Where trains are more expensive than flights in Europe?

europeangreens:

How are flights so much cheaper than trains?
Indeed, why are we forced to pick between cheap & polluting and expensive & sustainable?

Well @greenpeaceeu has the answer: subsidies and MASSIVE tax breaks.

✈ Airlines DON’T pay either a tax on kerosene or VAT on International travel

🚄 In comparison, train companies HAVE TO pay a tax on energy, VAT on international travel and high track access costs. How is that fair? 😡

🌍 Imagine a world that wasn’t guided by airline lobbyists and where low emission modes of transport are prioritised.

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