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High-speed rail can absolutely compete with short-haul flights between (some) European cities.
by ploika 5y ago
High-speed rail can absolutely compete with short-haul flights between (some) European cities.
- otabdeveloper4 5y agoYes, but that's beside the point. People take the train in the same situations when they drive a car, and travel time isn't always the most important criterion.
- blackbrokkoli 5y agoIt is the point. People in Europe very much do consider train vs. plane. I encountered this first hand in personal considerations, family vacation planning and in a policy handout in a big corporation.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 5y agoQuite a few of my friends in Europe prefer not to fly for environmental reasons as well, which I don't see really discussed a lot here. Oftentimes flight is seen as a last resort mode of transportation.
- petre 5y agoNot in Eastern Europe and the Balkans where trains and rail infra are crap. If I were going from Austria to the Czech Republic, sure. Hungary to Greece? No way.
- KineticLensman 5y ago> People take the train in the same situations when they drive a car Not always. I live on the south coast of the UK. If I had to get to Scottish cities such as Glasgow (450 miles) or Edinburgh in a single day's journey I would fly or take the train, but never consider driving - it would be an absolutely horrendous car journey (edit: at least 8 hours assuming perfect traffic).
- exoque 5y agoAnd some people take the train instead of a plane. And I did even in the US.