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Train fares are up to 30 times more expensive than planes in Europe (edition.cnn.com)

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[–] shadesdk@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m looking at going from Barcelona to Paris, both plane and train has direct connections and on the dates I am considering, it’s about 50 eur for the plane and 130 eur for the train each way. Both the airport and trains station are close to me and the trains also has a security check and the queue that comes with that, so I’m still not sure what I’m going to pick.

[–] driest@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

funny, I was looking at the same connection in autumn and the price difference was similar. I have no problem with the longer trip, but the cost is prohibitive. for two people the train tickets from Germany to Paris and then onwards to Barcelona are ~700€ round trip. flights are less then 400€, and that's a regular airline not Ryanair...