• @Alexstarfire
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      61 month ago

      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.

      • poVoqOP
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        51 month ago

        “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.

        • @[email protected]
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          Not triple, more like double. Triple is only if you book it really on short notice.

          Here are the prices for the next Mondays:

          • 16.12: 196 €
          • 23.12: 101 €
          • 30.12: 118 €
          • 06.01: 58 €

          So if you can book at least 1 month in advance, you get much better prices.

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          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.

  • @[email protected]
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    81 month ago

    It’s a good start, though they’ll need more than one train a day. This isn’t Australia.

    • poVoqOP
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      111 month ago

      This is just an additional direct train. There are several such connections with a switch in Cologne or so daily.

      • @Maultasche
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        11 month ago

        And there’s also the Munich-Paris line in the South

    • @dodekaphilist
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      51 month ago

      There are 11 viable trains that connect Berlin with Paris during the day, with up to 2 transfers. During the night, there’s a sleeper train connecting the two cities 3 times a week