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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 3 points 35 minutes ago (1 children)

I live in Germany currently and am from the US.

I love train travel. Even the delays people always rag on DB is really not that bad. It could be better yes, but not having to drive everywhere is so nice.

However I do often miss the small conviences of a car. Going to the store and traveling in bad weather were much easier, and yes I'm aware you can have a car here too I just won't be getting one.

Although I must admit I do miss a good road trip too. Where the journey is part of the trip. It's much easier to find something spontaneously while driving and stop to enjoy it.

Overall though not having to drive and being able to relax makes train travel the best

[–] MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 2 points 34 minutes ago

Can't you still rent a car for a trip?

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 10 points 2 hours ago

some of us live 5 min from the beach

but who has real time when working 5 jobs

beach hobo looks better every year

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

My commute: cycle down an old railway line, occasionally going through a tree tunnel.

Not sure how a car loan would give me any freedom I don't already have.

You could get a nicer bike?

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Me, as a European having to drive 55 minutes to work, with our fuel prices: 😭

Luckily my work isn't so far away now, it's only 10 minute drive. Could use public transit but it's not a very feasible option for me

[–] Stormstout@piefed.social 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

Dunno about safety on your roads, but a 16 km commute is an e-bike no brainer in the NL.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Idk where do you see 16 km, because 55 minutes by car is (at least in Europe) 60-70 km...

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

I think they meant the 10 minute commute I have now. Makes more sense that way

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

My commute was around 65-70 kilometers

E: If you mean the 10 minute one then yes I could easily do that with a bike (electric doubly so ) and the public transit there is great (usually, now there's a train stoppage) but I work in heavy construction and need a car to not only get to work but to move around equipment, go to this and that construction site during the day etc.

Otherwise I'd do the commute by train/bike for sure

[–] Una@europe.pub 5 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

What train goes 200 mph in Europe?

[–] LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

200 mph (320 km/h)

That's not a theoretical vmax, its regular speed day to day

[–] xav@programming.dev 3 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, vmax on record is 574 km/h.

[–] Lysergid@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 hours ago

None, they only go 322 km/h

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

In Spain, for example, AVEs

[–] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world -1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Just how bad is the European commute that they need to go through the alps at 200mph everyday?

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 1 points 42 minutes ago

You can have a 30 minute commute and still take a train through the alps if both your house and your job are in the alps.

[–] aeiou@piefed.social 20 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

If you saw how expensive and shitty our trains are you'd pick the accord too

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 12 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (4 children)

It doesn't have to be that way. Soft Sleeper trains in China are quite nice and like 10USD/100 miles.

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Omg, the soft sleepers. Took them all over China. Hangzhou, yinchuan, chengdu, kunming. Once completely fucked up with language and took a slow train hard seat to Xian from Beijing. More than 24hrs over May Day/labor week. People were crawling in the windows in the middle of a field. Cannot recommend that.

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Yes it does, sadly. Our trains are basically set up to fail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN7e38Q7e1U

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 points 33 minutes ago

Wait you just posted a video about how the system was intentionally designed to fail.

If it can intentionally be designed to fail then it can be redesigned to succeed. There is no reason it has to be the way it is

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

What's that adjusted for income?

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Somewhere between 40 and 100 USD depending on location.

But as wages increase and the market is able to bear higher prices, its unlikely to increase to those prices, since the rail network isn't run for profit.

Prices will still go up as labor costs increase, just not as much as they could, similar to rent and food.

There are of course far cheaper options such as hard sleepers, soft seats, and hard seats, which pack 6 beds per birth, 8 seats, or ~12 seats respectively

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[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 hours ago

Its really mixed tbh. Some make sense others cost a lot.

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[–] Damage@feddit.it 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I, European, have temporarily moved further away from work and I'm close to a train station... I'd like to take the train, but it turns a 50 minute motorbike ride to a 1h40 train+bus one. I wouldn't be driving but that's almost 2 hours more of commute per day...

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It depends on how comfortable the transit is. If you can use the time in transit to do organizational stuff or relax, it might still be worth the additional time investment in comparison to a nerve-wracking experiencfe on the average road.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Another point is that they mentioned motorbike.

Presumably, if done by car the trip would take much longer due to traffic, and be a lot more expensive because of gas+tolls.

Also, come winter, a nearly 2h drive in piss poor weather is a miserable experience.

On a train, you can sleep all that time!

[–] megrania@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 hour ago

Unless you live in a densely populated area and the trains are packed to the max during commute hours ... not too uncommon having to stand, unfortunately :(

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 15 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Yes but at least Trump is saving me money with the Freedom Fuel Network™

proceeds to pay >$100 to fill up the emotional support truck

/S massive giant /s since there are idiots who really think this, even after the Iran war erupted

[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

emotional support truck

I'm going to start calling them this now. It's perfect. Thank you. I usually call them Compensators or "Ferd F-Teen Thousands"

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