Post #1271608

@stefanlindbohm @moof @quixoticgeek @jonmsterling @cycling_on_rails Indeed, there are options. And with more time, I would have chosen them. But I am constrained by children's school schedules and a conference schedule where I have to deliver a talk. I do have about 24 hours for the trip, but on the date that I have to do so (from a Saturday late afternoon to a Sunday evening) none of the options seem viable. Flights, on the other hand, despite the absurd transfer times to airports, within-airport waiting times, security theatre, and appalling externalities re. pollution, deliver on the transport service and there are even protections in place in case of cancellations or rescheduling, in addition to abundant within-EU coordination. That's where the pan-European rail network should be, but alas, isn't.