Train fares are up to 30 times more expensive than planes in Europe

https://slrpnk.net/post/881456

Train fares are up to 30 times more expensive than planes in Europe - SLRPNK

Doesn’t really go into the reasons for the price difference?? I doubt kerosene subsidies counts for everything?

Btw I like trains and think we should ban a lot of flights that can be serviced with quick alternatives

There was something about France banning domestic flights that take less than 2(or 3?) hours by train.

Which makes a shit ton of sense. The same stretch is not gonna be shorter by plane when you factor in the extra ceremonies you have to attend both before and after the flight, and the time it takes to get to and from wherever the airport is.

Such short flights would be mostly connecting flights, so the check-in and customs overhead is a fixed constant anyway.