Counted door to door — the trip out to the airport, security, the wait, and the trip back into the city at the other end — rail beats flying on more city pairs than most people expect. These pages cover the practical question of whether it does on your route, whether a pass is worth buying, and the journeys people take for the ride itself.
Is the train the better call?
City pair by city pair, measured door to door rather than airport to airport — and whether a rail pass actually beats buying the tickets outright for the route you have in mind.