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Re:Why Japan has such good railways by bobthepanda on Saturday April 18, 2026 @08:19PM (#47820713)
Most travel happens between cities that are close together, and Chicago has always been the larger gateway to the rest of the nation and the world.

The French urban areas on the TGV aren’t very big; Montpelier, for example, has a total of 600,000 people in its metro area, which is roughly the same size as Toledo, OH or Wichita, KS.

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Re:Why Japan has such good railways by dullcrisp on Saturday April 18, 2026 @09:11PM (#47820991)
Montpellier probably gets more tourism than Toledo though. And most people taking the train to Paris are probably not doing it so they can fly somewhere else.
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Re:Why Japan has such good railways by bobthepanda on Saturday April 18, 2026 @09:41PM (#47821124)
You actually can book an Air France/TGV combo ticket: https://wwws.airfrance.fr/en/information/prepare/voyages-com...

And yeah, there would be a fair amount of demand just to Chicago the same way there is a fair amount of demand to Paris, in that they’re both the regional powerhouses with finance, HQs, etc.

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Re:Why Japan has such good railways by dullcrisp on Saturday April 18, 2026 @10:15PM (#47821277)
Everything you’re saying is true but I don’t think any of it contradicts what I’m saying.
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