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Britain's slandered transport system?... | 85 comments (85 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

When I lived in Bath - about two hours from London by train - I knew people who did a daily commute to London.

The London catchment area is bogglingly huge. People commute from all kinds of insane places, usually because of property prices.

Someone else I know commutes from Newcastle to Reading for the week - around 300 miles - and then back again at weekends. By car.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Apr 10th, 2007 at 05:33:01 PM EST
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Paris has a pretty large commute area too, if we're talking about extreme cases. Every town less than one hour away by TGV has some commuters ; I've known a colleague coming from Arras, heard of Rouen, and I'm ready to bet there exist a few Lyon Paris commuters... Although the cost becomes very high (TGV ain't that cheap).

Also, there is a new phenomenon of tax evaders who have residency in Belgium, while working in Paris.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Apr 10th, 2007 at 06:43:04 PM EST
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I'm certain I have read of businessmen who even do Marseille-Paris commuting, but don't remember where. WIll try to search.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Apr 11th, 2007 at 05:21:58 AM EST
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Here they say Paris has 45,000 daily TGV commuters.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Apr 11th, 2007 at 05:35:43 AM EST
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I know people who commute from Swansea daily to London, And at the local station for my Father, it is impossible to get a seat on the train before nine in the morning, as they are packed with people commuting from Nottingham and Derby.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Apr 11th, 2007 at 06:00:03 AM EST
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