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I'd say more than 300mi. Probably 500-600mi. Eg: Paris-> Montepellier, 3h30 by train. 1h20 by plane. By the time you add an hour for security/checkin at the air
by martinald 8y ago
I'd say more than 300mi. Probably 500-600mi. Eg: Paris-> Montepellier, 3h30 by train. 1h20 by plane. By the time you add an hour for security/checkin at the airport, and the additional hassle of getting to/from the airport vs city centre rail terminals, it's competitive. I think only when you get over 4h then air starts to benefit.
- Xylakant 8y agoAnd even at 4 hours, things really depend: I just travelled about 650km from Berlin to Mannheim in about 5 hours. There’s no airport at the destination, so I’d have to fly to Frankfurt and continue from there. There’s a direct train every hour and considering time to the airport and check-in etc, taking the train is still faster. Air travel wins out on short/medium distances only if both ends of the leg are close to an airport.
- pintxo 8y agoThere actually is a direct flight Berlin to Mannheim. Its just a tiny airport n Mannheim.