Do you or have you commuted to or from Sheffield?

I once travelled 3 hours per day to work on buses and still didn't move away.

So, how long a Journey per day would it take for you to leave/live in Sheffield, just to live closer to where you worked?

3 hours per day huh? So 1.5 hrs there and the same back. Thats liek commuting to Birmingham by train.

I'd rather go by distance than time.

But if the money was good, I would commute to Manchester. any further and I would have to consider moving!

It was a 40 miles daily trip to and from Hope where transport is worst in the week than it is on a Sunday.

If I missed my 7:55 bus, the next one was 10:10

Going by train was not an option as the first train set off at 9.15 if it ever arrived and I had to be there for 9.00, beside it took longer as it involved an extra 2 mile walk to work once I got there.

I commuted from Sheffield to Leeds for a six month period 'tween June and December 2000.

I didn't have a car then (so at least I didn't have to pay the £10 per day parking charge in Leeds City Centre). I woke at 6am, caught the 6:50am bus to Meadowhall interchange, then took the 7am National Express coach to Leeds, arriving, on a good day, on 8am.

Sadly, there were not many 'good days' then. On a more frequent bad day, the coach would be held up on the M1 and I'd get to Leeds for 9am. Or the bus to Meadowhall would be late /or not turn up, and I'd have to take a bus to the Interchange in town and catch the 7:30am coach to Leeds from there.

And the return journey was much, much worse. Catch the 5:20 pm coach back to Sheffield, and with luck, I'd be home by 6:45 pm at the earliest. In total, I'd spend about £150 a month on commuting.

And yet it still got worse...the train strikes at that period forced more people onto the roads, so adding to the commuting time. It's no fun, living off adrenalin for that long. And as the advert says, no time to find another job :(

Fortunately, I found employment in Sheffield shortly after. It now takes ten minutes to get to work, and twenty minutes to get back home. Funny thing is, I still rise at 6am and leave for work at 7am...but at least it's now through choice and not necessity :D

I would never commute like that again. If I had to work in another city, I would move there. Life is too short and time is too precious to spend 4 hours a day on the M1.

About a year ago, my cousin had a short placment at Jimmy's. He used to drive to Leeds, and came off even worse than I did! (All those non-standard working hours, I suspect :( )

I have commuted to
Leeds - 3 years anything between 1 hr and 2 hours one way
Manchester - 1 year as above

I now dont have a fixed placed of work, but still travel all over.

In fact I am just writing this note whilst stuck in a traffic jam on the M6 just south of Stoke. :banana:

Only joking folks.

Originally posted by John
It was a 40 miles daily trip to and from Hope where transport is worst in the week than it is on a Sunday.

If I missed my 7:55 bus, the next one was 10:10

Going by train was not an option as the first train set off at 9.15 if it ever arrived and I had to be there for 9.00, beside it took longer as it involved an extra 2 mile walk to work once I got there. Takes me 50 minutes to Hope on my bike without blowing a gasket so i guess thats quicker than the bus and train and i live in North Sheffield.
I just missed out on a good career move because the job was in Eccup in Leeds which is on the other side of Leeds,.had it been on this side then i would have taken it.

Twice a week I commute to Meltham (3 days a week I work from home).

Since abandoning the Stocksbridge Bypass route to Langsett, I have been driving via Strines Moor, and Upper Midhope to Langsett before picking up the A616 and turning off towards Hade Edge and Holmfirth. It's a windy (no, I mean the road winds through the countryside) route with fantastic views of the countryside around the Wentworth/Fitzwilliam estate.

It takes me about an hour, but it is a beautiful drive and I see plenty of unusual wildlife (and lots of pheasant roadkill) including short eared owls, woodcocks, herons and lapwings. Each journey is different and I actually look forward to the drive.

I used to live in retford and commuted to sheffield - I got stiffed so badly by Northern Spirit (now part of Arriva) trains that I actually mounted my own sticker campaign against them.

I spent 7 months commuting to Bingley north of Bradford...total nightmare. If I left at 6 It would take an hour, any later and it could take a couple of hours...that's without any accidents / major delays on the M1 / M62 / M606 / any number of dirt tracks between here and Bingley.

If it was a permanent job I may have considered moving...no thinking about it (for 2 seconds) if it was a permanent job I never would have taken it.

I think I can beat all of you. Nearly two years ago I was working in Ashton-Under-Lyne which is near Manchester.

I had to get up at 4:30am to get a bus at 5:10am from Parson Cross to the train station for my train at 6am. Arrived in Piccadilly at 7:10am, then a ten minute walk to get another bus from the centre of Manchester to my work in Ashton, which is about 30 minutes away. About the same time to get back, unless the crappy Arriva train service cancelled yet another rush hour train in which case you add on another 30 t0 60 minutes. So I was doing between 5 and 6 hours travelling a day.

I did that journey every day for 7 months.

Frankly I was glad when they made me redundant. :lol:

Yep, that's much worse than mine.

And what did you do there?

Well arent I AMAZED!!! What a massive coincidence.
I live in Meltham and three days a week I commute to Sheffield. It takes about an hour, a bit less in the morning, a bit more in the evening, and I take Phanerothyme's journey in reverse.
But I do go on Stocksbridge Bypass from Langsett to Deepcar.
And he is right, it is a pleasure to make that journey, in all seasons there is something beautiful to see.

Trust me- if you are heading for sheffield - take the turning towards Strines after coming down the hill into Langsett. Follow the road to a T-Junction - turn right, and follow the road all the way to Stanage End on the A57 west of Sheff - it's a great drive (hard on the brakes and tyres though) and if you are lucky you can pick up a brace of pheasant for dinner (as long as they aren't too flat).

