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PLANES VERSUS TRAINS ~ WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? [32]
It depends.For distances less than 6 hours by train,trains are better.For distances more than 6 hours planes are better.There is gray zone for distances between 6-12 hours where train prices are competitive to plane prices unless there are cheap plane flights.
I noticed that in Germany there are no cheap flights between the german cities and maybe this is a deliberate decision to support the DB.Also there are no cheap flights between german cities and Switzerland,Austria,Czech Republic or Poland which fall into the grey zone of 6-12 hours.
I guess that if sb wants to start a cheap flight between Berlin-Krakow or Munich-Poznan or Hamburg-Prague,he will get into trouble with german authorities and buearocracy.
If you look at polish railway network you can easily distinguish the borders of Germany to Russia in 1914.That is the former german part of Poland has a much more dense railway network than the former eastern part.