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Replace "foreigners" with "Americans". Functional public transport is not that special; most countries have it. The main difference in Switzerland is the hostil
by Stevvo 3y ago
Replace "foreigners" with "Americans". Functional public transport is not that special; most countries have it. The main difference in Switzerland is the hostility of the terrain to building infrastructure.
If your parents lived on a farm in rural China, you would say the same thing.
- Tainnor 3y agoSwiss public transport is IMHO special in three respects: a) density of the network, b) frequency (even remote areas get a bus an hour), c) punctuality. I'm not saying no other country can match this (I haven't been everywhere), but at least Germany or Italy can't.
- Peanuts99 3y agoIt is bloody pricey though. Especially for those without a Swisspass.
- panick21_ 3y agoCheap if you can not have a car instead. Plus if you vacation here you can get 5 day tickets for example, and explore the whole country, it covers various ships, cable cars and so on. It can be a pretty damn good deal if you take advantage of it. For people living here that don't need a full GA (Swisspass is a car that has lots of functions). There is also Halb-Tax to reduce your price significantly, and if you use it frequently you can get even better deal with Halb-Tax Plus. I think its quite reasonably priced for what you get. But if you are a tourist coming in just buying 1 regular ticket it can be expensive. That said lots of local transport is often included with the hotel.
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