How long would it take to go ten miles on public transportation?

Answer 1

That depends upon the transportation used, when the 10 miles are travelled and where the 10 miles are.

The 10 miles I used to cycle to centre of town in 35-40 minutes would take 1 hour or more on a bus, but 10 miles along a motorway in a bus is going to take around 10 minutes.

10 miles on a train (from my local station to a central terminus) can take about 30 minutes for a stopping train, or 11 minutes for a fast one. An inter-city 125 would take 4 minutes 48 seconds to cover 10 miles at top speed, and the SNCF TGV at top speed takes 3 minutes.

Switching to aircraft, at [top] cruising speed an Airbus A380 or Boeing 777 will cover 10 miles in just over 1 minute; Concorde (when in service) at top speed would cover 10 miles in 27 seconds.

Answer 2

It depends on where in you are travelling. On the Japanese shinkansen (bullet trains) it could take around 3 minutes. Commercial aircraft are also public transport and on these it would take around 1 minute.