Travel | Do you have one of the UK's most expensive commutes?

Commuters love to gripe, don’t they? Colleagues who live around the corner, or who can walk, cycle or e-scooter to work probably think ‘Oh, this again’ every time those who spend the first minutes of their time in the office complaining about how terrible their journey was.

Yet, there’s good reason. With roads increasingly clogged – in March 2019, RAC reported there were over 38million vehicles licensed in the UK – and some of the worst train operators scoring one out of five for punctuality, alongside more fare rises coming in at the start of next year, commuters have it rough.

But, who has the most expensive commute? Is it those near the beating heart of the capital’s centre? Could it be those making their way across Surrey into the country’s economic centre? Could it be a rogue outsider – Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds?

Well, according to Ideal Flatmate, who has looked at how much a travelcard costs from commuter towns to major cities, alongside the cost of a year’s rent in these commuter towns, the most expensive commuter route is currently Oxford to London.