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lostsoul2016 t1_iuw5wfv wrote

Great idea but wondering how many would need that.

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hawxxer t1_iuwjbvy wrote

pretty much everyone who uses the train to go to work. I paid around 200 euros per month even with lowered prices for students...

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Kahodes04 t1_iuxm58q wrote

What'd your covarage? I pay 1€ per day in Vienna and it works inside the Bundesland

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Shiro1_Ookami t1_iuwdj4t wrote

This ticket is cheaper than most basic public transport subscriptions. Even the monthly ticket for Nuremberg/Fürth is more expensive than that and It is useful if you use the whole area of one transport association more than twice a month. You don’t habe to care about borders… etc.

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willie_caine t1_iuwnsbn wrote

Loads! It costs the same as my current monthly ticket, but that's only valid for my local region. Lots of people are caught out by crossing boundaries between networks and can find themselves needing multiple tickets - this all goes away. Not to mention anyone just wanting to travel a bit.

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JerryCalzone t1_iuw82sl wrote

Big cities are getting too expensive to rent or buy, home office has been normalized - there ye go.

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SarcasticAssClown t1_iuwpdxc wrote

Plenty of companies rolling that one back already, at least partially - which then opens another dilemma: if you only have to go to the office thrice per week, but still needed the same expensive monthly pass since still cheaper than single tickets.

So I honestly like the solution, 9€ and literally everyone was in the trains. Including a lot of folks with no idea how to behave in a communaly used train...

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JerryCalzone t1_iux4vor wrote

> Including a lot of folks with no idea how to behave in a communaly used train..

Same with how to behave in a cinema, doing trick and treating - i see a pattern here

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Mr-Korv t1_iuw8fmi wrote

In cities in Sweden, it's most people.

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Benji_Ba t1_iuwnl8f wrote

It's not only for trains but all public transportation in the city like tram and bus. I used to pay 70 bucks per month just for the city I live in and that was not even valid for the whole city.

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Reddit-runner t1_iux2lr8 wrote

Even if you only plan a 2-3 day visit to the next larger city it will be cheaper than the current options.

So it is definitely needed for many people.

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Gasur t1_iux6vjn wrote

In the west of Germany, there is a string of major cities more or less in a line stretching from north to south. Almost 32 million people live in these cities or their metropolitan areas. I imagine it would be super useful for people living there to only have to pay a modest monthly fee for unlimited usage of all those public transport systems.

I live in the UK, and in London there is a unified public transport service. When I have to go on business trips to other UK cities, there are usually many different bus companies and sometimes if I buy a daily ticket for one bus provider then I can only take their buses. I would love a unified national ticket like this.

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