<story><title>How trains could replace planes in Europe</title><url>https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/11/11/how-trains-could-replace-planes-in-europe</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>akamaka</author><text>The article should have mentioned some of the mega-projects that are already underway, which will improve rail links between European countries.&lt;p&gt;The Stuttgart 21 project will reconfigure the Stuttgart central station to create a direct line between Paris and Vienna.&lt;p&gt;Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link will build a new undersea rail tunnel between Denmark and Germany, allowing Sweden to operate night trains to Brussels.&lt;p&gt;In Switzerland, several new tunnels under the alps beginning operation this year will cut travel time to Italy.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Stuttgart_21&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Stuttgart_21&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Fehmarn_Belt_Fixed_Link&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Fehmarn_Belt_Fixed_Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Gotthard_Base_Tunnel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Gotthard_Base_Tunnel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Ceneri_Base_Tunnel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Ceneri_Base_Tunnel&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>andrewseanryan</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ll add to your resources one more rail project.  Rail Baltica which will connect Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Finland with Poland and therefore the rest of Europe. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Rail_Baltica&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Rail_Baltica&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>How trains could replace planes in Europe</title><url>https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/11/11/how-trains-could-replace-planes-in-europe</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>akamaka</author><text>The article should have mentioned some of the mega-projects that are already underway, which will improve rail links between European countries.&lt;p&gt;The Stuttgart 21 project will reconfigure the Stuttgart central station to create a direct line between Paris and Vienna.&lt;p&gt;Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link will build a new undersea rail tunnel between Denmark and Germany, allowing Sweden to operate night trains to Brussels.&lt;p&gt;In Switzerland, several new tunnels under the alps beginning operation this year will cut travel time to Italy.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Stuttgart_21&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Stuttgart_21&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Fehmarn_Belt_Fixed_Link&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Fehmarn_Belt_Fixed_Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Gotthard_Base_Tunnel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Gotthard_Base_Tunnel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Ceneri_Base_Tunnel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Ceneri_Base_Tunnel&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>R0b0t1</author><text>Rail is great for freight but what surprised me was that while I was in Europe flights were faster and cheaper. I don&amp;#x27;t think the right reaction is to tax planes so that people don&amp;#x27;t use them, as time has value.</text></comment>