What are the public transports available in your country and the modes of payment?

Question

In Singapore, the public transports are:

(1) Bus -
a. Payment by Cash
You need to use the exact amount, as no change will be issued.

b. Payment by ez-link Card (stored-value card)
To top up the Ezlink Card, you can do so at any TransitLink Ticket Office. The minimum top-up value is $10, while the maximum stored value allowed is $100. You can also top up your card using cash or NETS at Add Value Machines and General Ticketing Machines (GTMs) in MRT stations and bus interchanges.

(2) MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) / LRT (Light Rail Transit)
- Only use ez-link Card.

(3) Taxi
- We use cash or Credit Card.

http://www.smrt.com.sg

Answer 1

Bus - exact change or Metrocard

Subway - metrocard needed

taxi - cash for now..

Answer 2

In the UK:

Bus:
Cash outisde major cities, with the correct fare preferred, but not mandatory - just keeps the driver a bit sweeter! London has Oyster Cards that also works on the underground rail network - other cities might have copied them, I don't know.

Rail:
Mostly buy ticket before boarding, paying by cash, card or cheque. Several regions have penalty fares for people who board without a ticket.

Light rail, etc:
No personal knowledge - but I suspect similar to bus and rail.

Taxi:
Cash! I suspect they'll take debit/credit cards if forewarned and cheques reluctantly. Major cities might again be more flexible.

Answer 3

Philippines (Manila [Metro Manila])
..might be the weirdest though, but we do get used to it..

Jeepneys (only in the Phils)
>most common form of public transport
>fare - 7.50 pesos per 4 kms (abt. USD 0.17)
>manual payment (passengers pay throughout the ride; we pass the payment to the driver)

Bus
>Mostly seen on high-density major roads
>multiple operators; no definite bus system
>cash payment (however, it is collected along the trip, not upon entering, by a man called the "conductor" who walks along the aisle, collects fares, and issue tickets)
>Mostly comfortable (especially those air-conditioned bigger and new ones)

Taxis
>Most expensive form of public transport (especially when you go to a far place) but obviously more comfortable than
jeepneys
>Only cash

>A more "public" version is the FX, which are family vans converted to public taxis. Popular alternative to jeepneys.Fare system comparable to jeepneys, but more expensive (lowest fare abt USD 0.34)

LRT
>one of the mass rapid transit system
>uses magnetic cards for ticketing system
>fare ranging from USD 0.23 to 0.34
>Yellow line and Purple line(more of a metro than a light rail)

MRT
>one of the mass rapid transit system
>uses magnetic cards similar to LRT
>same fare range as LRT

Tricycles (motorized rickshaws)
>Usually used for local transport within small districts (usually residential)

Answer 4

Two places i know of:

Ireland:

Bus: exact fare in coins required in Dublin, elsewhere not strict. Pay driver. Also, Dublin bus accept prepay tickets and combi-tickets with the Luas tram system.

Tram: buy ticket from machine.

Commutter rail & long distance: Buy ticket from kiosk before

Taxi. Cash, or rarely C-Card.

Moscow:

Metro, prepay either monthy, yearly or multijourney tickets. Very cheap. pay in kiosk. Student price was 2 euro a month in 2002.

Bus. Buy ticket from driver.

commutter rail, similar to metro, but pay per return journey.

Taxi. Always cash.