Burgerman wrote:Tried a bus 2 years back. Never again. Same with trains.
Apart from all the obvious problems, you have to depend on others. And others are not dependable. And a van works out cheaper long term. I cant afford busses and trains. I dont just mean money, but time and inconvinience.
I think that depends upon where you are, for me a train to London is much easier than driving. I worked in Taiwan, about 6 trips there a year and would use the bus from airport to high speed rail station then HSR to city I worked in. There was always a bus waiting at the airport, cheap and reliable, trains were every 30 minutes, you got a reserved seat, train pulled up to exactly the right spot for each carriage door, clean inside, reasonable seat space and always on time. 300kph and reasonably cheap. If we had services like that I'd be more inclined to use them.
I never considered wheelchair access and can't recall seeing anyone in a chair use the HSR.