@jameschip
I commuted to Town from Haywards Heath for 11 years.
For the first 3 years it was straight into London Victoria, and, both ways, daily total was 3 hours.
But then the office was moved to Old Street, EC1, involving an extra 45 minutes to cross London, meaning the daily travelling time was 4.5 hours.
Never more glad when that ceased in 1997!