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.

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@greenpeace Also, in Britain at least, one can fly directly from point A to point Z. If you're going by train, you ride from A to B, get off and wait half an hour for the next train. Then ride an hour to point C. Then a 15 minute platform wait for a train run by a second company. It's late but eventually shows up and takes you to point D. But because your train was late, you have to wait an hour and 45 minutes for the next train that can take you to point E. That train is operated by a third company. Eventually you arrive where you want to get to. L a t e.

Do trains in the EU operate the same way?

@Bodling @greenpeace it varies from country to country. UK makes zero effort in harmonising train timetables - and makes the usual accounting mistake of subsidising car roads ar expense of railways, which somehow must turn a profit to be allowed to exist.