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that's really high, what was costing you ~£30 a day?

Though £1k/month is at the extreme end, UK train tickets can get expensive: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/15/dawn-10k-commute...

Its over 5k from Bedford to London (65 miles) This is of course taken out of your salary post tax and Ni contributions.

Train (plus tube) / Month 480

Travel to / from station 220

misc coffee news paper 100

Say £800 after income tax and NI is eqvielent to almost £1000