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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

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 .

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