Jon WorthAug 15, 2023

Missing the point

Yes taxation rates matter. But France-Spain and France-Belgium trains are expensive to take *because the capacity is too low*

If you reduce ticket prices on those routes you WON’T TRANSPORT MORE PEOPLE. Just different people. As the trains are full anyway

So, Clement Beaune, how are you going to get more TGVs to Barcelona?

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/08/10/france-is-raising-taxes-on-flights-to-pay-for-trains-should-other-european-countries-do-th

Why are flights cheaper than trains in Europe?

Train travel is often more expensive than flying. Could taxing aviation to invest in the rail industry help change that?

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Show threadlj·rkAug 15, 2023

@jon In the meantime, there's a cheap overnight train from Paris to Perpignan which can be combined with a regional train ticket from there to Barcelona.

The broad problem isn't solved that way, but maybe it helps some people ITT.

Show threadJon Worth
@ljrk Or via Latour de Carol. But both of those have another problem: no through tickets, and some of the Cerbère-BCN, and ALL of the Latour-BCN trains do not show in international timetable planners…
Aug 15, 2023 at 10:56amWeb