Sure, I've not taken that many trains in Eastern Europe, and would agree with you there. But from a western and northern European perspective (and I travel a lot too) it seems broadly accurate
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I am running a project in 2025 entitled #CrossChannelRail which will examine (among a few other things) what the chances are that this can happen through the Channel Tunnel.
I understand well the problems on that route. But still Eurostar tickets can be more than double a flight to LHR! And there's no excuse for the astronomical prices on a 1h20 Brussels-Paris ride
There is an excuse: lack of capacity, currently. They have no more trains to run. So *either* you add competition, or it behaves more like a state owned rail company (which it is - Eurostar is 60% SNCF, 20% SNCB).
The operator of course charges what it can get away with: I'm looking from a user perspective. Competition is badly needed on both routes out of Brussels. Compare it with trains to NL and DE where prices are much more reasonable
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