Caveat:
Train tickets within Europe are more expensive (often twice the price)
Caveat of caveat:
There are some hidden costs:
with the train you arrive in the city centre (where most often you want to be), with an airplane you have to travel from the airport to the city centre which costs time and money (and sometime…
Train tickets within Europe are more expensive (often twice the price)
Caveat of caveat:
There are some hidden costs:
with the train you arrive in the city centre (where most often you want to be), with an airplane you have to travel from the airport to the city centre which costs time and money (and sometimes a ridiculous amount of money compared to regular public transport). This takes off some of the price difference.
Travel time for both modes of transport is about the same.
You can just hop on and off a train, whereas when one is flying, you have to go the airport, arrive two hours in advance and at the end it takes at least an hour or so to collect your luggage. And then you have to travel to the city centre*.
Conclusion: Train travel is as fast, but more expensive.
And , like Bryan says: much more pleasant.
* Being Dutch, a short commercial break:
From airport to city centre of Amsterdam is only 20 minutes by train (leaving 6 times per hour), paying the regular train fare.
I agree with Bryan.
Caveat:
Train tickets within Europe are more expensive (often twice the price)
Caveat of caveat:
There are some hidden costs:
with the train you arrive in the city centre (where most often you want to be), with an airplane you have to travel from the airport to the city centre which costs time and money (and sometimes a ridiculous amount of money compared to regular public transport). This takes off some of the price difference.
Travel time for both modes of transport is about the same.
You can just hop on and off a train, whereas when one is flying, you have to go the airport, arrive two hours in advance and at the end it takes at least an hour or so to collect your luggage. And then you have to travel to the city centre*.
Conclusion: Train travel is as fast, but more expensive.
And , like Bryan says: much more pleasant.
* Being Dutch, a short commercial break:
From airport to city centre of Amsterdam is only 20 minutes by train (leaving 6 times per hour), paying the regular train fare.