25% longer is not that bad, especially if you consider that you can't work while driving, but for many kinds of work, you can do some work in a train (if you ha

25% longer is not that bad, especially if you consider that you can't work while driving, but for many kinds of work, you can do some work in a train (if you have a seat, at least). Or read a book. I don't consider train travel to be lost time in the way car travel is.