Nobody should be commuting from Manchester to London. That's £46.70 return, so £23.35 each way, arriving in London about 1030. Peak time london commuting is th

Nobody should be commuting from Manchester to London. That's £46.70 return, so £23.35 each way, arriving in London about 1030. Peak time london commuting is the most expensive part of the network to deliver, as it requires increased amount of capital that's mostly idle, yet peak time commuters get massive discounts compared with occasional use. Compare Reading to London. A season ticket works out to be about £22 return for 5 days a week, a normal peak time ticket is £52.10.