I used to think as a child everyone in Europe is super rich. Because they always travel by planes
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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And in Paris it could cost you an extra โฌ60 or something if there's random ticket check and you can't provide that you have the ticket. As a tourist I've seen this myself in Bir-Hakeim Station. Please keep your ticket, don't throw it away!
That's how it is in most places. Or at least the places I have taken trains: Europe, Seattle, Portland, and NYC. Although in NYC they do not check for subway tickets. The regional train definitely checks though.
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I wonder what it costs to maintain rolling stock and railway lines with their associated infrastructure.
Planes don't have to maintain bridges and level crossings on their entire route.
In Japan, it can be cheaper to fly than to take the shinkansen (bullet train), but the trains are much more convenient. No security checks like air travel, no waiting in line for ages, no going out of the way to get to an airport (one of "Tokyo"'s airports is actually a prefecture over in Chiba), etc.