Time Is Money

I went to Ashford today, from home this usually takes around 15 - 20 minutes in a car. I got a lift up, which was allowed, with all the pros of car pooling.

Yet my journey home was a nightmare. I got the train home and had to buy a ticket before I was even allowed in the station. My one way ticket, two stops away, cost £5.20! Then my train was delayed for about 45 minutes. Which meant I was sitting outside, getting cold for ages, knowing that if I was in my car I would have been home ages ago.

When the train finally turned up I got it to the central station, then had to wait for a bus. More waiting out in the cold. The bus then cost me a further £1.70.

By the time I had got in, it had taken my just over an hour an half. A journey in a car takes no more than 20 minutes. It also cost me a total of £6.90. I think this is crazy as it would have even cost this much in petrol.

I do think that public transport needs to be improved otherwise people we keep driving, congestion will get worst and we will never get anywhere.