Cost-effective solution to get to work by train in the UK?
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Just check all the prices, and all the possibilities. Take into account how often you will be travelling off peak, and how many days you may not be travelling at all; under 25 you might get a ticket with some generous rebate - which might only apply to expensive tickets, so you lose out. Travelling train and London underground you may have a cap on the daily ticket price with an Oyster card or registered debit card; for me that makes daily tickets actually cheaper than any alternative.
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I'm afraid you've answered your own question there - the most cost-effective way is to buy a season ticket (as that is what they are designed for), and the longer you buy it for, the cheaper per-journey it gets, so the best option is an annual ticket.
Prices are currently:
Days/Months Price Average journey price 7 Days £36.60 £3.66 1 Month £140.60 - 3 Months £421.70 - 6 Months £843.30 - 12 Months £1,464.00 £3.05
For comparison, it's 16.5 miles each way to drive between the two stations, so 165 miles per week. The AA suggest the average cost per mile for a car is around 20-30p/mile excluding the standing cost, so around £40 a week or slightly under £2000/year assuming 47 working weeks in a year - plus the cost of owning the car and parking it...
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