Uh, it’s just on the edge. It takes me 6 hours from Lausanne to Brussels by train. If you add up getting to the airport, airport hell, flight, and getting to the city, it’s not a big difference timewise, but it’s so much more relaxed and comfortable in the train, it’s not even close. Plus internet during the entire ride.
Yeah. Planes may be quicker technically, but they got nothing on rail for the overall time and experience.
Sadly, in the US our rail system is a joke. The lines are owned by freight companies, who are supposed to yield right of way to passenger rail, but don’t, and the government does nothing.
Getting there several hours late is considered good outside of the northeast; getting there a day or more late isn’t uncommon.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
Uh, it’s just on the edge. It takes me 6 hours from Lausanne to Brussels by train. If you add up getting to the airport, airport hell, flight, and getting to the city, it’s not a big difference timewise, but it’s so much more relaxed and comfortable in the train, it’s not even close. Plus internet during the entire ride.
merikus@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
Yeah. Planes may be quicker technically, but they got nothing on rail for the overall time and experience.
Sadly, in the US our rail system is a joke. The lines are owned by freight companies, who are supposed to yield right of way to passenger rail, but don’t, and the government does nothing.
Getting there several hours late is considered good outside of the northeast; getting there a day or more late isn’t uncommon.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
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Yeah, luckily most European rail lines are state owned, and at least in Switzerland the freight and passenger networks are redundant.