It may be worse than that. For years my nearest team was Hemel, 44 mins a good run. I chose to watch Oxford, 90 mins to Iffley Road, as I regularly got snarled between joining the M25 clockwise at the M3 through to the M1. Every third run took me up to three hours. Anti clockwise usually looked even worse between Heathrow and the M3 / A3.

Can you get a Thameslink train from Luton to Haydons Road?
Might need to change at Blackfriars but it could be another option for you.
Would take about 1hr 20mins even with a wait to change trains at Blackfriars.

Declan O'Donnell confirmed as being released at his own request after "struggling to settle in the capital."

So Mustard confirms O'Donnell released because he couldn't settle. Didn't give it much of a go though did he?

Sorry Half didn't see your post.

Just another reason for signing Southern Hemisphere players who know how to travel & not need to be a few hours from their mother's apron strings.

I made the journey last night by train. Two changes and an hour and a half going. Two hours coming back.
Haydons Rd station is just ten to fifteen minutes easy walk to the ground. The entrance to the stadium is a bit tucked away though.
I have to say that I was impressed with the facilities and we were made to feel welcome.
Sadly it was the same old faces that attended. Twenty five or so in number.

Chances of us replacing ODonnell I wonder??

Yea the facilites are far superior to ealing, but your paying for those facilities at the expense of having the weakest squad ever/ going part time/ and having 80% of the ground empty even when playing the team with the most travelling fans (Bradford \ Leigh \ Fev)

Unfortunately, it appears you can't on a Saturday or Sunday!

That's a shame.

Two weeks ago I made the journey from Luton to Rainham (Kent) on a Sunday. That train goes through Blackfriars, where it connects with the train to Sutton, which is the train that stops at Haydons Lane.
So I am sure the journey can be done on a Sunday.

Looking at the blocks available to members around 200 or so seats seem to be booked for the opening game. Some of those are aisle seats potentially blocked for some reason.

I suspect the whole crowd could currently fit in two blocks.

Not worked out my route yet, from WA12 here in the North West yet, been regular at every ground since Fulham first game against Wigan.

Just be careful which Sutton train you catch at Blackfriars. You want the one via Wimbledon. The line is a loop after Streatham so you could end up with a lot longer journey. Having said that there is no harm catching the first Sutton train and changing at Streatham or earlier.

On average I'd say that no trains run to Haydons Road due to weekend line closures once per month.

Oddly despite being 200 miles further away your journey may only be 2 hours longer than mine such is driving across London.
M6, M40, M25 to J10 then A3 for you I think.

DC We never know all the circumstances and moving away from support network always difficult especially during the cold and miserable winter but 10s of thousands of 18 & 19 year olds have been doing it for decades when going to Uni and, in fairness he comes from Wigan and has been playing a 2 hour journey away in Cumbria so I don’t think Coleman can have foreseen that a 3 and a half hour journey would be his tipping point.

The annoying thing is looking at our squad I assume money is an issue so paying someone 3 months salary to keep fit and learn our tactics before, inevitably, turning out against us later in the season isn’t great.
I also note the reference to someone “stepping up” to cover him. With a few exceptions I think a significant proportion of our squad will need to step up in any event so that’s a worry.