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Commuting is very expensive, and obvious it's going to be a shock after we've been working from home for the last couple of years but there's one thing that rea
by Traster 4y ago
Commuting is very expensive, and obvious it's going to be a shock after we've been working from home for the last couple of years but there's one thing that really pushes things over the top for me. I live in a suburb outside of London and take the train to work.
My commute costs me £28.60 for the train and £4.80 for the tube if I buy a ticket daily.
Or I can buy a flexible season ticket - 8 days over a month £200. Or £25 for the train and £4.80 for the tube.
Or I can buy an annual ticket for £4080 + 4.80 for the tube.
So here's the cost:
* 1 day a week in the office: £1603.20 annually -33.4 per day for one day per week
* 2 day a week in the office: £2860.80 annually -26.2 per day for an extra day per week
* 3 day a week in the office: £4291.20 annually -29.8 per day for an extra day per week
* 4 day a week in the office: £5001.60 annually -14.8 per day for an extra day per week
* 4 day a week in the office: £5232.00 annually -4.8 per day for an extra day per week
The pricing is just stupid. The "season" tickets only provide any significant discount when you're traveling into work 4+ days a week. If you're travelling in 60% of the time, you're paying 80% of the price. 20% of the time? 30% of the cost. It's nonsensical.
- ghaff 4y agoI don't think that's too unusual. Back when I sometimes commuted into an urban office by train, even with a tax benefit, the all you can eat pass didn't make any sense for taking the train maybe a couple days a week on average. And the 10-pack pass gave a pretty modest discount to what is (now) about $25/day plus the $4 parking at the commuter rail station.
- Traster 4y agoThe ridiculous thing is that with these prices, I physically struggle to board a train if I get on on a Tuesday, but I'll get a set with a spare seat to put my backpack on if I get on a train on Friday. Yet it's an identical timetable and price.