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Sunday, 6 September 2015

Two weeks of commuting by train

My new house is 34 miles from my workplace. Google suggests it should take at 1 hour 15 minutes to commute by train, which comprises two ten minute walks at each end, a forty minute and a ten minute train journey, and a five minute wait for the second train in the middle. After doing this journey fourteen times over two weeks, how accurate has it been?

 To workTo homeDelay reason
Week 1
Monday1h301h50first train was delayed by 13 minutes, causing me to miss my next train, and the following train was delayed
Tuesday1h201h15
Wednesday1h301h15
Thursday1h201h15
Week 2
Tuesday1h151h15
Wednesday2h151h15first train was delayed by 35 minutes, second train was cancelled and following train was delayed, adding another 25 minutes
Friday1h151h25Trackside fire delayed train

Ideal total time, home to work to home: 75 minutes x 2 x 7 = 1050 minutes
Actual time: 1195 minutes
Average delay: 10 minutes per journey
Longest delay: 60 minutes