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It is (almost) the same for every city, if you compare driving times from suburbs to city centre. The reason is that city train/metro/tram needs to stop on 15+
by jan_g 7y ago
It is (almost) the same for every city, if you compare driving times from suburbs to city centre. The reason is that city train/metro/tram needs to stop on 15+ stations before reaching the inner city.
Still, to me, train is superior - I can just sit and relax. Driving is much more tiring. 15 minutes or so difference is not worth it.
- TomMarius 7y agoIn Prague, subway does not go to suburbs. Few trams do, but they do not reach the city centre. Not my case at all. The subway route I compare to car is 7 stops + 10 min walk.
- sobani 7y agoWhat kind of awful subway is it, that takes 35 minutes to drive 7 stops? I just checked a Rotterdam subway line and it does 30 stops in an hour[0] which is a ~32KM distance as a bird flies[1]. [0] https://www.ret.nl/home/reizen/dienstregeling/metro-b.html https://www.ret.nl/home/reizen/dienstregeling/metro-b.html [1] https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Nesselande,+Rotterdam/Hoek+van+Holland+Haven,+Hoek+van+Holland/@51.9413423,4.2172473,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c5cd813f600759:0x5074da313c0c6b58!2m2!1d4.586625!2d51.9797308!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c5ad1ea57bcd9f:0x17bb2708c2461a3!2m2!1d4.1284167!2d51.9752644!3e3 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Nesselande,+Rotterdam/Hoek+v...
- mrep 7y agoFor suburb to city center, you want multi-track train lines which only stop at a few stations and then switch over to a middle track which then goes the rest of the way downtown without stopping. The suburb I grew up in was about 20 miles outside of Chicago and the rush hour express train would get you downtown in about 25 minutes whereas doing the same route by car would take you 40-100 minutes during rush hour.