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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet
Public transport in Scotland is very good. Every time I get a train I am impressed with how clean and punctual it is
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It's privatised tho! And yes to be fair, local trains in Scotland are much better than England... which are wildly inconsistent even on the same journey. Sometimes it'll be a "normal" train like you'd get in Scotland, other times I swear they practically have wooden seats, and are absolutely covered top to bottom in graffiti and chewing gum
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The main problem though is the price. For me + the fam to go to Glasgow is £35 return on the train, and that's from a station 8 miles away... with a bus service that only runs every 2 hours... so we would have to drive to the station anyway or get a taxi costing another £10. When we can easily get to Glasgow and back on £20 petrol
. Probably less. Is a public transport system really effective when driving is ALWAYS both more convenient... and cheaper? Local bus is even more ridiculous: £16 return for the 4 of us to get to town and back! It's about £3 in petrol