[chandramani]

Hi All,

Does anyone out there commute between these two cities(Manchester CT to Boston MA). I want to hear how long this journey would take in a peak hour commute & whether many people do this ?

If this is possible, What are the available options..

Thanks in advance !!!

[JayCT]

Boston is almost 95 miles from Manchester, CT. I doubt there are many people that do that commute. It would be kind of brutal to do every day. You are likely talking 2 hours or more each way during rush hour. Forget about doing it in inclement weather. I would consider moving closer to Boston to keep the commute to a more reasonable time. JMHO, Jay

[jxzz]

Might be a better idea to drive to Worcester, than take commuter train from there to Boston.

[htfdcolt]

Originally Posted by chandramani

Hi All,

Does anyone out there commute between these two cities(Manchester CT to Boston MA). I want to hear how long this journey would take in a peak hour commute & whether many people do this ?

If this is possible, What are the available options..

Thanks in advance !!!

Also...depends on where in the Boston area. If it's the I-495 belt, that's long but doable from Manchester. If it's the I-95/128 belt, or downtown Boston, that's pure torture.

[nico7]

Originally Posted by jxzz

Might be a better idea to drive to Worcester, than take commuter train from there to Boston.

This would be the best approach, in my view. I used to do that twice a week from Woodstock. It would still be a long commute! If you figure a 1 hr drive on 84 to Worcester, 1 hr by train, 20 min within Boston, it’s nearly a 5-hr round trip.

[Lincolnian]

I would not recommend that commute. I just did that trip last Thursday from Arlington. Rt 2 and the Mass Pike were pure torture. It was 2 1/2 hours of absolutely horrible traffic.

The Boston area is extremely congested for driving. Even in the Boston area a Thursday morning drive from Arlington to Jamaica Plain (10 miles) took me over 1 1/2 hrs leaving at 7:15 in the morning. The congestion and accessibility is a big issue in the area right now.

[BostonBornMassMade]

I knew a girl in college who went from Hartford to Boston twice a week for an internship. . Can't imagine everyday. Maybe if you leave at 10am and come back at 8 pm. The drive is really only 1hr35 no traffic now that the toll booths are down.

[Old Dominionite]

Originally Posted by chandramani

Hi All,

Does anyone out there commute between these two cities(Manchester CT to Boston MA). I want to hear how long this journey would take in a peak hour commute & whether many people do this ?

If this is possible, What are the available options..

Thanks in advance !!!

As a native New Englander, I strongly advise against this. Whether you just drive or do a car/train combination from one the Metro West suburbs, your commute will be long, miserable, and expensive.

Two exceptions might be: 1) if you could commute up to Boston no more than twice a week, or; 2) your job is not in Boston proper, but in a Metro West suburb like Westborough, Marlborough, or Framingham (no further east than Framingham).

On a side note, Boston's traffic has become atrocious over the past 20 years. It was manageable in the late 1990s; those days are long past. Today, people continue to pour into the region while the obsolete transportation infrastructure continues to decay.

[missionhill]

Sure everyone drives cars in the US, they're cheap, easy to get, gas is cheap, highways all over the place, parking... Even so, there's a limit and driving from Manchester Connecticut to Boston every day is well beyond the limit of human endurance. Take the advice you got on the Mass forum and look there .

[jxzz]

Originally Posted by nico7

This would be the best approach, in my view. I used to do that twice a week from Woodstock. It would still be a long commute! If you figure a 1 hr drive on 84 to Worcester, 1 hr by train, 20 min within Boston, it’s nearly a 5-hr round trip.

I used to do that 5 hours round trip from New Haven county to Manhattan for a year. Not lot of fun. but it was OK.

If the train from Springfield to Boston is realized in the future, then it might be a lot better. Worcester is still too far away on car. In general, train riding is a lot better experience than driving.