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Cheaper to fly in Europe than train

mookieb10mookieb10 Posts: 930
edited December 2011 in The Porch
In my desire to do anything but study for exams, i compared the costs of flying to taking the train in many places and found it to be much cheaper.
Here's a few examples:

June 25:
Southampton(isles of wight) to Amsterdam:
flight(1 1/2 hours): 72 USD
train (london to amsterdam): 146 USD

July 2:
Flight: Paris to berlin- (1 1/2 hours)- 64 USD
Train:Arras to Berlin- 252 USD

July 6:
Flight Berlin to Stockholm:69 USD
Train: 358 USD


I know you can get the rail pass, which might make things cheaper, but I just wanted to spread the info... Do with it what you will, enjoy.
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    Of course, especially if it's between major cities and...FASTER!
  • mookieb10mookieb10 Posts: 930
    Brisk. wrote:
    Of course, especially if it's between major cities and...FASTER!

    Hell yea, i forgot to mention faster. It's just crazy to an American, ya know... I could take a flight from hartford to newark which is about a half hour and the price is 300 bucks. And hartford to montreal which is an hour flight... 700. I guess this is commonplace in europe to have such cheap air travel, but I don't know how many Americans would know that...
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    mookieb10 wrote:
    Brisk. wrote:
    Of course, especially if it's between major cities and...FASTER!

    Hell yea, i forgot to mention faster. It's just crazy to an American, ya know... I could take a flight from hartford to newark which is about a half hour and the price is 300 bucks. And hartford to montreal which is an hour flight... 700. I guess this is commonplace in europe to have such cheap air travel, but I don't know how many Americans would know that...


    Not many I'm sure. Trains are an experience though.
  • KathiKathi Posts: 1,828
    there's lots of competition, so that might explain the cheap prices.

    trains are rather expansive comparatively, unless you manage to get a special/group offer, but those are often confined to certain areas, companies or slower national trains.

    though I have to say, the flight we got from nyc-seattle was pretty cheap too, $189 which is not bad at all considering the distance and the flight duration.
  • fortheloveofpearljamfortheloveofpearljam Posts: 577
    mookieb10 wrote:
    In my desire to do anything but study for exams, i compared the costs of flying to taking the train in many places and found it to be much cheaper.
    Here's a few examples:

    June 25:
    Southampton(isles of wight) to Amsterdam:
    flight(1 1/2 hours): 72 USD
    train (london to amsterdam): 146 USD

    July 2:
    Flight: Paris to berlin- (1 1/2 hours)- 64 USD
    Train:Arras to Berlin- 252 USD

    July 6:
    Flight Berlin to Stockholm:69 USD
    Train: 358 USD


    I know you can get the rail pass, which might make things cheaper, but I just wanted to spread the info... Do with it what you will, enjoy.

    Interesting... thanks for the info. I am waiting to see what happens with the rest of the rumors before booking my tickets... :?
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  • gus stillsgus stills Posts: 370
    Spent a couple weeks traveling in Eastern Europe last summer and noticed that flights were super cheap too. However, we wanted our trip to be spontaneous and therefore waited until there to try to book flights...let's just say they don't get cheaper. Book em far in advance if you can. Otherwise, you'll be taking trains anyway (not that that's a bad thing, it's a big part of the charm of European travel to see the country by train). Cheapest option by far, however, is by bus. And most of the buses we took were of the touring car variety, with wifi and snacks. Also a good option, if a bit slower.
  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    it's crazy....flying in teh states is typically cheaper than taking the train as well.

    i would think the slower the transportation method, the cheaper it should be. nope
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    there are cheaper way of trains...and in trains more intresting things happens
    flights are cheaper and faster
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    81 wrote:
    it's crazy....flying in teh states is typically cheaper than taking the train as well.

    i would think the slower the transportation method, the cheaper it should be. nope


    Flights can be offered for a lower price because more people use them. The airlines can still make good money.
  • Kel VarnsenKel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    From what little travelling I have done in Europe I think it is also important to figure out where the airport would be an where the train station would be. When I was in London a few years ago we went to Dublin for the day since the cost of the round trip flight ended up being 24 canadian dollars. But the airport we had to fly out of was like 45 minutes outside of london and the only way to get there was a train and the round trip train ride ended up costing around 45 dollars. Of course taking a train from London to Ireland is not really an option but I imagine this would be a similar thing in other areas of Europe, where a cheap airport deal might leave you in an area where it is expensive to get into the actual city.
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