Travelers now prefer trains over planes
As air travel has become increasingly frustrating and tedious, a new poll shows that an amazing 70 percent would choose trains over planes if the option existed. Another 90 percent say they would like rail options displayed along flights when travelers are searching.
The poll was by SilverRail Technologies.
“This eye-opening poll tells us that the public is eager to make the switch to high-speed rail travel, and the significant investments being made in high speed rail will clearly enable this,” says SilverRail CEO and co-founder of SilverRail Technologies, Aaron Gowell. He added:
“Our goal is to give consumers more choice by providing the technology that enables travel websites to sell high-speed rail alongside air, making train travel anywhere in the world as easy or easier, to book as air travel.”
A press release points out that high-speed rail is “enormously popular” in Europe and Asia and that the Obama Administration has proposed US$53 billion in new investments.” The site says the study shows high-speed rail could replace flying on short trip routes.
The poll concluded that time, cost and comfort are the three key factors considered by consumers when booking travel, and flying is coming in second increasingly often.
The poll found that waiting in line was the No. 1 travel hassle.
SilverRail has built the first global distribution platform specializing in passenger rail, allowing rail operators and travel sellers to easily connect with each other. Their platform aggregates global rail content into a single, unified system through direct supplier connections, standardizing the search, booking, and fulfillment processes, according to the company.
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