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France Moves to Ban Short-Haul Domestic Flights
French lawmakers have moved to ban short-haul internal flights where train alternatives exist, in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. (www.bbc.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Government working hand in hand with industry to promote a political outcome. It used to be called fascism. How quickly we forget. Remember people this is for your health and safety. Secondly will those in power be taking the train with us or will they be flying in.
Taking away choice is never good for any economy. Once the train people get their government mandated monopoly, the price will go up and the service will go down.
The only things that French politicians do are forbid and ban. Sad country.
Just in case, I’m French.
Just in case, I’m French.
I’ve traveled via Eurostar between London, Brussels and Paris. It beats the alphabetical nightmare of LHR, BRU, CDG in spades.
I lived and worked in France for years. Both flew and took the train. Here's a comparison for a short hop domestic trip, Paris city center to Nice city center, flying versus the TGV high speed train:
Train:
1) short trip to the train station in the city
2) Walk through the station and hop on the train (down to a few seconds before departure) with your luggage.
3) 5 hour train trip (TGV delays are extremely rare)
4) Step off the train in city center with your luggage
Air:
1) Longer trip to either Paris airport; both are well out of town
2) Check in and security, allowing enough time for frequent security delays
3) Wait to board
4) Boarding process
5) 1 hour flying time (not including any traffic delays for takeoff and landing)
6) De-plane
7) If checked baggage, wait for it
8) Transportation to city center.
It was an easy decision for me.
Train:
1) short trip to the train station in the city
2) Walk through the station and hop on the train (down to a few seconds before departure) with your luggage.
3) 5 hour train trip (TGV delays are extremely rare)
4) Step off the train in city center with your luggage
Air:
1) Longer trip to either Paris airport; both are well out of town
2) Check in and security, allowing enough time for frequent security delays
3) Wait to board
4) Boarding process
5) 1 hour flying time (not including any traffic delays for takeoff and landing)
6) De-plane
7) If checked baggage, wait for it
8) Transportation to city center.
It was an easy decision for me.
Right but the crossover point in my opinion is if you are connecting and need to change train stations in Paris, then the airplane starts to make a lot more sense.
As long as there is frequent service from the CDG TGV terminal to these cities I think this is fine. If it means having to take the RER to Gare du Nord and and transferring from there to the Gare de Lyon or whatever station on the metro then that is an entirely different conversation. IMHO anything slower than flying (judging by city center to city center) isn't equivalent.