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Longer, cheaper commute, or more exercise - WWYD?

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ThatCyanSheep · 26/08/2025 20:25

I’ve got a new job and have two options for my commute. I can get a bus (£6 a day, or something like £90 a month when I get a bus pass). The bus is an hour and it’s very much door to door. About 1200 steps by 9am.

My other option is to get the bus to and from the train station, get the train and then walk for 25 minutes the other side. It’s an extra £60 a month with a season ticket.

I’m going to try out getting the train tomorrow to see if it’s actually feasible, but I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be.

It would amount to about 5,000 extra steps a day. By the end of today (after the gym) I was only on 6,500, so I think it would be beneficial to me to do the train and walk, but I don’t know if I’m also just being idealistic and I’d actually hate it.

YABU - just get the bus and suck up the lower steps.

YANBU - I’d choose the walk too.

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londongirl12 · 26/08/2025 20:31

Sorry, just seen your post. Maybe see how the train goes and then if it’s only paid monthly, you could swap in the winter months if necessary?

londongirl12 · 26/08/2025 20:30

Agree with others, get the bus and get off earlier. At least you have the option then when it’s peering down with rain!!! When I worked in London, I would always make myself go for a walk on my lunch hour.

itsgettingweird · 26/08/2025 20:29

I’d use the bus.

It’s cheaper.

if the weather is dreadful you can go door to door.

If the weather is good you can walk to a further away bus stop or get off earlier and walk the last bit in.

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ThatCyanSheep · 26/08/2025 20:29

ScaryM0nster · 26/08/2025 20:27

Bus and buy your season ticket from several stops from your house or work.

The bus ticket is just a pass that covers all of our local area. The bus up to the hospital doesn’t really stop much further away, it’s along a road that’s not really walkable

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ThatCyanSheep · 26/08/2025 20:29

lljkk · 26/08/2025 20:26

can't you go for a walk during work day ?

I only get a half hour lunch, so it’s not really feasible to get a good walk in

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SundayGirl86 · 26/08/2025 20:27

Motnight · 26/08/2025 20:26

Can you get the bus and just get off a few stops earlier?

This! You may also be glad of the option to get off the bus outside your workplace if the weather is grim.

ScaryM0nster · 26/08/2025 20:27

Bus and buy your season ticket from several stops from your house or work.

Arlanymor · 26/08/2025 20:26

You could get the bus and get off sooner to get your steps in, that way it is cheaper and healthier. When I worked in London I regularly got the bus into work and then walked home afterwards - which was about four miles.

lljkk · 26/08/2025 20:26

can't you go for a walk during work day ?

Motnight · 26/08/2025 20:26

Can you get the bus and just get off a few stops earlier?

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