For some this may come as a surprise but the factors influencing the cost of travel are associated with a number of factors, which include building and maintaining infrastructure. This could explain why South Africa is cheapest for train travel (followed by Georgia, Egypt, Ukraine and Malaysia) and ranked 5th for its bus transport (after Egypt at the top followed by Ukraine, Thailand and Albania).
Consider the most recent upgrades of the Gautrain, Rea Vaya and MyCitibus systems across the country, but with Metrorail currently undergoing a major modernisation exercise it means this index could in fact change.
According to information on the Goeuro.com site, “prices can vary greatly depending on mode of transport and location” which also influenced the overall index.
When it comes to air travel South Africans are also not as hard hit as the rest of the world. It looked at the regular flights between the most populous cities in each country in order to calculate an average price per 100km.
South Africa ranks third cheapest in the world for air travel followed closely by Australia and Spain in fourth and fifth position. Cheapest overall was India, closely followed by Malaysia.
Take a look at the full Goeuro.com list below detailing price average for airtravel starting at $10.36 (about R110.74 at R10.69/$) with the most expensive air travel taking place in Finland at $138.90 (about R1484 at R10.68/$) per 100kms.
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