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Re:Spain launches free train tickets for short and medium jo... by GekkePrutser on Friday September 02, 2022 @11:47AM (#32692177)
But I thought the whole point of the German thing was to give everyone a little something?

This seems very targeted at one specific group (those commuting regularly) that is only a small part of the population affected by the cost increases. In fact train tickets have not increased anyway.

It seems a bit strange giving one group so much and the rest nothing.

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Re:Spain launches free train tickets for short and medium jo... by mtmail on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:49PM (#32692937)
> It seems a bit strange giving one group so much and the rest nothing.

In parallel there was a 0.30 Euro subsidy on petrol ("Tankrabatt") and a 300 Euro one-off payment for employees (in September I think). Plus subsidy on gas for heating is being discussed. Taken together a lot was given, not only to one group.

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Re:Spain launches free train tickets for short and medium jo... by GekkePrutser on Saturday September 03, 2022 @07:15AM (#32700714)
Yes I meant the Spanish discount, not the German one.
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Re:Spain launches free train tickets for short and medium jo... by pooper on Friday September 02, 2022 @11:52AM (#32692257)
> It seems a bit strange giving one group so much and the rest nothing.

I think it makes sense if we can encourage people who would have otherwise traveled by car to try out the train. I mean that's the whole point, right? If we want to "give everyone a little something", we should increase capacity as well.

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