>>1203369I'd argue that Merseyrail, with its circulating trains and underground stations in Liverpool's city center, counts as a hybrid commuter rail/metro system not unlike the RER or the S-Bahn.
But yeah, it's inexcusable that more British cities don't have good rail transit. Compare Germany, for instance, and the number of cities there with a metro or something similar to it, particularly in terms of how small so many of them are.
