Gregory's Server@albertcardona
We tried to go by train (and ferry, of course) from the Netherlands to El Jadida in Morocco. It proved impossible. The total cost of trains, busses, taxis, and necessary overnight hotel stays could have bought us a flight ticket around the world. Aside from that, trying to find out what might be possible and to make all the bookings was a full-time job for days. We failed.
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 @albertcardona @villavelius you have to access sites of different companies (sncf, renfe, eurostar) and can book many of the lines. Of course it is costly, but you can get there in 2 days. Personal experience: everything booked but the Eurostar/Thalys, because these tickets where only available 3 months in advance. Or the night train from Hamburg to Stockholm, only 6 weeks before departure, while regional trains in Sweden were already fully booked by that time... @berndandeweg @albertcardona In the end, only the trains in Morocco were easy, and reasonably priced. So we booked the train from Tangier to Casablanca, and from there to El Jedida. @villavelius @albertcardona I have stood several times on airport Schiphol to catch a train, arriving next day in Valencia, took the metro to the airport to pick up a rental car for the last stretch... could have taken 2+ hours. But hey... part of the trip starts at home. |
@villavelius
I hear you β same here. One wonders, how much of the price difference are fuel and airport subsidies to airline companies. If that much tax-payer money has to go to flying to make it affordable, I'd rather it was allocated to the railway. Far more humane, less noisy, less hassle, far lower carbon footprint, far more pleasant.