Prices won't go down, probably, but bus lines will diversify. They work really well and many people use them. Random comparison: Stuttgart–Berlin is 6 hours, 1

Prices won't go down, probably, but bus lines will diversify. They work really well and many people use them. Random comparison: Stuttgart–Berlin is 6 hours, 140€ by train and 8 hours, 25€ by bus, going two or three times a day.