• BastingChemina@slrpnk.netEnglish
    481·
    11 months ago

    Even for very long distances (where flying is almost mandatory unless you are ready to spend weeks traveling) trains make things easier.

    For example I’m living in a small village in the south east of France and I will be traveling to the carribean in summer for family, I will be walking to the train station is my village to take the train, 2 changes later I will be in London from where I’ll take the plane to cross the Atlantic.

    Same thing on the way back but with a night train.

    • UnderpantsWeevilEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      And don’t forget, airports all have to be on the edge of town anyway. So even if you’re not in a small town, you’re taking a train or a bus or a cab to the airport.

      Meanwhile, big train and bus terminals can exist in the dead center of town. I can walk to the Empire State Building from Union Station in New York. But even one time, Gilbert Godfried suggests a picking up a connecting flight at the Twin Towers and everyone yells at him.

      • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.socialEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        Once, I arrived in Chicago by train, and had time to wander around before my bus departed for home. I walked around for a bit outside of Union Station, scanning the horizon and trying to locate the Sears Tower. (Yeah, I know it technically has a new name.) I couldn’t find it. Then, I realized that I had to look up.

        That is, the train station is literally 1 block from the tallest building in the city. I so wish that the Borealis train came through here; it’d be just as fast, cheaper, and so much more relaxing to head down to The Loop for the weekend. As it is, I almost never visit Chicago because getting there is such an enormous pain in the ass. (Contrary to the popular imagination, it is a nice place. I’ve only been murdered there, like, three times, tops.)

    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Well ackchuwally you didn’t consider me living in the Bay Area who can only get to SFO by car before my 17 hour flight to India. How do you think a train will help me there soygirl?