How Far Do You Begin to Contemplate Driving or Riding to The Train Station?

KBZ on 17/03/2016 - 22:07
Last edited 17/03/2016 - 22:50

Hi All

I'm just curious for those who catch a train to work/uni or leisure.
At what point does it cross your mind to buy a motorbike, bicycle or even drive to catch public transport?

I used to live less than 50m to the station and the convenience of catching a train was great but had to move houses and now just over 2KMs away I'm contemplating buying a bicycle causes it's quite the change for me time wise about 12X the time it used to take.
Or is it normal for people to walk these distances for public transport? And I have been lucky this whole time?

So the Poll question is:
How Far Do You Begin to Contemplate Driving or Riding to The Train Station?

Poll Options

  • 7
    <500M
  • 3
    500M - 1KM
  • 7
    1KM - 1.5KM
  • 18
    1.5KM - 2KM
  • 1
    2KM-3KM
  • 10
    >3KM
Travel

Comments

  • dylanando on 17/03/2016 - 22:13
    -6

    Cant stand public transport, Id buy a car even if i lived at the station.
    I guess they give you a train station close exchange for the noise ;).

  • illumination on 17/03/2016 - 22:26
    +1

    1km should take approx 10 minutes.. so I'd say once it starts getting to about 15 mins walk (1.5-2km bracket), that's when my ceebsness is really tested.

  • altomic on 17/03/2016 - 22:31

    get a shitty looking bike (but in reasonable running condition) as your train station bike.

    i used to live 1km from the station and would ride.

    • KBZ on 17/03/2016 - 22:35

      Did you ride a Bicycle or Motorbike?

      • altomic on 17/03/2016 - 22:37
        +1

        bicycle. a bit of exercise. it's faster than walking.

        • KBZ on 17/03/2016 - 22:40

          Yeh I'll probably try fish on Gumtree or something, or fork out around ~800 for a new road bike.
          I think I remember a post in the forums regarding bicycles.

        • fickre on 18/03/2016 - 08:48

          @KBZ: unless you are seriously considering riding a bike as a regular recreational exercise, not as a train-station-transfer bike, I would not recommend spending more than $500 or $300. But spending under $100, especially department store bikes like you find in Kmart or BigW, is not a wise choice either because they are unreliable. You generally need reliability as you need to catch a train everyday as your main transfer transport.

        • Davros on 18/03/2016 - 10:11
          +1

          @fickre:
          Plenty of great second hand bikes around.
          I got a Giant in near perfect condition for $75

        • zappy32 on 19/03/2016 - 01:34

          @KBZ:

          I'd be careful leaving a bike worth that much at a station. 2km is really not much but I'd probably still ride my pushy if I was doing it daily.

  • Mad Max on 17/03/2016 - 23:32
    +3

    To ride 1km to the train station and leave the bike there the whole day I would look more at a $50 bike from gumtree. At least you would have more chances to ride it back home. With a $800 bike as KBZ suggests you would probably be walking back home. Bike gone…

    • KBZ on 17/03/2016 - 23:35

      Hmmm good point. I'll try find cheapo second hand then. Need the gears though a couple of hills.

  • CheapskateQueen on 17/03/2016 - 23:52
    +1

    You definitely don't need a road bike top ride 2k to the station!!

    getting yourself a cheap bike though is definitely a good idea. You should do it. Or even a scooter (the manual ones). I see ppl flying on those things

    20 minutes is a long walk when you still have to catch the train. I used to do 20min walk so i could get free parking (i drove) and although i got used to it,and enjoy exercise, it was annoying..and painful in the rain / heat.

    How far are you from work?

    • KBZ on 18/03/2016 - 01:38

      I'm the same I love exercise I run practically everyday but an extra 27min of walking to catch a train is bridging on annoyance.

  • rockycape on 18/03/2016 - 08:45

    In a hilly area a electric bike to avoid arriving at the station/home with a sweat.

  • xyron on 18/03/2016 - 10:08

    back when I lived with my parents the nearest bus stop was about 900m away and that was a real pain to have to walk - current bus stop is about 400m away and not a burden at all.

    my housemate rides 2km to the train station but takes his bike on the train with him (he travels away from the CBD in the mornings to get to work though so the train is basically empty).

  • [Deactivated] on 18/03/2016 - 14:08

    When I lived 300m from my office, I always walked.
    When I lived 24km from my office, I only caught the train there once, ride my bicycle the rest of the time.

  • [Deactivated] on 20/03/2016 - 19:58

    I'm 4.1km door-to-door from work. With my (very average) level of fitness and a few crappy hills in between, it's only a 40min walk in - and 35min walk home - each day. (I can keep my work clothes at work)

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