The price of trains (1 Viewer)

[egg_]

I wanted to go to Despacio in London in August. Boat+train costs EUR120-odd, and I'd need to stay 2 nights. Flight costs EUR40 and I'd only need to stay one (so half the accommodation cost)

(sighs)

I guess I won't be going so. How the fuck are flights so cheap compared to ground transport?

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

I wanted to go to Despacio in London in August. Boat+train costs EUR120-odd, and I'd need to stay 2 nights. Flight costs EUR40 and I'd only need to stay one (so half the accommodation cost)

(sighs)

I guess I won't be going so. How the fuck are flights so cheap compared to ground transport?

I was looking into getting the coach/boat or drive/boat across last year,ended up just flying. Crazy price.

 

[ann post]

I wanted to go to Despacio in London in August. Boat+train costs EUR120-odd, and I'd need to stay 2 nights. Flight costs EUR40 and I'd only need to stay one (so half the accommodation cost)

(sighs)

I guess I won't be going so. How the fuck are flights so cheap compared to ground transport?

At least part of it is because they don't pay tax on fuel.

Plane fuel tax would cut CO2 & not hit economy, leaked EU report finds

The draft report also found that the impact on employment and GDP would be "negligible", piling pressure on the bloc to act.

www.euronews.com

 

[ann post]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/10/12/why-are-flights-so-much-cheaper-in-europe-than-in-the-u-s/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9ff5a4303929

here's some nice paywall on the topic

 

[hugh]

Egg - out of interest - you not going to go on principle? i.e. not wanting to fly ....

 

[egg_]

Well, yeah. Don't have the money to do it via boat/train/etc, so I'm not gonna go. I'll have 3 flights for work this year, plus one for a family holiday, so adding another just to go dancing seemed like taking the piss a bit

 

[sonofstan]

How is it costing €120?
I've regularly done it in both directions for roundabout €45 each way, to various parts of the UK, so 90 total.
I've just checked with trainline, and I could go tonight from Leeds -where I am - to Dublin for £45. Which is why I often end up getting the boat because you don't need ot know what you're doing ages in advance to get a cheap -ish fare

 

[ernesto]

At least part of it is because they don't pay tax on fuel.

Plane fuel tax would cut CO2 & not hit economy, leaked EU report finds

The draft report also found that the impact on employment and GDP would be "negligible", piling pressure on the bloc to act.

www.euronews.com

Are you pricing the sail/rail all in one ticket or just adding the cost of the train to the cost of a foot passenger on the boat?

 

[egg_]

How is it costing €120?

Ooh look at that - it's EUR94 leaving from Dublin (I had initially been leaving from Drogheda)

 

[Unicron]

Good band name