Information Is BeautifulDaily train service in Canada. For clarity, the operative word here is DAILY. The lines exist but there is no longer a daily service.
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Martin Bodlák 💙💛@infobeautiful wow… if they have the rails on the ground, it is pity not to use them as much as possible
Rupert V/@babaq @infobeautiful I just looked into it, as I have to get from Toronto to Vancouver at some point. Trains run twice a week, take 4 days (!) and cost over CA$500 for a seat, CA$3,500 for a sleeper.
@rupert I feel your pain… it's the same story in Europe, flying is not only faster but also cheaper (among the others, not all externalities are included in flight ticket prices)
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Chris Corrigan@rupert @infobeautiful @babaq not all minutes are counted in travel time. For me to fly from Paris to Marseille might be an hour flight but getting to CDG, from the city (an hour) check in dealing with security (two hours) flying (hour) and getting into Marseille yet another hour) makes the 3,5 hour train trip easy.
Francesco Marini@ChrisCorrigan @rupert @infobeautiful @babaq yes, but now do Milan -> Paris 😉 (and it’s one of the fastest international long-ish routes 😅), 6h40m
Milan -> Berlin, 12h20m, 1 change
Milan -> Barcelona, 20h50m, 2 changes
We on this side of the Alps are kinda fscked. I mean, I kinda get why, but it’s still frustrating.
@fmarini @infobeautiful @rupert @babaq Paris to London at two hours still blows me away. I lived in the UK in the 70s early 80s. Going to Paris for lunch was not a thing.
You guys need a few more reeeeeeeaaaaly deep tunnels.