Nobody takes a train from Germany to France
Nobody takes a train from Germany to France
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.skoops.social/post/727
crossposted: https://lemmy.skoops.social/post/665
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The high speed Paris to Berlin train just started in December:
There are about 25 trains per day on the route, but I guess according to this American they're all empty?
I'm not sure that an 8 hour route between these cities with ~900 km between them really makes our case here. I don't think there's really a strong argument to be made that taking the train is better than flying between these cities.
International trains in Europe are a weak point of our network, one which we desperately need to improve.
That no one travels from Germany to France is of course entirely false. Frankfurt to Paris would be a far stronger example, coming in at 3 hours 30 minutes for ~500 km.
Germany in general is a bad example for train travel.
Lille Marseille is a 1k km trip and is done in less than 5 hours I believe