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Re:Distances you can travel on a European train in less than... by timr on Sunday June 07, 2015 @04:22PM (#9676238)
Even if you need to get to the other side of Tokyo, it's better to start from Tokyo station than Haneda (or far worse, Narita).

But like I said: trains don't have security checks, or the 2+ hours of boarding/taxiing/waiting that come with any commercial flight. A three-hour train ride is...three hours. A three-hour flight will take half of your day (at least), and then you have to get from the airport to your actual destination.

For a journey from Tokyo to Osaka, I'd have to be pretty cash-strapped to prefer a flight simply because it was $50 cheaper than the train.

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Re:Distances you can travel on a European train in less than... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday June 07, 2015 @04:34PM (#9676282)
Trains in Japan you mean. When I travel bullet train in China, the station is far away (often outside the city, at least on the other side of town), there are security checks, and I get there a couple of hours early just in case. Then I am on the train for 8 hours vs. a 3 hour plane trip (but can get off at my wife's hometown directly, so we still save time).
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