New launches near Shenton Way Bus Terminal

Rail gets advertised because it is legible and it prices. The interchange is what actually determines whether a commute is one journey or two — and a second connection costs fifteen to twenty minutes each way, every working day, which compounds into something no floor plan can compensate for.

It matters most for exactly the households least likely to be shown it: a family without a second car, a domestic helper doing a school run, an older parent living with the family. If any of those apply, this list is a better starting shortlist than a station list.

The trade is noise. An interchange is a bus depot as well as a terminus, and depots start before five in the morning. Ask which stacks face the bus park, and expect them to be the cheapest in the development — that discount is information, not a bargain.