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Train fares where you live.

dogbone

dogbone

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To make comparison easier I thought that a 100 kilometre or 60 mile, journey would be best, from a major city. The normal adult off peak weekday fare in $USD

Australia, Sydney to Katoomba 100 kilometres, AUD$12, USD$10
 
California

I couldn't get a 60 mile route from where I live, so I chose a route nearby:

Oakland, CA to Stockton, CA on Amtrak = $12.00 (one way)

That's a good deal as far as train fares go in CA, and luckily, this route doesn't include a bus. :eek:
 
never taken the train, but from my school (Eugene, OR) to the state capitol (Salem, OR) is 66 miles, and Amtrak charges $13.00
 
Netherlands

Rotterdam Central Station to Arnhem (114km) costs 16.20 euros one-way. That's approx $22. So for a 100km trip it would come to $19.
 
for my usual 185 km ride it costs 28 euro or so normal price which means 15 euro for 100 km in second class

personally i have a rebate card (under the age of 26 19,90 a year, over 26 it's 79 or 59 or so) and it gives me a 50% rebate or so which means i have to pay 14 € for the same distance which equals to 7,5 € per 100 km

of course the longer the trip the cheaper it is per 100 km
for a 635 km trip it's 56€ or 8,8€/100km... without rebate card

edit: i fooled around with the map and found a connection with roughly 100 km or so and got a price of around 18€
but looking how the have to build the tracks around here in the alps i think a higher price is a little bit justified...but still i'm thankfull for the cheap rebate card
 
Two hops to get that distance here would be $13.50, or 2513.25 Andorran pesetas (they use Euros now but that's dull).
 
Birmingham to Manchester (110km): £54. :eek: (US$108)

There is an option for a £23 ($46) fare, but strictly speaking that's not an unrestricted open single. If you travelled on that route you could usually get that though.

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Seems to be cheaper up here though:

Glasgow to Dundee (100km): £20.40 ($40.75)

Still quite pricey compared to the rest of the world, though. :(
 
Oxford to London is £39.50 ($79), without railcard at peak times.

With a railcard, off peak it is only £13.20 ($26) though.

EDIT: Those are return fares, the open single is £20.50, the off peak (with railcard) single is £11.55.
 
In Belgium 100 kilometers in second class costs 12 euro normal rate. Families with 3 or more kids pay 7,20 euro. There's a bunch of special rates in the weekend and for daytrippers. Also you can buy a ticket of 10 trips for 69 euro. You can make 10 trips of any distance with it on the whole Belgian network during a period of 1 year. I used to buy such a Railpass when I didn't have any children.
 
Waterford-Dublin (160km) €23.50 single adult fare

So that's €14.70 per 100 kms (US$19.75)

I'm going to be travelling that route every weekday next year - there's a deduction scheme where you can buy an annual ticket from salary and it's not considered taxable income - costs about €1,600 net of tax for unrestricted travel over the entire national rail network.
 
I'm surprised at the worldwide consistency. Apart from the UK of course.

mfacey said:
Rotterdam Central Station to Arnhem (114km) costs 16.20 euros one-way. That's approx $22. So for a 100km trip it would come to $19.
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Hey, I've been to Arnhem, there's a good 'coffee' shop there.

We don't have 'class' carriages in OZ unless we get to decent distances.
 
Looking online, from Hull to Leeds it's 58 miles and if you wanted an adult single today it would set you back £14.40 with a return coming in at £16.90 – that's $28.77 and $33.76 respectively according to Dashboard's converter Widget.

Quite why you would want to go to Leeds is anyone's guess, but there you go. :p
 
From a station near Bolton to a station near Leeds, approximately 60 miles, costs £14.70 return, just under $30, often crowded trains and have to stand part of journey.
 
I can go to Birmingham, approx 50 miles, for about £10. If I go to London, which is around the same distance, it costs over £20.
 
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