England's Largest Cities Are Most Expensive In Europe For Public Transport Costs

London’s system was the most expensive for a monthly pass as a proportion of household budget

- Jon Stone

England’s three largest cities are also the three most expensive in Europe for public transport, a new study has found.

London, Manchester and Birmingham occupied the three bottom spots in a ranking of 36 metropoles by affordability.

Researchers looked at each city and compared the price of a monthly travel pass to the average household budget.

London ranked bottom with its £167 zone 1-3 price cap taking up 9.6 per cent of average household budget.

By contrast, an equivalent pass in Copenhagen, the most proportionally affordable city, takes up just 1.3 per cent of a local resident’s household budget. A 30-day commuter pass costs 620 Danish Krone (£69), while residents enjoy some of the highest incomes in Europe.