A netizen asked - how many people are willing to take a green car for more than ten consecutive hours when they have a high-speed rail plane?
The first time I took the train was when I was in college more than 20 years ago, and I stood on the train with a large bag of luggage for more than ten hours, and I was in a bad mood. Later, the bus to and from the school was preferred, which took about the same time and was much more expensive, but there was a seat.
A few years ago, I went out to run errands and experienced a green-skinned train again. Buy a sleeper ticket, get on the train at night, sleep to the station, feel the green-skinned train is very good, in addition to snoring and foot odor.
I like green cars, I like to travel on a budget, the longest I have ever taken is Lhasa to Chongqing, forty-six hours (two hours late) the next day immediately transferred back to Nanning is more than ten hours, 16 years Nanning to Xinjiang 65 hours, Urumqi to Kashgar 18 hours (delay plus two hours) Kashgar to Urumqi 18 hours after getting off the train immediately and then on the Urumqi to Nanning train, 64 hours, this is the longest train I have ever sat on, 82 hours.
Or, from Beijing back to the hometown by EMU, the whole process is basically one hundred and five, but also a detour, a trip to more than five hours, by plane to the capital airport at least one hour in advance to the airport, play the remaining amount of traffic jams, the whole process is also five or six hours. Change to a green wagon sleeper, leave at 11 p.m. and arrive home at 8 p.m., lie down and sleep comfortably, for less than half the price and smoke at the train connection (although it's not a good habit), why should I spend money and suffer unless there is an urgent matter to deal with.
I also like to take the green-skinned train.
First of all, in some places, the high-speed rail plane cannot be directly reached, but the green car can be directly reached.
The second green car is cheap, the sleeper is particularly cost-effective, as long as it is not the Spring Festival, holidays, sleeper tickets are still very easy to buy. Last year I went to a place on a business trip, the ticket is more than 1,000, sleeper more than 300, and the return ticket is nearly 2,000 more expensive. The price is expensive due to the small number of flights. There are not many people sitting, so it is a waste of time to stop elsewhere. If you take the high-speed rail, there is no direct train, to wuhan transfer, is not the same station! (There are three stations in Wuhan.)
Third, the time of the high-speed rail plane may not be appropriate, and the green car can choose to leave in the evening, arrive the next morning, and you can also walk around in the afternoon. According to the itinerary I said above, if you take a plane, you can land at the airport at almost 6 o'clock in the afternoon, and there is still a 2-hour drive to the county, if you encounter the plane late, the reception car is gone, we are difficult!
Fourth, not everyone is so sensitive to time every time they go out in the car. If it's a business trip, I prefer a green car. Traveling by train and plane is too tired, in a hurry, get off the car and stay directly in the hotel, rest for one night, and the next day you have to immediately put into intense work. If it is a green car, you can rest in bed for more than a day.
Fifth, many small cities do not have high-speed rail, and it is very troublesome to take high-speed rail to transfer trains.
You have a point, but it's not a matter of personal preference, it's all about making choices based on objective conditions. I run several times a year from Nanjing to Changchun, mostly green cars, the reason is the same as you, the time is right, the price is cheap, but if the time is similar, the price is not too outrageous, I will never do green cars for a long time, and try to choose a car and a fast car for a short distance. Long-distance priority flight, 1 hour waiting time plus two hours of flight (cheap fare about 400), 9 hours of high-speed rail (about 770), 30 hours of green car (about 270), I choose to spend money to "buy time". Most of the time, choosing a green car is a helpless move.
On the one hand, the price factor is very important, and there are more than just white-collar workers working in the front line.
On the other hand, it involves the multi-faceted trade-offs between individuals for ride comfort, speed and fare.
Taking myself as an example, the current situation in my hometown in Hunan is that there is a high-speed train and a direct train from Shanghai; there is an airport, but there is only one direct flight to Shanghai, which runs the next day and is arranged at Pudong Airport. The time that an individual can accept is 7 to 8 hours for high-speed rail.
So, now start planning how we're going to get home. The most convenient plan is of course direct to the high-speed rail, the residence is relatively close to Hongqiao Station (correspondingly, the distance from Pudong Airport is far away), there are two direct trains, the time is good and the running time is also within the acceptable range. The main problems are the high ticket price, and although you can bear it, you can sit for so long and it is not too comfortable.
The more cost-effective solution is to take the general speed train from Xifa to Changsha, and then transfer to the high-speed train home (to Changsha, there is no psychological obstacle to spending no more than two hundred high-speed rail tickets). The perfectly arranged case even arrived home earlier than the next day's high-speed train, and the comfort of sleeping in a sleeper was also good. The problem is that there are a little requirements for the previous day to work hours, and the plan to go straight to Shanghai South Railway Station after work can only be accepted in time (otherwise there will be a day and a half of vacation lost on the road), Changsha to Changsha South Transfer is a little troublesome, and tickets are not very easy to buy.
Finally, there are the planes. (Only counting the ride stage) is the fastest, the shortest ride time, and the weekday air fare is slightly lower than the direct high-speed rail. But the problem is the cost of getting from your residence to Pudong Airport, the scheduling of flights the next day, and the safety of aviation. I still believe in civil aviation, but my family is more reluctant to travel by air.
Of course, there are various tossing methods, such as what to fly to Guangzhou/Changsha to high-speed rail (Changsha is fine, Baiyun to Guangzhou South can toss people to death...). ), K-head pusu (ah this plan is left to people who need to compress the fare limit, I will not rob their resources), Changsha transfer high-speed rail (can not buy a direct high-speed rail ticket alternative, the only advantage is that you can drink a cup of tea between transfers)... After the whole analysis, there is actually no absolutely perfect solution.
There are advantages to either mode of transportation, and there are areas to compromise, so be respectful of other people's choices. After all, not everyone can have all the conditions.
I flew home, first to the provincial capital or nearby city, just these two airports, and then I flew to the train station and took the train home, which is why I didn't choose the plane. As for the high-speed rail, people in the Shenzhen high-speed rail departure station, almost all in the morning departure, afternoon home, but ordinary train, make a sleeper, twenty hours, noon departure, morning home, sleep a night, out of the station to eat a hometown special breakfast, hit a or do the bus to get home, not rushed, there is one less night.
There is a saying that I really don't want to take the train or high-speed train for a long distance. The school is in Tianjin and I am in Guangxi. It used to take a day by high-speed rail, and the high-speed rail ticket was about a thousand. It takes two days by train and costs around four or five hundred. It takes three and a half hours to fly, buy tickets in advance, and the ticket costs about six hundred. The choice of the plane is not because of anyone, but from the objective consideration of time and money. However, if it is short-distance, I am still willing to take the high-speed rail and take the plane for the short-distance, which will neither be cheaper nor more time-saving.
All in all, high-speed rail is the most comfortable for about three or four hours, more than 5 hours is not appropriate, or the plane is good. Some people say that I used to take a car for more than ten hours, or even a few days, how. Friends, society is progressing, consumption is also upgrading, how many people will still be willing to sit in the green car for more than ten consecutive days in the case of high-speed rail airplane choices?