used to cost over £150 for a return trip to London from Bath which got you in before normal business hours, and you very often did not get a seat for that (making it impossible to spend the time productively, one of the key benefits of train travel). If you have three colleagues travelling together for a meeting, driving or even taking a car service is invariably cheaper.