David Jackman pleasereplytogroup wrote in
. 109.145:

Neither is distance a guarantee of a seat - I understand that people
are regularly standing between Waterloo and Winchester...

Which part of London do you have to get to (if you are planning a long
distance commuter that last thing you want is a long journey from your
London terminal)?

Thanks for the reply

Seeing as I work "in the city" then I was looking at commuting to Liverpool
Street or Fenchurch Street - purely overland with no second "stage" to my
commute post London terminal.

Broxbourne appealed as it is very close to some nice rural villages and yet
has an excellent train service (29 mins to Liv Street) but absolutely no
way of telling how full trains will be (coming from Stanstead Airport,
Cambridge or Kings Lynn).

Cheers
Richard