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I don’t understand the point of high speed rail. You can just show up for a domestic flight 30 mins before and you get to your destination 4x faster. The only g

I don’t understand the point of high speed rail. You can just show up for a domestic flight 30 mins before and you get to your destination 4x faster. The only good thing about trains are the views.

matkoniecz 4y ago
I was flying this summer in Europe and was asked to come to airport 150 minutes before departure. > The only good thing about trains are the views. And allowed baggage, and far more space...
- galaxyLogic 4y ago
  > The only good thing about trains are the views. I think train-operators should build more trains with transparent walls cars and lounge-space. It's more fun to travel when you don't have to sit in the same place for many hours. But not sure how much it would add to the cost.
trophycase 4y ago
flying is miserable unless you are first class
pmontra 4y ago
Milan to Rome by rail is 30 minutes from home to a seat on the train (by underground, one train every 3 minutes,) 3 hours to the center of Rome. By plane is 30 minutes to the closest airport or 90 minutes to the two further away (by train or bus, about one every 20/30 minutes.) Boarding time, probably at least one hour (factor in the connection time with the train or bus). Taxi to take off, one hour flight, taxi to terminal, leaving the plane. At this point we're spent about the same time. We still have to possibly collect luggage and go from the airport to the city. The high speed train is a no brainer. Naples is one hour of train further away. The choice between train or plane starts to be more nuanced. I went by train last time because I just sit down once and I don't have to move me and my luggage anymore. Milan to Paris? Fly.
- axelfontaine 4y ago
  Milan to Paris? Ride. 5 comfortable direct trains per day with tickets starting at 29€! https://www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Milan.htm#Milan-Paris https://www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Mila...
  - pmontra 4y ago
    7 hours? It's borderline but I forgot that they improved that connection recently.
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I don’t understand the point of high speed rail. You can just show up for a domestic flight 30 mins before and you get to your destination 4x faster. The only good thing about trains are the views.

matkoniecz 4y ago

I was flying this summer in Europe and was asked to come to airport 150 minutes before departure. > The only good thing about trains are the views. And allowed baggage, and far more space...

galaxyLogic 4y ago
> The only good thing about trains are the views. I think train-operators should build more trains with transparent walls cars and lounge-space. It's more fun to travel when you don't have to sit in the same place for many hours. But not sure how much it would add to the cost.

trophycase 4y ago

flying is miserable unless you are first class

pmontra 4y ago

Milan to Rome by rail is 30 minutes from home to a seat on the train (by underground, one train every 3 minutes,) 3 hours to the center of Rome. By plane is 30 minutes to the closest airport or 90 minutes to the two further away (by train or bus, about one every 20/30 minutes.) Boarding time, probably at least one hour (factor in the connection time with the train or bus). Taxi to take off, one hour flight, taxi to terminal, leaving the plane. At this point we're spent about the same time. We still have to possibly collect luggage and go from the airport to the city. The high speed train is a no brainer. Naples is one hour of train further away. The choice between train or plane starts to be more nuanced. I went by train last time because I just sit down once and I don't have to move me and my luggage anymore. Milan to Paris? Fly.

axelfontaine 4y ago
Milan to Paris? Ride. 5 comfortable direct trains per day with tickets starting at 29€! https://www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Milan.htm#Milan-Paris https://www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Mila...
- pmontra 4y ago
  7 hours? It's borderline but I forgot that they improved that connection recently.

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