Greenpeace InternationalAug 31, 2025

If trains are the greener option, why are we basically being punished for choosing them?

The difference in trains vs planes ticket prices isn’t a coincidence, it’s the result of a transport system that rewards pollution.

Learn more: https://act.gp/460kBvh

Show threadDerek Martin
@greenpeace @mhoye A plane from Toronto to Vancouver will take me hours. A train will take me days and eat up most of my vacation traveling.
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Show threadSergey MichkoAug 31, 2025
@lo_fye @greenpeace @mhoye If you want to go from Libon, Portugal to Chișinău, Moldova it would also make sense to take a plane for time saving sake. Lots of options for shorter travel in Europe though.
Show threadJimmyAug 31, 2025
@lo_fye @greenpeace @mhoye That's a sad effect of the low speeds imposed on trains. A Japanese bullet train could get you there in 19 hours. There were trains in the early 20th century running 100 mph on steam with no streamlining. There's no reason that couldn't be done today.
Show threadDerek MartinAug 31, 2025
@jhavok @greenpeace @mhoye It costs like $175 to go from London Ontario to Toronto Ontario on a train, and it takes 3 hours versus 2.5 hours and $40 in gas in a car. Canadian rail sucks.
Show threadJimmyAug 31, 2025

@lo_fye @greenpeace @mhoye American rail is similar. It's pathetic. I take it for the pleasure of the ride.

I was trying to put together a trip from Vancouver to Prince Rupert, one leg by rail and one by ferry, and no matter what I would have been stranded overnight in the middle of nowhere.

Show threadkætSep 1, 2025
@lo_fye @greenpeace @mhoye Yeah, I'm not sure we all need to go so far for our holidays. I realise some trips are essential, but people go vast distances with quite poor motivation other than vague marketing.
Show threadDerek MartinSep 1, 2025
@chiffchaff @greenpeace @mhoye No we don’t all need to, but some do. A third of my family is in Vancouver. A third in London England. And a third (including me) near Toronto.