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Train fares are up to 30 times more expensive than planes in Europe (edition.cnn.com)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, cheap flight tickets are not an anomaly. Not the norm, perhaps. But at any given time you could easily find plane tickets for less than 50 EUR, which is less than you’ll ever pay for an international train journey.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean it really depends on where you want to go and what kind of (how much) luggage you want to carry. A couple of years ago I flew to Stockholm from Berlin. Plane ticket plus luggage price was around 75€ or so. On the way back I took the train. 65€, unlimited luggage (I didn't need to throw away my cooking gas) and a really nice landscape on the way back, including a ferry ride.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My point is that the cheapest flights are currently always cheaper than the cheapest train rides - not that plane travel is always less expensive.