Re:The New Paris Métro Is Coming, and It's a Big Deal
by jltsiren on Saturday November 25, 2023 @08:45PM
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CDG is comparable to Heathrow. Before the pandemic, Heathrow Express carried 17k passengers/day. That's a bit over 100 passengers per departure, or about 1/6 of the capacity. It turns out that even the busiest airports in the world are barely busy enough to justify dedicated rail service.
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Re:The New Paris Métro Is Coming, and It's a Big Deal
by ifwinterco on Sunday November 26, 2023 @04:20AM
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The heathrow express is very expensive, before the elizabeth line a lot of londoners would just take the piccadilly
Re:The New Paris Métro Is Coming, and It's a Big Deal
by jltsiren on Sunday November 26, 2023 @08:30AM
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Dedicated airport trains are expensive, because the fixed costs are high and somebody has to pay the bills. Their passenger numbers are often naturally low, because they only make a few stops, which are not where most people are going. Metro lines and local / regional / long-distance railway lines that would exist without the airport are always more cost-effective. For many people, they are also more convenient, because they go to the right direction and stop at the right place.