Admiral Beez
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My brother lives downtown, and doesn't want to move. He's been offered a job about 15-10 mins drive west of Kitchener. Job is work from home most days, but one day a week at the Kitchener office, with the option to do two days at the office and work from home te entirety of the following week.
Driving it's about 140 km, with traffic about 2 hours. I'm suggesting he instead, especially in winter, take the VIA or GoTrain from Union Stn, since you travel in comfort and safety and have WiFi to work while you travel. Challenge is the train schedules. For the two days away it could work as the VIA leaves Union at 10:30am, arives at 12:30pm, allowing for an afternoon at the office then full day the next, but the return train the following day doesn't return to Union until nearly mid-night. What about the GoTrain? While busses offer better schedules, I don't see value in taking the bus, as it gets stuck in the same traffic jams as cars.
My bro loves trains and wants to make that method work. One question is how to get to the office from Kitchener rail station? Is there a rental car place nearby? Zipcar station? Can you keep a zipcar overnight? The car would also be needed for driving to visit clients and suppliers in the area, so a taxi from train stn to office won't work.
The employer will cover full cost of trains, hotels, car allowance, buses, whatever transport method is chosen.
Driving it's about 140 km, with traffic about 2 hours. I'm suggesting he instead, especially in winter, take the VIA or GoTrain from Union Stn, since you travel in comfort and safety and have WiFi to work while you travel. Challenge is the train schedules. For the two days away it could work as the VIA leaves Union at 10:30am, arives at 12:30pm, allowing for an afternoon at the office then full day the next, but the return train the following day doesn't return to Union until nearly mid-night. What about the GoTrain? While busses offer better schedules, I don't see value in taking the bus, as it gets stuck in the same traffic jams as cars.
My bro loves trains and wants to make that method work. One question is how to get to the office from Kitchener rail station? Is there a rental car place nearby? Zipcar station? Can you keep a zipcar overnight? The car would also be needed for driving to visit clients and suppliers in the area, so a taxi from train stn to office won't work.
The employer will cover full cost of trains, hotels, car allowance, buses, whatever transport method is chosen.