Business travellers face highest public transport costs in Switzerland

Public transport ticket prices for adults in Switzerland are around the European average, according to a study. Swiss senior citizens and business travellers, on the other hand, tend to pay more. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox For the study, the Infras research office compared prices in seven European countries on behalf of the public transport information service (Litra). According to the study, public transport prices for daily journeys within a city for adults in Switzerland were in the lower-middle range last year. Senior citizens, on the other hand, paid the second-highest prices. + Swiss government exerted pressure to increase public transport fares Swiss adults had to spend the second most for weekly journeys within a metropolitan area. Compared to other countries, senior citizens travelled the most expensively in these zones. Daily trips between cities in Switzerland were about as expensive for adults as the average of the seven countries.