Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
France gets go ahead to ban short haul domestic flights
- Thread starter Ming the Merciless
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dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
Top. Really.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Can't see the French sitting still for that. They'll be out on the streets of Paris and other major towns building barricades and burning cars.
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
They can introduce the same rule in the UK any time they like. It's not likely to have much effect, given that there aren't too many flights between Glasgow and Largs. Or London and Portsmouth. Insert your own slow train journey here..
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
At least their trains work.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
There are a fair number of flights from Birmingham to London though, and that is around a 2 hour train journey.
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
At least their trains work.
And have cool names like Train Grand Vitesse rather than Intercity 125....
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
When HS2 is finished it'll be a 3 hour train journey....
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
That would put a stop to almost all commercial helicopter flights.
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Flights between Birmingham and London, are you sure? A quick google tells me I need to go via Dublin! And checking arrivals/departures at Birmingham also shows zero to or from London.
Unless you meant Manchester, which is about 2¼ hours by train from London, so about as far as you're likely to get in the UK within the stated time period. So it would affect one destination. You would still be able to fly London to Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen.
Glasgow to London (x4 airports), Southampton, Manchester, Bristol, Inverness, numerous islands.... just for example.
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
It's a step: hopefully Germany and other countries will follow.
Depends on if your lucky to get connect to the right bits. Most of the North are getting the HS2 quicker to walk than wait for the upgrade edition.
The oil rig workers might struggle to get to work by train......
That's easy to fix with HS3 and 6 and 7 eights.
The Crofted Crest
Veteran
At least their trains work.
SNCF are on strike. My beloved has had to rebook her journey home from Turin today. She's now travelling via Swizerland and Germany, extra hassle, extra costs.
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
While you could certainly fly from London to Birmingham in the past (and to East Midlands, which is a comparable distance), those routes haven't been served for many years.
Almost all UK domestic air traffic, as alluded to above, is either to/from Scotland or involves over-water flights, and so is outside the scope of short rail journeys.
