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> The train from Frankfurt to Basel alone is that price No? Maybe if you’re trying to book tomorrow, or at a very specific time, but looking on RailEurope for
by gbear605 3y ago
> The train from Frankfurt to Basel alone is that price
No? Maybe if you’re trying to book tomorrow, or at a very specific time, but looking on RailEurope for an arbitrary date (September 1), I see plenty of tickets for under $50.
On the other hand, trying to go the whole way from Amsterdam to Rome does get a lot more impractical, because of all the transfers making the trip take around 24 hours, but you can get tickets for only around $150. I do agree that if you live in Amsterdam, it’s probably worth it to just fly to Rome because of a lack of good direct routes.
Other routes that are about the same distance are a lot more feasible though. Paris to Rome can be done with only one stop, for example.
- bluGill 3y agoTrains should be show up and go. Always plenty of roomroom for whoever wants to get on always one low price. The ecconomics of trains are not like airplanes, airplanes need to be full, trains do not
- tremon 3y agoParis to Rome can be done with only one stop, for example Utrecht->Milano (transfer in Zurich) can also be done with one stop, and Amsterdam<->Utrecht are only 30 minutes apart and have at least 6 trains per hour. Quite a lot of international trains in NL terminate at Utrecht rather than Amsterdam, I'd imagine because of rail congestion on the leg to Amsterdam. Only Amsterdam<->Berlin and Amsterdam<->Paris are direct links from the capital FAFAIK.