> For most people, the time gained by taking the high speed train is not worth the extra cost. Citation needed. I'm just a single data point but I'd gladly pa

> For most people, the time gained by taking the high speed train is not worth the extra cost. Citation needed. I'm just a single data point but I'd gladly pay more to be home w/ family a few minutes/hour earlier and considering how jam packed the ICEs often are I would say others share a similar sentiment (maybe for other reasons). Most arguments in this article are based on price which to me is similar to people arguing over benchmarks in software/hardware products (i.e. performance of a product) while there are tens of other factors to consider, performance being just one of them. I for one don't consider price at all (within reason, for me that means when the difference between choices is ~200-300€) when travelling on business (and the older I get for private travel as well). I favor comfort, speed, reliability of connections etc. I basically disagree with almost everything in that article - but similar to his viewpoint mine is very subjective.