miklcct
On Moderation
I visited Latvia back in 2018 and travelled across the country by trains and buses, including to somewhere very rural far away from settlements.
My impression was that the trains there was very cheap, less than 10€ to travel for hundreds of km, and despite having a very old system with only Soviet-era diesel trains, the trains were still faster than road transport as the country has no motorways. The trains were cheaper than buses as well, but the buses were much more frequent with a wider coverage. I could see buses running every hour, stopping through the middle of nowhere (which I used these stops) between major towns / cities, as long as there was an A road there was good bus service.
In the UK, I can't believe that even two neighbouring towns linked by an A-road but not the railway can have no bus service between them on some days.
Can anyone with better understanding of Latvian public transport system tell me if my impression is fact or not? Is the public transport there really better than the UK?
My impression was that the trains there was very cheap, less than 10€ to travel for hundreds of km, and despite having a very old system with only Soviet-era diesel trains, the trains were still faster than road transport as the country has no motorways. The trains were cheaper than buses as well, but the buses were much more frequent with a wider coverage. I could see buses running every hour, stopping through the middle of nowhere (which I used these stops) between major towns / cities, as long as there was an A road there was good bus service.
In the UK, I can't believe that even two neighbouring towns linked by an A-road but not the railway can have no bus service between them on some days.
Can anyone with better understanding of Latvian public transport system tell me if my impression is fact or not? Is the public transport there really better than the UK?