Three times now I have seen shorteared owls out hunting in the morning - which i have never seen anywhere else - and three pairs of nesting woodcocks all displaying in the air simultaneously by the Strines pub.

Maybe you two can swap Jobs? :lol:

Well arent I AMAZED!!! What a massive coincidence.
I live in Meltham and three days a week I commute to Sheffield. It takes about an hour, a bit less in the morning, a bit more in the evening, and I take Phanerothyme's journey in reverse.
But I do go on Stocksbridge Bypass from Langsett to Deepcar.
And he is right, it is a pleasure to make that journey, in all seasons there is something beautiful to see.

You will probably know Slaithwaite then - that's where I work and I commute there daily from Nether Edge. It's a nice drive as people have said and, although it takes over an hour, I break it up by going swimming at Hillborough Leisure Centre in the mornings.

Having done this for over a year though, we are finally looking to move and are actually viewing a house in Meltham tomo. What do you think of Meltham as a place? I'll be gutted to leave Sheffield but cannot cope with giving up three hours of my life a day to commuting any more...

I used to commute down to London, not for a full time job but up to 3 times a week and it was a nightmare. Lasted about a year doing it then decided to find something a bit closer to home!

I commute from Rotherham to Sheffield, which isnt so bad, unless my hubby needs the car, & I have to get the bus which takes me 1.5 hrs there then same back, which is a bit of a nightmare, but hey im being made redundent so ill be looking for a new job closer to home.

I do Chesterfield to York every day at the mo. When the trains are on time i'm out of the house 7 til 7 everyday.

I originally started this commute from sheffield, and despite being nearer technically to York, it still took the same time.... damn sheffield traffic!

I haven't worked in Sheffield for @ 8 years, I worked in Bolton about 65 miles and 1.5 hours and now in Wilmslow 40 miles and about 1.25 hours.

Today, it took me 4.5hrs to get to work, I commute from west sheffield (30 - 40mins to get out of shef) to Nottingham, What a waste of time, i want a local job like the local people:hihi: :hihi: my car is a tip! because i virtually live in it and don't have a cleaner

I have friends who commute all over the place. One person works in Leeds, another regularly commutes to London and another to Warrington. Maybe surprisingly, the London commute although the furthest is usually the most reliable - jump on the Midland Mainline and very few stops until they arrive in London. The drive to and from Leeds has been extremely variable for my friend. On a good day it takes around an hour each way - bad days (which are frequent) it takes up to two hours and really bad days (still far too common) then it's two hours plus and that's usually because of problems on the M1.

The friend who goes to Warrington used to drive there and back but got fed up of being stuck on the motorways so decided to use the train. First day, the train (approx 4.15) from Warrington (Liverpool to Manchester I think) missed so he waited an extra hour for the next one. The next day he went out for the 5.15 and that missed too! Needless to say he travels by car again now.

Could someone tell me what happened to the IT revolution that promised so much - specifically that many people would able to work from home etc?

I commute from Huthwaite, Notts to Sheffield daily. 40 minutes at 7am and just over 1 hour to get home. I have a car though!

Would be probably over 2 hours each way by pubic transport (spelling error made on purpose!)

I used to commute to Manchester at my old place of work. It wouldn't have been that bad but my bus schedule doesn't match the train schedule at all. I had to be up at 6.20 to get the 6.45 bus into town. I normally got the 7.36 train to Manchester (after standing for ages in the ticket queue, thankfully work paid for those). When I got into Manchester I had to head towards Sale on the Metro, which took another 25 minutes (work funded too).

Going back was just as bad, got the 17.38 from Oxford Road, didn't get in until between 19:30 and 20:00. If it wasn't for my books, Ipod and a torrent of absolutely gorgeous women, I would have gone insane.

I used to commute to nottingham every day from north sheff. used to take about 1.5/1.75 hours one way ! and sit through two sets of rush hours and the M1. Did this for about 15 months after which i was ready to jump off a cliff ! however, I was offered a job i couldnt tun down in macclesfield of which i commuted every day as well ! now that was fun going over winnets pass in the snow ! again about 1.5/1.75 hours one way ! however it has all worked as i now have anoher job which allows me to work form home.......

as someone else said i would never commute again, lifes too short and it is a huge strain and soooooooooooooooooooooooo tiring....

On another point does anyone do this? They try to convince themselves that the commute isnt that bad and that it doesnt actually take that long ? I used to always try to covnince myself that it used to take me less time than it actually did ! oh dear !

Well, a week or so ago it took me the same time to get home from town on the bus as it took my husband to get from Nottingham to home in rush hour traffic!!! haha!!!! my dad travels to Bradford every day and has done for the past 6 months at least. He has to get up early but he travels by car so I suppose it isnt as bad.......unless you get stuck....

I do Holborn in London 3 days a week, it's not too bad really. Train at 6.30, have a kip, get in just before 9am then a 15 minute tube journey and I'm in central London.

Although the beer after work gets you in the pocket but the money's so much better.

I get to laugh at my work mates paying £300 a week rent for a one bedroom flat.

Could someone tell me what happened to the IT revolution that promised so much - specifically that many people would able to work from home etc?

Because unless you are actually in the workplace, most managers (and colleagues for that matter) don't actually believe you're working.

Because unless you are actually in the workplace, most managers (and colleagues for that matter) don't actually believe you're working.

and 9 times out of 10 they aren't

i can conmfirm that I work longer and harder since working at home, i am always contactable and do 1hr here and there so i can clear emails.....