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Originally Posted by Stuart
Agreed. Any real improvement to the railways is going to take a lot of money and cause potentially decades of disruption. Governments tend not to think beyond the next general election. Railways also aren't practical everywhere, but where they are, they have the advantage that trains can carry a lot more people. I've not done any research into this, so don't know for sure, but I would have thought the cheapest way to improve public transport would be to have more bus and coach routes.
There also needs to be more integration between the various transport systems. They have started doing this in London, but get public transport elsewhere in the country, and it feels as though they don't want you to change to a different mode of transport.
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I think you've missed an additional point here and that is the price of public transport in general outside of major cities.
If i want to go to the office my commute is just outside Middlesbrough too York city center.
By car:-
Jump into car, drive down to outskirts of York, park car and get on a park and ride into the center of York.
Costs fuel approx £15 return. park and ride £3.50 return total 18:50 per day.
By motorbike
Jump into car, ride straight down to the office and park in the small secure car park
Costs fuel approx £15 unless i go for a blast on the way home
By public transport.
Any time return std class Middlesbrough to York £48 ish, (season ticket price is approx £650 per month if i were to go that route) turn bus fair from nearest stop to train station £6 + I'd have to get up an hour earlier to ensure i was at the office, and i'd get home an hour later.
it's a no brainer really!