Trains for business communiting is having a revival and for good reasons!
I'm on the morning train to Stockholm for the Mastercard Massiv final, and I'm blown away by the value prop.
Let's break it down:
It's not cheaper, in fact it's a little bit more expensive, maybe +€25 return incl. transport to station vs airport and a cheap upgrade to the quiet department of the train.
It's slower, but not by alot; plane would be maybe 4-4.5hr door to door for plane vs 5-5.5 hrs for train, pending many factors and risk tolerance for missing the flight! 😅
It's way more comfortable - less stress and at least double the personal space.
Most importantly, I get 4-5 hrs of uninterrupted work in!
On those factors alone, I'd pick it, but the reason this is important is that there's a whopping 99.9% carbon footprint difference: ~300kg CO2 versus ~0.2 kg CO2.
I was honestly quite skeptical, and have been guilty of taking the plane to Stockholm many times before.
So to anyone like me, give it a shot, and let's kill the stigma for traveling on trains! (and maybe put more pressure on making the European rail network great again 😉)
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