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A comment on Spain's plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a train in under 2.5 hrs. Parent comment

Re:Spain's plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a... by georgeplusplus on Monday February 26, 2024 @12:50PM (#39514467)
Train systems are basically governement monopolies and thus run super inefficiently.
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Re:Spain's plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a... by palata on Monday February 26, 2024 @03:50PM (#39516634)
Public transports should be public.

Government monopolies don't have to run super inefficiently, and many times they don't. Also look at how many private companies fail (especially startups): private companies are not a safer bet.

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Re:Spain's plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a... by ThePowerOfFuet on Monday February 26, 2024 @03:15PM (#39516253)
Not in Europe they're not; thanks to Open Access you have your choice of three different companies to take a train between Madrid and Barcelona, only one of which is the state carrier.
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Re:Spain's plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a... by georgeplusplus on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @11:33AM (#39617657)
Oh please, Tell me how much public funding those other two companies receive. I dont count a company that cannot survive without government funding as a private company.
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