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Train infrastructure in France is not premium anymore, like our health system. Sure if you compare to North America like Canada, it is still better. I took the

Train infrastructure in France is not premium anymore, like our health system. Sure if you compare to North America like Canada, it is still better. I took the Via rail train in Canada last year from Toronto to Montreal, seats were spacious, good catering, but the journey was long and trains outdated. As for the price it was not crazy expensive but not cheap. The high speed train in France (TGV) is really expensive if you cannot get any discount compared to flights. I live near Nice in France and leaving my car in the airport parking lots is often more expensive than the flights themselves, even for 3 days ! For instance a one-way flight from Lille to Nice with Easyjet (around 900km) can cost only 60 Euros, it can be 100Euros back and forth. Also trains in France are more subject to strikes and delays. Well any mean of transportation in France is subject to strikes but the occurrence is greater with trains. Again the French government thinks that creating a French tax will pave the road to an European one. I highly doubt so. French airports and airlines will suffer from it compared to their European equivalent, and if an European tax is created, it won't probably make the French tax disappear. France loves taxes, we see the results. Again

maelito 7y ago
> Train infrastructure in France is not premium anymore It still is premium compared to the average country, even if it could be far better > The high speed train in France (TGV) is really expensive if you cannot get any discount compared to flights. I live near Nice in France Nice is the most enclaved city in France, in the far south-east and surrounded by mountains. It is not at all representative of the rail experience you get in the other big french cities. > Also trains in France are more subject to strikes and delays. Well any mean of transportation in France is subject to strikes but the occurrence is greater with trains. I spend ~2000€ yearly in trains, and the cumulated delay I got in 2019 yet was 30 minutes, with 25 minutes due to a a crop fire close to the rails. Yes, delays happen, but people often overestimate them (that's my opinion). > Again the French government thinks that creating a French tax will pave the road to an European one. I highly doubt so. French airports and airlines will suffer from it compared to their European equivalent, and if an European tax is created, it won't probably make the French tax disappear. France loves taxes, we see the results. The 200 million € from that tax will go to make that very train system better...

maelito 7y ago

> Train infrastructure in France is not premium anymore It still is premium compared to the average country, even if it could be far better > The high speed train in France (TGV) is really expensive if you cannot get any discount compared to flights. I live near Nice in France Nice is the most enclaved city in France, in the far south-east and surrounded by mountains. It is not at all representative of the rail experience you get in the other big french cities. > Also trains in France are more subject to strikes and delays. Well any mean of transportation in France is subject to strikes but the occurrence is greater with trains. I spend ~2000€ yearly in trains, and the cumulated delay I got in 2019 yet was 30 minutes, with 25 minutes due to a a crop fire close to the rails. Yes, delays happen, but people often overestimate them (that's my opinion). > Again the French government thinks that creating a French tax will pave the road to an European one. I highly doubt so. French airports and airlines will suffer from it compared to their European equivalent, and if an European tax is created, it won't probably make the French tax disappear. France loves taxes, we see the results. The 200 million € from that tax will go to make that very train system better...