James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
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Just bought my annual season ticket ready for my new job.
£2750 not including car parking or the bus/tube I will be getting at the other end 
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willay
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christ, do you even get a discount for getting an annual? I think I worked it out once and there wasnt a discount or something shocking.
My train ticket costs 200 quid a month, and parking is 80 quid a month. All paid by work.
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Tom G
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Registered: 4th Aug 08
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How far is it to your job 
[Edited on 10-07-2009 by Tom G]
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AlunJ
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 if they charge that for a season ticket I'm clearly not being paid enough.
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James
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Yeh I do - it's £264.60 monthly which is £3175.20 a year.
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom G
How far is it to your job
[Edited on 10-07-2009 by Tom G]
That train journey is about 30 minutes.
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Cosmo
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willay
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thats the rail system for you, bunch of robbing cunts imo, and they cant even run the fucking thing properly.
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James
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I know it makes me sick.
I have no choice though.
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James
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It's £77 a month to park the car too.
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Tom G
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Do you not get reimbursed?
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Seany
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will your work not pay half?
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom G
Do you not get reimbursed?
Nope.
I do get an interest free loan from work to cover it though.
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
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Thing is, if they offered to reimburse or pay half, they would have to do that with everyone.
It costs everyone money to get to work, it's just unfortunate that my costs are extortionate.
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Tom G
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quote:
Originally posted by James
quote:
Originally posted by Tom G
Do you not get reimbursed?
Nope.
I do get an interest free loan from work to cover it though.
You must be on a small fortune then 
Does the job pay over the odds because of this?
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ssj_kakarot
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frickin hell, should never have privitised the railo network, bunch of money grabbing twats public transport my arse, full thing is just there to line the pockets of the already rich 
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom G
quote:
Originally posted by James
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Originally posted by Tom G
Do you not get reimbursed?
Nope.
I do get an interest free loan from work to cover it though.
You must be on a small fortune then
Does the job pay over the odds because of this?
Well, it pays a lot but it's because of the industry rather than anything else.
There's no reason why they wouldn't employ someone that lives 30 seconds from the office on the same salary.
[Edited on 10-07-2009 by James]
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willay
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quote:
Originally posted by James
I know it makes me sick.
I have no choice though.
yeah mate same with all of us who commute, just the way it is! 
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Tom G
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Not though of moving closer?
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willay
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moving closer normally means higher costs in tax, rent etc
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom G
Not though of moving closer?
The annoying this is that the length of the commute doesn't really bother me at all, but the price does.
I am going to look at moving closer in 2010. Just want to make sure everything works out before I make that sort of commitment.
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willay
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is it clapham you're gonig to james or woking?
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James
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Yeh like willay said. Moving closer would pretty much even out what I take home every month because the rent increases about the same amount as the train ticket.
It would just be more convenient.
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
is it clapham you're gonig to james or woking?
I currently live just outside Woking - will be getting the train from Brookwood to Waterloo.
Looking at moving to Clapham/Battersea to get the train from Clapham Junction to Waterloo.
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willay
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right... I'm confused now, whos your new job with?
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