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[โ€“] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (7 children)

If you can train is less than say 6 hours. Trains are hands down better.

They are much more reliably on time.

The station is usually much closer than to the ultimate destination than an airport.

There's little or no waiting in queues or what not, in a lot places you can roll up the platform 10-20 mins before departure.

The seats are better for pretty much every class of ticket. sans a standing ticket but Planes don't have those.

Once you factor getting to and from the airport, messing about with check in, security, and boarding at around 6 hours a train is better than a 2 hour flight.

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (6 children)

they are much more reliably on time.

Cries in german.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Fuck Dusseldorf airport. Fuck Frankfurt airport. Fuck them right in the ass. But also fuck validating your train ticket at the other end of the platform seconds before getting on the train.

[โ€“] anachronology 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm an American and went to Cologne a few years back for Carnival. Flew into Frankfurt Airport, the train was right there and I was at my destination in about an hour traveling along a scenic river. Absolutely amazing!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My experience with Frankfurt has been that it's always under construction and I have to be diverted around said construction to get to my connecting flight.

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