I catch the bus most mornings, and I'm alright with it. They're mostly on time, I'm familiar with most of the drivers by now, and most of the time the roads aren't so bad so it's not an unpleasant journey. A bit cramped sometimes in the morning when they don't send a double decker though. I also get a reasonable discount off season tickets because I work for the local council, which is nice.
The trains, though...the trains are absolute bollocks. I avoid them when I can; they're never on time, the cost is most definitely not worth the reduced travel time (I'd have a fair distance to walk to work anyway once I got off the train...or I'd just catch the bus from the bus station) and honestly the new carriages feel less safe than the old ones did.