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    2. tormademenervous on

      (un)popular opinion: hsl should not have a monopoly if they want to just make profit

      edit: this is my opinion as a full-time student who already struggles financically and is very dependent on public transport

    3. Apprehensive_Law7629 on

      Actually very few countries have free transportation, not many for sure. Despite this the price of public transport in Finland is very high. It’s one of the main reasons why I keep my car…

    4. Comfortable_Lab_3123 on

      ”In many other eu countries are giving their Transport free whereas HSL getting higher every year?”

      But quality of public transportation is very different in many other EU countries

    6. Former-Possession-51 on

      Having lived in various countries, HSL value for money is super good. Their network and overall punctuality are great, at least if you live within zones AB. Paying 72 EUR for a monthly AB ticket is something a happily do.

    7. CombativeSplash on

      For the size of the city, it honestly offers a crazy amount of connections and coverage. Pretty much no other city has as intense and connected of a tram network for its size and the connections are pretty simple. That being said it is costly and the ABCD zone system, in my opinion, works against more people riding the system to more places. If there were no zones I’d almost bet you’d see more ridership overall.

    8. invicerato on

      This price raise is very mild in comparison to how they raised prices before. 3.1% is fine.

    9. Unironically_Dave on

      They should really implement the system where you check in on entry and check out on exit.

    10. IcyBlueberry3068 on

      HSL works well, but paying nearly €8.80 (4.40 + 4.40) just to hang around the city center for a bit feels kinda ridiculous. There were talks about introducing short-time tickets (like 15-minute ones), but with how underfunded they are right now, that’s probably never gonna happen.

    11. Boenthoe on

      Prices are way too high. Its not accessible to everyone anymore. Personally I’d choose trashier and shittier busses with cheaper tickets anyday.

    12. LondonEntUK on

      Coming from London, the quality and price here is so much better than the tube service. I don’t mind the price increase, it’s not great, but it’s not bad

    13. Calavore on

      Wow…their last excuses were 1. People can afford to pay more 2. People need to cover for those who travel without a ticket.

      Their last excuses for raising the fine 1. It stopped being high enough to sting the wallet

    14. Ok_Thing7439 on

      I don’t know if it hsl to blame, but I’ve been looking worryingly on the massive investments on infrastructure and most recently the new trams, where they spend billions of euros on. Some might not be worth it, like raide-jokeri and kruunusilta tram, and it’s we who pay for all of it in the end. I just think it’s too ambitious and doesn’t reflect on the state Finland is at the moment.

    17. MaddogFinland on

      HSL is a treasure in terms of its service. But damn the price is getting high. But I love it and coming from American city with typically completely shit transport aside from cars, I will pay whatever they ask.

    18. MirekDusinojc on

      I’ve recently learned that annual pass in Prague cost almost the same as the monthly pass in Helsinki. I assume Prague is heavily subsidising the tickets, but Helsinki does not (and the comparison is not only about the purchasing power)

    19. Brilliant-Ad3942 on

      I’d prefer a tap in tap out like London. At the very least they could at least cap fares for people using the app. For example, if you buy 10 singles over 2 days you should be paying the 2 day travel ticket cost, they have the data in the app, so they know. Not everybody knows in advance how much they will travel in a week, month, year.

    21. farewellyall on

      I use the orange buses mostly so I’ve just stopped paying the ticket because the prices are getting ridiculous.

    22. ApprehensivePilot3 on

      I don’t know. Like having afaik limitless access to public transportation for 80 min in 3-4 euros isn’t that expensive compared to going between Helsinki and Lohja or around Lohja.

    23. escpoir on

      Excellent service but expensive.

      I would not mind half the frequency of rides if the price went down by 25%.

      Also, I hope people with low income could get free HSL cards.

    24. OkControl9503 on

      I love the free park and rides, a day ticket is much cheaper than trying to park anywhere downtown. That said I make it all the way downtown maybe 0-4 times per year, depending on the year.

    26. Full_Secretary_1376 on

      I’m happy with their service but the prices are getting out of hand. I don’t travel enough to justify the monthly ticket so I pay per ride – either with the 20x ticket or singles – but when I have to do that I often end up going with a car instead, especially if I’m traveling together with my partner. Paying ~18 euros for two people to visit a friend, sitting in public transportation for an hour vs taking a 25 minute trip by car – easy choice. Raising the costs will not help that. If the ticket prices increase 3% I’ll probably end up using HSL maybe 5-10% less than now.

    27. patchysunny on

      The prices are already ridiculous, and it’s not uncommon that the app just…doesn’t load. The other day it would not load, so I used one of the ticket machines on the tram for the first time, and found out they add 20 cents to the price 🙃 so that was just poetic

      Otherwise, yeah, the vehicles are nice and clean, metro is great (wish the network of it was bigger tho). I don’t think it is justifying the prices at all. Also they need to offer discounted single tickets for students too..

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