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Trains are fine but also very expensive. And rail networks are already very congested. And also very outdated in large parts of Europe. People like the idea of

Trains are fine but also very expensive. And rail networks are already very congested. And also very outdated in large parts of Europe. People like the idea of trains but not the practice of high ticket prices, disruptive delays, multi day journeys to cover the distance you can fly in 2 hours, etc. The main issue with aviation is that fuel is burned, which is bad for the environment. However a lot of short haul flight can transition to battery electric pretty soon. Probably before any significant amount of new rail gets built. That removes the major environmental concerns. And lots of small planes can fly point to point so you remove the dependence on big central hubs as well.

mikepurvis 3y ago
I think a lot of short haul flights make less sense than people think when you account for travel time to the airport, security, boarding, taxiing, etc. Trains suffer from intermediate stops of course, but overall it's really important to do a comparison of the true door to door time.
saintkaye 3y ago
If K99 turns out to be real in any sense there’s a strong chance all transport moves electric/battery opp.
ChumpGPT 3y ago
I spent a month travailing in Europe this Spring and while not horrible, I can see why most people want to take planes or drive. If you are traveling between countries nothing matches up. You land in Europe and decide to take a train from Frankfurt to Prague and the schedules don't sink up. You spend an ungodly amount of time waiting or sitting on a train in the dark. Then if you want to travel to Poland from Prague you end up arriving to your destination 10 hours later in what would be a <4 hour car trip. I can understand why most Europeans I spoke to would much rather fly or drive and leave the trains for tourists. Tourists also don't have time to burn adjusting their schedule to the train schedules. With the Schengen Zone you only have 90 days every 180, where as before you could spend a year travailing across Europe you're now screwed because you have 90 days instead of 90 days for each individual country.
ClumsyPilot 3y ago
> Trains are fine but also very expensive But why is it expensive

mikepurvis 3y ago

I think a lot of short haul flights make less sense than people think when you account for travel time to the airport, security, boarding, taxiing, etc. Trains suffer from intermediate stops of course, but overall it's really important to do a comparison of the true door to door time.

saintkaye 3y ago

If K99 turns out to be real in any sense there’s a strong chance all transport moves electric/battery opp.

ChumpGPT 3y ago

I spent a month travailing in Europe this Spring and while not horrible, I can see why most people want to take planes or drive. If you are traveling between countries nothing matches up. You land in Europe and decide to take a train from Frankfurt to Prague and the schedules don't sink up. You spend an ungodly amount of time waiting or sitting on a train in the dark. Then if you want to travel to Poland from Prague you end up arriving to your destination 10 hours later in what would be a <4 hour car trip. I can understand why most Europeans I spoke to would much rather fly or drive and leave the trains for tourists. Tourists also don't have time to burn adjusting their schedule to the train schedules. With the Schengen Zone you only have 90 days every 180, where as before you could spend a year travailing across Europe you're now screwed because you have 90 days instead of 90 days for each individual country.

ClumsyPilot 3y ago

> Trains are fine but also very expensive But why is it expensive