>>1559144Futureproofing. Flying is not sustainable, you need a power-dense energy source for it, and we have yet to invent anything that is better than kerosene. With trains you can just tap into the grid, and the grid can be on nuclear, solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, whatever source of energy you want.
Trains have the same kind of schedules as planes, except you can just walk up to it and board when it's time, instead of having to come an hour before takeoff to show some dude that you don't have knives in your shoes. High speed trains can win a lot of time over flights that way.
Also you sometimes can take your car on a train. Can't do that with a plane.
