Vilnius city municipalities The council decided to abolish the 30-minute curfew from July. public transport ticket. This decision is being widely criticized on social media by Vilnius residents, most of whom use this type of ticket every day. It is also surprising that similar tickets are used in other cities with larger passenger flows.
In Warsaw, both residents and tourists You can buy a 20-minute ticket for about 0,83 cents. In Budapest, there are also short-trip tickets. Here, a 30-minute ticket costs about 1,30 cents. In some cities in Germany and Austria, you can buy tickets that will take you up to 4 or 7 stops.
Although Vilnius is a smaller city than all the above, 30-minute tickets will no longer be available here. This is surprising, considering that many people travel just a few stops to work, school, university, a clinic, or even a store.
"They've been scammed here. I've never used hourly tickets, only half-hourly ones. I used to ride about twenty times a month. Instead of €13, it'll cost me €25. It'll be almost twice as expensive: 92%," people wrote in their comments.
We would like to ask you if a 30-minute ticket is needed in Vilnius in public transport?