euromodder -
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Originally Posted by euromodder
These high speed trains cost a fortune to build and run, and can only stop at relatively few places if you want to make good use of their speed.
Hence they are only really useful to transport people between large communities, where a huge need exists to travel between these.
Here in Belgium, they're a very deep, government subsidized money pit.
Aviation is largely exempt from taxes (well, at least they are here) so the competition just ain't fair.
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Yeah, when we were in Brussels, we took the TGV (or Thalys?!?!) to Paris :
The high speed train in Belgium
It was a wonderful trip because it was so much less stressful than a plane or a car.
Ha ha, I guess you have to pick your money pit.
CarloSW2