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High-speed Paris-Berlin daily train service debuts
(www.euronews.com)
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this post was submitted on 15 Dec 2024
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That is really cheap.
For anyone else that's curious about a comparison in the US, I looked up Amtrak from Atlanta to Washington DC, roughly the same length. $109 ticket and it lists just over 14 hours to travel. Based on what I've read it's practically guaranteed to take a good bit longer though.
So ~75% higher cost and at best ~75% longer travel time.
"Starting at" means if you book 3 months in advance and are lucky to get one of the rare discounted tickets. Normal price is probably the triple of that or so.
I picked the cheapest ticket for the US trip. It's as fair a comparison I'm going to get without checking the trip to Berlin. Which I don't want to do, if it's even possible yet.