Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agoFlying still cheaper than trains on most EU routes, study findswww.euractiv.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1199
arrow-up1199external-linkFlying still cheaper than trains on most EU routes, study findswww.euractiv.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThe amortized savings of having the tracks outweigh any opportunity costs introduced by the tracks taking up space.
minus-squaregian @lemmy.grys.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIn France, airfrance stopped to fly some routes since they cannot make them cheaper than a TGV
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOf course there are connections where trains are more efficient. It’s just not all of them. An analysis should try to identify which connections should be cheaper but are not. Listing them all destroys any meaningful critique.
The amortized savings of having the tracks outweigh any opportunity costs introduced by the tracks taking up space.
Do you have any numbers?
In France, airfrance stopped to fly some routes since they cannot make them cheaper than a TGV
Of course there are connections where trains are more efficient. It’s just not all of them. An analysis should try to identify which connections should be cheaper but are not. Listing them all destroys any meaningful critique.