{"id":152741,"date":"2023-07-21T11:29:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T09:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=152741"},"modified":"2023-09-11T16:14:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:14:30","slug":"greenpeace-air-rail-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/greenpeace-air-rail-europe","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace criticises rail, more expensive than air in Europe..."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>79 out of 112 routes where the plane is cheaper than the train<\/strong>. This is the surprising finding of a study by Greenpeace, which carried out <strong>an air\/rail comparison in Europe<\/strong>. And this at a time when the European Union and national authorities are constantly hammering home the need to favour rail over air transport. But in reality, <strong>rail fares are still much higher than airline fares<\/strong> - particularly in relation to<strong> low-cost<\/strong>. <strong>According to the NGO, these serve almost 79% of all the lines analysed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/prix-minimum-avion-europe-20230901.html\/\" data-id=\"155673\">Towards a minimum fare for air tickets in Europe?<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Greenpeace notes that a train ticket costs on average 200% more than a plane ticket<\/strong>. In detail, for a last-minute booking (within the same week) on the 112 routes analysed, <strong>rail is 189% more expensive on average than air travel<\/strong>. For bookings made one month in advance, the price difference rises to <strong>246<\/strong>%. Finally, for a ticket purchased up to 4 months in advance, the price difference is smaller. But it is still substantial at <strong>180%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The lines analysed covered routes with an overhead distance of less than 1,500 km.<\/strong> (short-haul flights). All destinations are included in 24 EU countries as well as Norway, the UK and Switzerland. All destinations have an international airport and a railway station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/navan-train-vs-avion-20230526.html\/\" data-id=\"149391\">Train Vs Plane: Navan releases the comparator<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-la-france-au-pilori\">France in the pillory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>France is a bad pupil<\/strong> because train fares were considered too expensive compared with air travel. <span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"fr\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">According to Greenpeace, on 9 out of 10 international routes to or from Paris,<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"><strong>planes are almost always, or always, cheaper than trains<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"fr\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"><strong>On a total of 20 routes (France\/International), air travel was cheaper on 17 routes<\/strong>. On<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">2 other routes, the train was only cheaper for a few days.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The only exception for France is the route<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Geneva-Paris, where trains were cheaper 7 days out of 9.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/trains-vs-planes-price-analysis-greenpea.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/trains-vs-planes-price-analysis-greenpea.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-152751\" width=\"283\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/trains-vs-planes-price-analysis-greenpea.jpeg 476w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/trains-vs-planes-price-analysis-greenpea-212x300-derived.jpeg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Cover of the Greenpeace study comparing air and rail transport in Europe (Photo: Greenpeace)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"fr\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">On average, <strong>Greenpeace estimates that a train ticket for all journeys in France costs 2.6 times as much<\/strong><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"><strong>like a robbery<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span> This puts France in <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">4th place for the most expensive rail journeys, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">after the UK, Spain and Belgium.<\/span><\/span> By way of example, Greenpeace analyses Paris-Milan, where the air fare on easyJet and Ryanair ranged from \u20ac26 to \u20ac79.25. <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Last-minute train tickets cost at least \u20ac149<\/span><\/span><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Out of 9 booking days analysed, only one day - day 8 - had a rail fare of 16% cheaper than the train.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit <strong>Paris-London<\/strong>On average, a train journey cost twice as much as a flight on a low-cost airline. That is <span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"fr\">a<span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"> average price of flights at \u20ac45.41.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The cheapest Eurostar ticket was found for a long-term booking at \u20ac57, while a last-minute train ticket cost \u20ac132. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"fr\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"><strong>However, the difference between trains and planes is less than the Greenpeace study would have us believe.<\/strong>. The NGO forgets to include the cost of a ground transfer to the airport. And for Paris-London, this can quickly add up to an extra \u20ac80 between London trains and the RATP to CDG... <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/tgv-paris-berlin-sarrebruck-20230627.html\/\" data-id=\"151287\">Paris-Berlin TGV: Saarbr\u00fccken rather than Strasbourg<\/a><\/p><\/aside>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Greenpeace study has criticised the European authorities for their failure to promote rail travel to the public. Out of 112 routes analysed, air travel was cheaper than rail travel on 79 of them. 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