| Comment | Just this is a failing? No, my friend. Public transport here in general is.
How many bus companoes are there? All of them, the subway, and the trains all use different, non-interchangeable, and frankly expensive tickets for service that ranges from mediocre (First, Scotrail) to having enough room for improvement that you could bankrupt Switzerland and only bring them up to passable.
There are at least 7 different routes for Number 38 buses; if you’re new to the city then good luck. Rail prices at peak times are different to non peak times? And using a railcard at peak times brings it to £12?
To paraphrase Alexander Hamilton, there are over 1000000 words in the English language, and no combination of them expresses how much I want to hit the persons who permitted this to happen in their faces with chairs.
A 10-week pass for Mcgills buses (as a student) costs over £100. A year’s ticket for Vienna costs €365, and includes buses, trains, trams, and the (functional and extensive) subway. When I’ve calmed down a bit, I’ll sit and do the maths for how much a year of use of the major bus companies in Glasgow costs. |
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