Interesting article. I too assumed trains to be much efficient than airplanes. The big difference between rail and air is that it is possible to have a functio

Interesting article. I too assumed trains to be much efficient than airplanes. The big difference between rail and air is that it is possible to have a functioning market economy with true competition between airlines whereas rail seems to be stuck with bureaucratic monopolies. That causes air travel to get cheaper and cheaper, better and better while the train travel just falls more and more behind.