Yeah but you can get a pleasant experience overnight in a cubbyhole bed on a train. Functionally speaking, the time spent traveling while getting good sleep doesn’t really count, does it? You were gonna have to sleep anyway. Good luck doing that on a plane. Plus then trains can be built to go right into the heart of downtown, meaning a much shorter “last mile,” which planes can’t really do. Then you got the airport vs train station experience, the café car on the train, the larger seats, etc etc etc
Yeah but you can get a pleasant experience overnight in a cubbyhole bed on a train. Functionally speaking, the time spent traveling while getting good sleep doesn’t really count, does it? You were gonna have to sleep anyway. Good luck doing that on a plane. Plus then trains can be built to go right into the heart of downtown, meaning a much shorter “last mile,” which planes can’t really do. Then you got the airport vs train station experience, the café car on the train, the larger seats, etc etc etc
Ain’t everything about the advertised speed.