• spectre [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    At that distance high speed rail should be fast and efficient enough to compete with air travel, but idk the geography along the way which can make a difference

      • Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        I assumed flights are more expensive but I guess they’re really cheap

        this sounds like a policy failure somewhere. hopefully the new train-only rules don't cut the poors out.

        • spectre [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Fuel subsidy, failure to tax environmental impact and other externalities into the cost etc

    • YuriMihalkov [comrade/them,any]
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      2 years ago

      It already does compete with air travel handily on plenty of these routes, but there are some really super cheap flights around the EU and HSR is still basically run like a profit driven business that has to recoup its significant capital costs (building the system). Flying can often be cheaper even if the time you take to travel is roughly the same or even comes out in favor of the train.

    • CanYouFeelItMrKrabs [any, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Absolutely but a many decades ago, before high speed rail had its current speeds, the air network probably came about

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      At that distance at least the flight would be marginally faster (when you account for all the hassle it takes to take a flight). What's funny is this law applies to shorter flights that are genuinely slower than high speed rail, if you're going city center to city center.