Rebecca Hagege, a 33-year-old from Paris, made a decision some time ago: she would cut down on her air and automobile journeys as much as possible only making them when it was unavoidable in order to reduce her carbon footprint. Faithful to her bicycle for her daily commute, the train has become her best ally for travelling further afield, across her own country and, more recently, across the rest of Europe as well.
Many of my friends practically only travel by train, says this documentary production manager. She sees, however, much room for improvement, especially in terms of offering more frequent night trains, which, after a time in the back burner are now growing like mushrooms in Europe (with the exception of Spain) and, above all, with lower prices.
It is a pity, but on many European routes, such as between Paris and London or between Paris and Barcelona, the train is still more expensive than the plane or the bus, she laments. More incentives are needed.
At the expense, of course, of everything other than high-speed trains, which have been the sacrosanct priority in Spain, almost the only one, for several decades. This meeting point is also the beginning of a 26-hour, 3,000-kilometer journey between Madrid and Prague.
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