Value of the train ticket

[WesleyBrasil]

How much does a subway train ticket in your city?
In my town it costs R $ 2.70 reais (about U.S. $ Dollar 1:52) My city(São Paulo)

 

[rail-britain]

There aren't many cities in the UK with a "subway" system :
Glasgow
Flat fare of £1.20
Equally, travel is "free" when you hold certain railway tickets

 

[tannedfrog]

£1.80 in central London with Oyster card

Sao Paulo sounds expensive

 

[WesleyBrasil]

Yeah, I agree but I must also admit that Serviss has been improving more and more.
The metro ticket costs the same price

 

[Solent&Wessex]

£1.80 in central London with Oyster card

Sao Paulo sounds expensive

And £4 if you don't! It's all very well if you have an oyster card - I do as I go a couple of times a year - but if you don't go frequently, and only need or want to make 1 journey then it costs a fortune!

 

[theblackwatch]

And £4 if you don't! It's all very well if you have an oyster card - I do as I go a couple of times a year - but if you don't go frequently, and only need or want to make 1 journey then it costs a fortune!

Couldn't agree more. I prefer to use Travelcards normally, but I do have an Oyster Card for the odd time when I only have to do one or two journeys in London or are 'passing through'. I was unfortunately stung earlier this year when I only needed to do a single journey and forgot to take my card with me. If I'd had time, I would have walked the journey in protest!

 

[yorkie]

£1.80 in central London with Oyster card

Sao Paulo sounds expensive

£1.80 doesn't get you far though!

The São Paulo Metro (let's not use the annoying Yank "Subway" term) fares, which are cheaper than quoted just for Zone 1 in London, appear to apply across the network. So you can go a lot further, for less money.

London Underground is very expensive. This is possibly because the staff are paid huge salaries, and also our H&S culture in the UK is at ridiculous proportions.

How much does a subway train ticket in your city?
In my town it costs R $ 2.70 reais (about U.S. $ Dollar 1:52) My city(São Paulo)

In the UK a subway is free, as you walk through it to get from one side of a busy road to another. No ticket required, and no trains either!

 

[Sam Bentley]

£1.80 doesn't get you far though!

In the UK a subway is free, as you walk through it to get from one side of a busy road to another. No ticket required, and no trains either!

Seeing as the OP is in Brazil and possibly doesn't use English as his first language is there any need to be so Xenophobic and hostile?

 

[Deerfold]

Seeing as the OP is in Brazil and possibly doesn't use English as his first language is there any need to be so Xenophobic and hostile?

Hostile? Looks like a friendly enough explanation.

 

[yorkie]

I said nothing xenophobic, or hostile toward our Brazilian friend. On the contrary, I defended him against a claim that Sao Paulo's metro was "expensive". The term 'subway' to describe an Underground railway is not a Brazilian term at all; it's an American term, and I posted a link to the Wikipedia article explaining that. There's nothing wrong with that at all. Indeed we use the term 'Metro' in places like Newcastle, just like Brazil!

 

[Solent&Wessex]

Couldn't agree more. I prefer to use Travelcards normally, but I do have an Oyster Card for the odd time when I only have to do one or two journeys in London or are 'passing through'. I was unfortunately stung earlier this year when I only needed to do a single journey and forgot to take my card with me. If I'd had time, I would have walked the journey in protest!

Yes I had a similar experience a few weeks ago - I had gone south by CrossCountry HST, and when I left home a week earlier I had forgotten I was comng back via London so also forgot my oyster card. I landed at Paddington and suddenly realised I had to pay £4 to get to Kings Cross!

Interestingly I had to pay at Kings Cross! At Paddington I went to the Circle / Hammersmith platforms to go straight to Kings Cross via the footbridge. I went out via the FGW ticket barrier and there was nothing else till the platforms. There was an enquiries window, and as I was surprised there was no ticket office or machine I enquired and he just said "pay when you get there"

 

[yorkie]

If you ever want an AP ticket on FGW into Paddington, it's worth getting it to Finsbury Park, the additional cost is negligible.

PRIV holders can get an Acton Main Line to Finsbury Park SDS for £1.30.

Railcard holders can also beat the £4 singles by paying £3.45 for a SDS although the saving is barely enough to worry about, but it's worth doing on principle!

Anyone else is screwed, if you have an hour to kill, you could walk in protest.

For a group, a taxi would be cheaper. Not sure how many you'd need though.

 

[Solent&Wessex]

PRIV holders can get an Acton Main Line to Finsbury Park SDS for £1.30.

I wanted to do something like that - but the Guard on the FGW train refused to sell me it, saying they were being monitored and not allowed to sell such things - he told me to go to the ticket office. The barrier staff said they couldn't sell me one either, saying I had to go to the ticket office. As I was the opposite side of the station and not in the mood for a debate or a walk I couldn't be bothered and just carried on.

 

[WesleyBrasil]

I said nothing xenophobic, or hostile toward our Brazilian friend. On the contrary, I defended him against a claim that Sao Paulo's metro was "expensive". The term 'subway' to describe an Underground railway is not a Brazilian term at all; it's an American term, and I posted a link to the Wikipedia article explaining that. There's nothing wrong with that at all. Indeed we use the term 'Metro' in places like Newcastle, just like Brazil!

Ok I understand their placement, I even think expensive but the servisso until is good, and with the World Cup 2014 it this in expansion

is, the English in Brazil is highly valued but what you learn in schools is very vague, if you want to learn to speak fluently has to pay for a course, thing here is not very cheap

 

[flymo]

The MTR in Hong Kong is reasonably priced. The fares range from about HK$ 3.70 (about 32p) for a stop or two to about HK$ 24* (about £2).

*There are premiums applied to the border stations of Lok Ma Chau and Lo Wu and for the Mickey Mouse line to Disneyland and are not included in the above fares.

 

[WesleyBrasil]

There should be a very Good servisso now
I sleep ja passes from 00:19

 

[reb0118]

I wanted to do something like that - but the Guard on the FGW train refused to sell me it, saying they were being monitored and not allowed to sell such things - he told me to go to the ticket office. The barrier staff said they couldn't sell me one either, saying I had to go to the ticket office. As I was the opposite side of the station and not in the mood for a debate or a walk I couldn't be bothered and just carried on.

I find this quite a lot with some staff. They don't seem comfortable selling tickets for other operators. I think this is part of their training as I know from experience that we are not given a lot of information about other operators tickets and indeed general through tickets as well. However if you have the confidence, experience, and are a regular traveller yourself then there should be no problem selling any valid ticket that is in your avantix database. Indeed most information can be found in the avantix itself.

I'm a bit shocked that one First colleague did not help another though. Poor show.