Clearly the distance that the train can move over Europe in one day is totally different in the west and the east

ByOliver Mallich

People sightseeing in Europe often use trains as a means of transportation without using airplanes or cars. This is said to be the reason that the fare for the train is cheap and the time to get to the destination can be calculated. It is said that it will take less than 4 hours to actually arrive in Paris by departing from London, but in Eastern Europe it takes more than 22 hours even if traveling the same distance, there is a big difference in the railway network in Western Europe and Eastern Europe It is clear that it is.

Map: The remarkable distances you can travel on a European train in less than a day - The Washington Post
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Peter Culpezab, a researcher at Harvard University, announced this data and is investigating to which region from 28 European cities can travel within one day. What to build the fastest rail network among the 28 cities is a high-speed rail network linking London, Paris and Brussels, the case Karupejebu said to start the "Paris, London, also four hours to go to the Mediterranean coast It does not take. "

The map when actually starting from Paris is as follows. The dark red part shows the distance that it can move within 2 hours, the arrival time becomes thinner as 6 hours, 10 hours, 14 hours, 18 hours, 22 hours and when it exceeds 22 hours it is shown in gray It is. When you start Paris in France, you can see that reaching London in the north and reaching the Mediterranean coast in the south is possible within 6 hours if it is the shortest. According to Mr. Culpe Jeb, it actually takes 4 hours between Paris and London and between Paris and the Mediterranean coast. Also, starting from Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria in Eastern Europe, we find that it takes more than 18 hours to arrive at Bosnia-Herzegovina's capital "Sarajevo", which is located at a distance that is almost the same as that between Paris and London . For this reason, you can see that there is a big difference in railway network between Paris and Sofia.


Next, I will look at the starting point of Western European major cities. The following shows the distance traveled when leaving Madrid in London, Paris, Italy, Rome and Spain in the UK. If you leave London, you can reach the whole of Great Britain Island and the southern end of the Italian Peninsula within one day, and if you start from Rome, you can reach the whole of the Italian Peninsula to the south half of the Great Britain Island. In addition, when starting from Madrid, you can see that not only Portugal's whole area but also the North can cover the Scottish area of ​​Great Britain Island, south can travel all over the Italian peninsula in one day. Apart from Paris, even if you are starting from the cities of Western Europe, you can travel long distances in one day, so you can see that the railway network in Western Europe is developing.


The following image shows the distance traveled when the eight cities in Eastern Europe are the starting points and is the distance traveled by Minsk in Belarus, Budapest in Hungary, Zagreb in Croatia, Belgrade in Serbia, Vilnius in Lithuania, Riga in Latvia, Estonia Tallinn and Montenegro's Podgorica are set as the departure point is summarized. If you look at this image, you can travel within 1 day by leaving Minsk, Budapest, Zagreb, Belgrade in the upper row, but you can see that the range that you can move within 6 hours is small compared to Western Europe. Also, it is obvious that for the four cities in the lower row the distance that can be moved is quite limited and the railway network has not developed.


Based on the above, London Karupejebu says with a high-speed rail when you travel by train to "Europe, Brussels, and the to the starting point in Paris, in Geneva, SwitzerlandTGVIt is also possible to transfer to a longer distance, so I recommend it. "