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It costs most to travel by bus, tram or subway, taxi and train in Western Europe and North America.
In Germany, a second class train journey over 200 kilometers costs an average of $79 (US dollars) – around 65 per cent more than the Western European average, according to a UBS study.
In Zurich or Geneva, you might think twice about taking a taxi to get to your destination. In both cities a five-kilometer inner-city trip during the day costs around $28.
The global average, by contrast, is approximately $10. In Oslo and Copenhagen, a journey of ten kilometers or ten stops with the bus, tram or subway costs over $4.80.
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: A man checks his BlackBerry phone while riding the subway in New York.Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters.
New York
Train: $85.98
Bus, Tram or Metro: $2.42
Taxi: $8.50
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: Spectators picnic between a pair of double decker buses during Ladies Day at the Epsom Derby festival in Epsom, southwest of London.Photographs: Chris Helgren/Reuters.
London
Train: $81.95
Bus, Tram or Metro: $3.70
Taxi: $23.03
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: Taxis line the Strasse des 17. Juni thoroughfare in central Berlin.Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters.
Berlin
Train: $80.30
Bus, Tram or Metro: $2.98
Taxi: $10.79
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: Trains are parked outside of the central station in Munich during heavy snowfalls in whole Bavaria.Photographs: Michaela Rehle/Reuters.
Munich
Train: $71.23
Bus, Tram or Metro: $3.24
Taxi: $18.04
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
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Montreal
Train: $70.58
Bus, Tram or Metro: $2.87
Taxi: $12.98
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: Trams drive past the offices of Swiss banks UBS (L) and Credit Suisse at Paradeplatz square in Zurich.Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters.
Zurich
Train: $68.47
Bus, Tram or Metro: $4.66
Taxi: $28.93
In Zurich or Geneva, you might think twice about taking a taxi to get to your destination. In both cities a five-kilometer inner-city trip during the day costs around $28.
The global average, by contrast, is about $10.
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: Employees of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) perform maintenance operations in front of the new regional two-floor train connecting Geneva and Lausanne.Photographs: Valentin Flauraud/Reuters.
Geneva
Train: $58.23
Bus, Tram or Metro: $3.67
Taxi: $27.78
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: Luxembourg.Photographs: Webwalking/Wikimedia Commons.
Luxembourg
Train: $54.13
Bus, Tram or Metro: $1.94
Taxi: $19.43
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: A picture from an animation of the new train from Canada's Bombardier Inc.Photographs: Reuters.
Oslo
Train: $48.58
Bus, Tram or Metro: $5.12
Taxi: $23.22
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: Japan Railway's new N700 bullet train stands at a platform of Tokyo Station in Tokyo.Photographs: Toru Hanai/Reuters.
Tokyo
Train: $44.72
Bus, Tram or Metro: $2.46
Taxi: $21.42
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: A velo taxi, or bicycle taxi, driver look waits for customers in Paris.Photographs: Charles Platiau/Reuters.
Paris
Train: $42.87
Bus, Tram or Metro: $2.16
Taxi: $9.39
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: People wait in a taxi stand at a Barcelona's cruise terminal.Photographs: Albert Gea/Reuters.
Barcelona
Train: $41.96
Bus, Tram or Metro: $2.59
Taxi: $10.36
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: Railway workers tries to clear points from ice and snow at the marshalling yard at the Central Station in Stockholm.Photographs: John Nilsson/Reuters.
Stockholm
Train: $41.60
Bus, Tram or Metro: $4.52
Taxi: $24.64
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: Auckland.Photographs: Courtesy, aucklandnz.com
Auckland
Train: $ 40.86
Bus, Tram or Metro: $2.57
Taxi: $13.62
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: People walk inside a tunnel at Central train station in Sydney.Photographs: Daniel Munoz/Reuters.
Sydney
Train: $39.35
Bus, Tram or Metro: $3.43
Taxi: $9.75
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: Italo, a new high-speed train for the NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori), is seen on a platform at the Tiburtina train station in Rome.Photographs: Max Rossi/Reuters.
Rome
Train: $36.69
Bus, Tram or Metro: $1.94
Taxi: $9.38
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: Passengers ride atop overloaded carriages of a commuter train in Kenya's capital Nairobi.Photographs: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters.
Nairobi
Train: $35.80
Bus, Tram or Metro: $0.54
Taxi: $7.16
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: Toronto Transit Committee (TTC) streetcars are lined up in a yard after a wildcat strike by maintenance workers shut down public transit in Toronto.Photographs: Mike Cassese/Reuters.
Toronto
Train: $35.62
Bus, Tram or Metro: $3.08
Taxi: $13.31
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Rail fares are the highest in these 20 cities
Image: Tram service in south Dublin, Ireland.Photographs: Reuters.
Dublin
Train: $34.53
Bus, Tram or Metro: $2.74
Taxi: $14.89
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