▲ 605 ▼ Nobody takes a train from Germany to France (lemmy.skoops.social) submitted 1 year ago by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 201 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.skoops.social/post/727 crossposted: https://lemmy.skoops.social/post/665 Oh boy...
[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 year ago (1 child) The high speed Paris to Berlin train just started in December: https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/12/13/high-speed-train-from-paris-to-berlin-to-launch-this-winter-with-daily-connections-from-59 There are about 25 trains per day on the route, but I guess according to this American they're all empty? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I'm not sure that an 8 hour route between these cities with ~900 km between them really makes our case here. I don't think there's really a strong argument to be made that taking the train is better than flying between these cities. International trains in Europe are a weak point of our network, one which we desperately need to improve. That no one travels from Germany to France is of course entirely false. Frankfurt to Paris would be a far stronger example, coming in at 3 hours 30 minutes for ~500 km. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Miaou@jlai.lu 2 points 1 year ago Germany in general is a bad example for train travel. Lille Marseille is a 1k km trip and is done in less than 5 hours I believe permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I'm not sure that an 8 hour route between these cities with ~900 km between them really makes our case here. I don't think there's really a strong argument to be made that taking the train is better than flying between these cities. International trains in Europe are a weak point of our network, one which we desperately need to improve. That no one travels from Germany to France is of course entirely false. Frankfurt to Paris would be a far stronger example, coming in at 3 hours 30 minutes for ~500 km. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Miaou@jlai.lu 2 points 1 year ago Germany in general is a bad example for train travel. Lille Marseille is a 1k km trip and is done in less than 5 hours I believe permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 2 points 1 year ago Germany in general is a bad example for train travel. Lille Marseille is a 1k km trip and is done in less than 5 hours I believe permalink fedilink source parent
