Does anyone commute from Clevedon to Bristol

[Jayne Bradshaw]

My husband and I want to move to Clevedon. I work in Bristol (next to Temple Meads) where I do not have a parking space. I work 9am-5.30pm every day.

My first thoughts are to get a Smart car (I'm desperate to own one!) and drive to Yatton train station and then get the train in. That would involve driving down the B3133 at rush hour. Parking at Yatton appears to be £2.40 for the day. A return from Yatton to Temple Meads costs £8.40.

What does everyone think to my plan? Is there a better commuting option? Convenience is a bigger concern for me than cost as I've previously always walked to work.

Thanks!

 

[kalidarkone]

I used to commute from Bristol to Clevedon! It took 45 minutes and minimal traffic in that direction at rush hour.
Your plan sounds good!

 

[keybored]

There's a park & ride at Long Ashton. Free parking, £4 return for the bus but you'd have to walk from The Hippodrome to Temple Meads. Saving you £34 a week.

 

[Jayne Bradshaw]

Great - thanks!

 

[Jayne Bradshaw]

There's a park & ride at Long Ashton. Free parking, £4 return for the bus but you'd have to walk from The Hippodrome to Temple Meads. Saving you £34 a week.

Thank you. I know it's a big saving, but I'd rather avoid the bus and it just makes sense to get the train as I work right next to Temple Meads. It great to know there are different commuting options though.

 

[Jayne Bradshaw]

I used to commute from Bristol to Clevedon! It took 45 minutes and minimal traffic in that direction at rush hour.
Your plan sounds good!

Great - thanks!

 

[wiskey]

Aren't they due to reopen the Portishead to Bristol train line at some point? Or did that get scrapped.

 

[keybored]

Great - thanks!

I somehow read Clevedon as Nailsea , making my idea not quite as good (much further to Long Ashton than Yatton, from Clevedon).

 

[Crispy]

Aren't they due to reopen the Portishead to Bristol train line at some point? Or did that get scrapped.

Keeps getting delayed and the price keeps going up. I wouldn't move to Portishead/Clevedon expecting to rely on it

 

[butchersapron]

My husband and I want to move to Clevedon. I work in Bristol (next to Temple Meads) where I do not have a parking space. I work 9am-5.30pm every day.

My first thoughts are to get a Smart car (I'm desperate to own one!) and drive to Yatton train station and then get the train in. That would involve driving down the B3133 at rush hour. Parking at Yatton appears to be £2.40 for the day. A return from Yatton to Temple Meads costs £8.40.

What does everyone think to my plan? Is there a better commuting option? Convenience is a bigger concern for me than cost as I've previously always walked to work.

Thanks!

You can do it easy - but there will be no convenience. Trains home will be two carriages and rammed so full you think that you're going to die (there was a commuter strike a few years ago on this line a few years ago because of this). If you have any sort of health impediment this isn't for you. The only benefit is that from 4-6 the trains are so full that if you're getting off/on at a non barrier station (yatton is) you won't have to pay.

 

[editor]

Keeps getting delayed and the price keeps going up. I wouldn't move to Portishead/Clevedon expecting to rely on it

Updates here:

Current Situation - Portishead Railway Group
http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/wp-con...head-rail-services-newsletter-summer-2017.pdf

 

[wiskey]

I wouldn't move to Portishead/Clevedon expecting to rely on it

I know people who have.

Now living in a car park.

 

[Geri]

I used to commute from Clevedon to Bristol years ago, using the normal bus service. I very rarely got to work on time (luckily we had flexitime then). I seem to recall spending a long time stuck in queues at the Cumberland basin.

I don't think there is an easy way to do it at all.