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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
The stat I read wasn't Spain specific. But if I find it I'll post. It jived with my observation taking our train at 11 am (I wasn't going to book an early train on vacation). Most passengers weren't dressed like tourists with luggage. It was mostly business travelers. Which also lines up with HSR eating in to air travel. I assume most travel is either business (for a meeting) or commuters in the less traditional sense of 9-5, say a patent lawyer going to the patent office for an afternoon. Clearly somebody who can afford a more expensive ticket isn't going to be doing this everyday and probably has way more flexibility than a 9-5er. A good chunk of them also worked during that train ride. Connectivity was surprisingly good.
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Ok, but a business traveller is not a commuter, particularly if they are on a train at 11 am (which was the post I was responding to). It is fairly well established that high speed trains cut into airline business at distances of a few hundred km. The challenge that high speed trains often have is attracting more price sensitive travellers.
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