Richard Dixon wrote in
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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


Without any real knowledge whatsoever it's a fair bet to say that the
Cambridge and Kings Lynn starters will be heaving (at the height of the
peak the question is probably more "can I get on" rather than "can I get a
seat") - though many will alight at Tottenham Hale for the Victoria line.
The Hertford starters ought to offer something towards the back. (The best
advice here is of course to wait until September when everybody is back at
work, get up early, fork out £9.70 and find out for yourself!)

On the GE mainline I'm told Chelmsford is becoming an absolute nightmare -
so you would need to go further out than that (unless you fancy Brentwood
where the service is dire but you do, at least, get a seat).

Out towards Southend (on either line) would be another possibility but
isn't really "rural village" territory.

David