3.10 € for one hour

Why Graz has the most expensive public transport in Austria

Please get on board: Bim travel will be more expensive from July 1.(Bild: Wulf Scherbichler)

Public transport fares are increased every year, but this year it has caused a particularly big political stir. The hourly ticket is being increased from 3 euros to 3.10 euros - making it the most expensive in the whole of Austria. How the price came about and what the people of Graz have to say about it.

It is one of the favorite topics of the people of Graz: complaining about public transport prices. The fact that both hourly and annual tickets cost more in Graz than in Vienna has always been a particular source of irritation. There, you pay one euro a day for the subway and the like, and since 2012 the tariff of 365 euros has not been increased.