Anyone commute to London from Worthing?

[gullshark]

If so, is it horrible?

Last time I worked in London I used to get the train up from Hove so the journey was about 1hr so the commute wasn't *too* terrible. From Worthing I see it's roughly 1hr 20 but potential to get a seat is a little bit higher from Worthing.

I know southern rail are both crap and expensive with plenty of delays but for those that do it, is it bearable?!

 

[Guinness Boy]

There are plenty on here that do.

I commuted from Portslade but have all but stopped. I now work from home three or even four days a week and if my company hadn't offered that I would have looked for a lower paying job in Sussex. London Bridge is a horror show of incompetence that will continue until 2018. Signal failure, power outages, dangerously narrow platforms, idiotic layouts and massive delays every time they do major work over a holiday.

I actually don't mind it in the summer but the idea of another winter commuting was just too much.

 

[theboybilly]

I am based at Victoria. The service from Shoreham-by-Sea is so unreliable I tend to drive to Brighton and take my chances from there. As there is not a direct service that gets into London before 7am (which I would need for all but 2 of my early shifts) I normally have to drive to Gatwick and catch either the 04.35 or 05.20 Gatwick Express. But almost without fail there will be some issue with the homeward journey it seems. I hate the commute and can't wait for the ability to be based nearer home. The Clapham Junction power issues a fortnight ago was horrendous both on a professional and personal level.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

I commute from Durrington to Canary Wharf most days.

It's generally fine. I catch the 6:46 from Durrington, which is scheduled to arrive at LB at 8:18. I'm at my desk around 8:30.

Catching the train at Worthing you should always get a seat, which is more that can be said from Hove for example.

When there is disruption it can be horrible though.

 

[Springal]

I did 2 years from Goring to London Bridge (06.44 in the morning, 17.42 in the evening) and was pretty horrendous. Morning was OK as always get a seat in fact you were good usually up to about Portslade, I usually slept from Hove to East Croydon ish , but evening required to be at the platform a bit before to guarantee a seat.

Of course the usual delays/cancellations etc can make it quite depressing to be stranded miles from home at 6pm, 7pm etc.. 2 years was enough for me

 

[Ernest]

I wouldn't do it for all the tea in china, the expense is horrendous and delays and disruptions aren't going to get any better anytime soon

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Last 2-3 weeks has been very poor, until then I'd always been lucky.

 

[Beach Hut]

Pretty poor recently but commuting being cut down as encouraged not to come to London as often, whether that becomes permanent at some point remains debatable !

 

[Fef]

Despite all the problems people have in commuting into the city by rail, I am puzzled by the amount of office accommodation being built in the city - which will lead to even more people making a journey by train.

 

[mothy]

I've commuted for 6 years from hove to clapham. I don't see what all the drama is about. Service is pretty good & I quite enjoy it. Just factor in 10-15 minutes a day to your journey & then occasionally you are pleasantly surprised when you are early

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

I do it but I drive in,bit easier for me as I'm on the road before 4am so no traffic.
Been doing it 18 years,best time of the day.

 

[surrey jim]

I commute from Durrington to Canary Wharf most days.

It's generally fine. I catch the 6:46 from Durrington, which is scheduled to arrive at LB at 8:18. I'm at my desk around 8:30.

Catching the train at Worthing you should always get a seat, which is more that can be said from Hove for example.

When there is disruption it can be horrible though.

How do you manage London Bridge to CW in 12 mins. It usually takes me 12 mins to get from the train through the ticket barriers at LB!!

 

[Papa Lazarou]

How do you manage London Bridge to CW in 12 mins. It usually takes me 12 mins to get from the train through the ticket barriers at LB!!

I get in the first carriage, allowing quick exit , through barriers, down to Jubilee Line, and usually straight onto first tube ,and its only three stops to CW. Admittedly if the train arrives at 18 minutes past it's unlikely, but the 'real' arrival time is 12 minutes past, altered decently to the New time, to allow for the London Bridge congestion, but we do sometimes arrive early!

 

[Hampster Gull]

No .

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

If so, is it horrible?

I don't commute but I can guess the correct answer to this question.

 

[surrey jim]

I get in the first carriage, allowing quick exit , through barriers, down to Jubilee Line, and usually straight onto first tube ,and its only three stops to CW. Admittedly if the train arrives at 18 minutes past it's unlikely, but the 'real' arrival time is 12 minutes past, altered decently to the New time, to allow for the London Bridge congestion, but we do sometimes arrive early!

As a part time commuter to the big smoke (twice per month max) I have not picked up tips like this! I'm stuck at the back of a crowd of coffee drinking zombies walking through the station each morning!!

 

[Diablo]

I do it but I drive in,bit easier for me as I'm on the road before 4am so no traffic.
Been doing it 18 years,best time of the day.

Blimey more than impressed ...what time do you get to work?? what time do you leave work?? what time home??....

 

[Vegas Seagull]

I don't commute but I can guess the correct answer to this question.

Used to have a seat saved for me in the morning by a Greek goddess who got on at Worthing & liked to talk about anal sex and homeward played in 3 different Gin & Tonic card & story telling schools out of LB on the 5.45, 6,30 & 7.15 according to finish time. Great characters, some of the sharpest, funniest & driven guys in the World, who collectively lifted the drudgery

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

Blimey more than impressed ...what time do you get to work?? what time do you leave work?? what time home??....

Leaving at that time takes just under an hour to Morden(my depot).Finnish anywhere between 12 and 1pm bout an hour and a quarter home,up and down the A24 at that time of the morning it's very quiet.

 

[Diablo]

Leaving at that time takes just under an hour to Morden(my depot).Finnish anywhere between 12 and 1pm bout an hour and a quarter home,up and down the A24 at that time of the morning it's very quiet.

That really does make sense...travel up on empty road..travel home at quiet time of day...Home between one thirty and two thirty....Much better than relying on Railways..