Re:Sweden Wants to Revive Europe’s Overnight Trains
by Symbiote on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @09:14AM
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> When people talk about how great trains are in Europe
When people generalize across Europe, which you've just done, it should often be ignored. They tend to pick the best or worst examples.
Denmark (and Greece) have the least favourable geography for land transport. That favours flying, but doesn't mean flying from Nuremburg to Berlin is necessarily the best option.
Re:Sweden Wants to Revive Europe’s Overnight Trains
by atomwaffel on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @11:23AM
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> Denmark (and Greece) have the least favourable geography for land transport.
Norway would like a word with you there. Denmark’s got a lot of annoying coastline but at least it’s flat, small and relatively densely populated. One of the things I miss most here on the Norwegian west coast is the lack of useful rail connections.
Last time I checked the only way to have a 9:00 meeting in the center of Copenhagen, leaving from Aalborg (400km away) is by leaving at 23:00 the day before. It's a 6.5 hour train ride. Flying is 20 minutes and you have multiple departures and airlines every morning (granted you have to be at the airport 20 minute early and it a 30 min trip for the airport to the center of Copenhagen).
When people talk about how great trains are in Europe, I assume they never had to used them. Trains absolutely suck, they aren't fast enough, not frequent enough and they are expensive. It cheaper and faster to fly or drive.