Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
Ignores the fact that you need to get to the station first and are invariably fleeced for parking to begin with. Don't say "oh but use a bus / bike" etc - I live on the edge of a large town, the nearest stations are 5 miles and 7 miles away. Any bus is going to take *at least* 30 minutes to cover those distances, if only because by their very nature they have to stop and pick up other passengers. So do I want my journey to / from work extended by 30 + minutes a day, just to assuage your guilt about the environment and desire to force people onto public transport ? Probably not.
And "socialising" on a train - please. Don't make me laugh. I don't *want* to socialise with other commuters. I want to socialise with my family or friends -and they're not the ones making the same journeys I am. I want a quite, comfortable environment, where I don't have to listen to other people's phone conversations, the overspill from other people's music, smell the scent of other people's food and drink or body odour. Particularly on a journey to work which is a journey I make through necessity, not choice.
It sounds like the train is not for you, then
The things you state are not true of everyone.
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