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The London Underground is officially the most expensive metro system anywhere in the world.

2007-03-27 12:46:48 · answer #1 · answered by Ivan Drago 1 · 0 0

Depends on the criteria that you use for measurement.

Are you thinking of public transport alone, or for all types of transport, including the likes of personal cars etc.

As someone has said, the London Underground is the top for pricing of metros around the world.

But, if you think more laterally, it may be a town where there isn't really joined up public transportation. Eg. places where many operators offer the same/similar routes but do not offer transferable/joint ticketing pricing. The UK is good at this, see Manchester city centre at rush hour and the tons of competitors for the de-regulated bus travel market. Returns on one company for the same routes are not valid on the buses of others. Not great, if you just know that you're on the no. 61 route and want to get home!

You then need to add-on the extras, such as the cost of public parking at train stations etc. This is where our train companies hurt us, as I believe this sort of pricing is not controlled in the same way that tickets are. Much public transportation needs private transportation to get people to it.

To get a meaningful measurement and analysis you would need tons of data for each city around the world, including car running/purchase costs, public transport costs, taxi prices, analysis of the infrastructure and pricing options for public transportation plus the extras needed to glue it all together, such as parking costs/fines etc. Plus some cities have airports, whilst others don't, adding more data to your analysis.

I don't know the full answer, I'm not an economist nor expert on transportation. Like most people, I know the UK's system is terribly wrong.

Good luck! Rob

2007-03-28 04:09:29 · answer #2 · answered by Rob E 7 · 0 0

Dublin Ireland without a shadow of a doubt,
and their system is probably in the worst for service category.
They send their drivers to the school for the obnoxious and ignorant.
When they pass with colours that dont fly, their allowed to transport the general public, at breakneck speed, in crappy buses.
Costs are overly expensive,
You will not get change if you dont have the exact amount.
You get a grunt and a fu** off for your trouble.
Enjoy.

2007-03-27 12:46:11 · answer #3 · answered by dtedad-50 4 · 0 0

a million. no count number if it particularly is a taxi of the airport (the conventional taxis can not "take passangers" on the airport), it is going to likely be very costly, perhaps approximately 50 money. 2. No, they don't seem to be costly, merely examine that they've their taxi motive force card, you could´t omit it. 3. of course there's a solid bus provider, that is not too positive of course, in spite of the shown fact that it particularly is extremely very low-fee, a pair of million dollar, haha. 4. The foodstuff has a typical cost, you will discover the two from very low-fee places, to international classification. 5. I don´t think of it particularly is expensive, it may be unusual in case you deliver your guy or woman water, haha. 6. Take a taxi and bypass to the placement. 7. The institutions can settle for money, yet not the places of the line.

2016-10-20 13:41:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I'd guess somewhere like Dubai where the cost of living is astronomical. Or maybe somewhere in Scandinavia for the same reason. The UK will be well above average, especially in the South and around London.

2007-03-27 12:49:04 · answer #5 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0 0

Any city/town in the UK and it is always full of passengers and running late!

2007-03-27 12:22:37 · answer #6 · answered by Welshchick 7 · 0 0

Definitely anywhere in the UK - Plus you can guarantee it will be late, filthy and full of hoodies ready to happy slap you!

2007-03-27 12:30:58 · answer #7 · answered by mandalay 2 · 0 0

I've heard it is London.

2007-03-27 12:26:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

uk

2007-03-27 12:35:25 · answer #9 · answered by lisa577uk 2 · 0 0

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