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It takes four hours because they are on different Islands that aren't near each other or connected well. You are insinuating that it is just a slow train. Ther

It takes four hours because they are on different Islands that aren't near each other or connected well. You are insinuating that it is just a slow train. There isn't much you can do other than spend tens of billions building a bridge or tunnel. Cars often get the ferry to make that journey. A train has to travel in the opposite direction, across several islands and then back up. 4 hours is pretty good considering that. Even then there is so little demand for this journey it is infrequent. https://goo.gl/maps/SZeteqJRc1ng49go8 https://goo.gl/maps/SZeteqJRc1ng49go8

LeonidasXIV 7y ago
> There isn't much you can do other than spend tens of billions building a bridge or tunnel. Cars often get the ferry to make that journey. There is a precedent for taking a train on the ferry [0]. Sure, a tunnel is preferable and it would've been constructed but the German authorities were dragging their feet for years[1]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogelfluglinie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogelfluglinie [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fehmarn_Belt_Fixed_Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fehmarn_Belt_Fixed_Link
oposa 7y ago
Gothenburg to Stockholm is longer and takes 3 hours by train, and that is with a train from 1990. That is of course the prime route in Sweden, but it still isn't fast.
24gttghh 7y ago
Actually, it seems to only take 2h:50min by train Copenhagen to Aarhus[0], while by car it takes 3 hours with the ferry from Sjællands Odde to Aarhus[1]. [0]https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Copenhagen/Aarhus,+Denmark/@55.7258931,9.9314748,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x4652533c5c803d23:0x4dd7edde69467b8!2m2!1d12.5683372!2d55.6760968!1m5!1m1!1s0x464c4cb15397788b:0x8c4dd7d9912ea2af!2m2!1d10.203921!2d56.162939!3e3 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Copenhagen/Aarhus,+Denmark/@... [1]https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Copenhagen/Aarhus,+Denmark/@55.7279206,9.9425642,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x4652533c5c803d23:0x4dd7edde69467b8!2m2!1d12.5683372!2d55.6760968!1m5!1m1!1s0x464c4cb15397788b:0x8c4dd7d9912ea2af!2m2!1d10.203921!2d56.162939!3e0 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Copenhagen/Aarhus,+Denmark/@...

LeonidasXIV 7y ago

> There isn't much you can do other than spend tens of billions building a bridge or tunnel. Cars often get the ferry to make that journey. There is a precedent for taking a train on the ferry [0]. Sure, a tunnel is preferable and it would've been constructed but the German authorities were dragging their feet for years[1]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogelfluglinie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogelfluglinie [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fehmarn_Belt_Fixed_Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fehmarn_Belt_Fixed_Link

oposa 7y ago

Gothenburg to Stockholm is longer and takes 3 hours by train, and that is with a train from 1990. That is of course the prime route in Sweden, but it still isn't fast.

24gttghh 7y ago

Actually, it seems to only take 2h:50min by train Copenhagen to Aarhus[0], while by car it takes 3 hours with the ferry from Sjællands Odde to Aarhus[1]. [0]https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Copenhagen/Aarhus,+Denmark/@55.7258931,9.9314748,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x4652533c5c803d23:0x4dd7edde69467b8!2m2!1d12.5683372!2d55.6760968!1m5!1m1!1s0x464c4cb15397788b:0x8c4dd7d9912ea2af!2m2!1d10.203921!2d56.162939!3e3 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Copenhagen/Aarhus,+Denmark/@... [1]https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Copenhagen/Aarhus,+Denmark/@55.7279206,9.9425642,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x4652533c5c803d23:0x4dd7edde69467b8!2m2!1d12.5683372!2d55.6760968!1m5!1m1!1s0x464c4cb15397788b:0x8c4dd7d9912ea2af!2m2!1d10.203921!2d56.162939!3e0 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Copenhagen/Aarhus,+Denmark/@...