With the advent of the metro, life in cities has changed beyond recognition.
This information is reported by the publication Euronews, which is quoted by “URA-Inform”.
Which European cities have the best, worst metro networks? The answers come from a study by luggage storage company Bounce, which examined all the metro services in the continent's capitals and made some interesting discoveries.
To compare the metro systems, the experts took into account a wide range of factors: from the average Google station rating and the distance the metro covers, to the number of stations, annual ridership and the percentage of positive and negative online reactions to each service.
Based on these, a metro index was derived. Unfortunately, the Kiev metro was not included in the study due to the war in our country. The Moscow and Minsk metros were also excluded from the rating.
The best metro was in Oslo, Norway, scoring 8.06 points out of 10. The Norwegian capital's metro system, known as Oslo T-Bane or T-banen i Oslo, boasts 101 stations covering 85 km. It serves all 15 districts of the city, and also partially extends into the neighboring municipality of Baerum. The Norwegian capital's metro consists of five separate lines, with another one currently under construction.
The Budapest metro, Hungary, topped the anti-rating. Its index was only 3.13 out of 10. Although the Hungarian capital's metro system is relatively small, with 48 stations on 39 km of tracks, it carries a very large number of passengers per year – more than 382 million. The condition of the stations often leaves them with very unpleasant impressions.
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