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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 danielfoster on Monday February 26, 2024 @01:18PM (#39514884)
A bus is a reasonable alternative to a 2.5-hour train ride, but would be too long to really compete with a 4-hour train ride. If the law were extended to 4 hours, then trains would have a monopoly on these journeys and consumers would suffer.
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Re:Spain's plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a... by palata on Monday February 26, 2024 @03:56PM (#39516692)
> then trains would have a monopoly on these journeys and consumers would suffer.

Trains should be public, that's all.

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