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High-speed Paris-Berlin daily train service debuts (www.euronews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Tickets are on sale now, starting at €59 one way.

That is really cheap.

[–] Alexstarfire 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"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.

[–] Alexstarfire 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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.

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