On average, it costs twice as much to choose the train over the plane between European cities, even though the climate impact from flying can be as much as 80 times higher than from public transport.

As a result, Europeans today all too often choose stopover flights over direct rail connections when travelling within the EU. Even just on the trip from Copenhagen to Berlin, airline tickets can easily be found for less than DKK 500, while train tickets often cost over DKK 1,000. Today, it is almost always cheapest to take the plane, no matter which big cities you travel between in Europe.In a new billion-kroner proposal, the Red-Green Alliance is now presenting a plan to lower the prices of train tickets to European cities. The plan includes a tax shift across the European transport sector, a train fund for investments in high-speed and night trains and a halving of the price of interrail tickets for young people across the EU. Per Clausen, lead candidate for the European Parliament, says: It is climate madness that the EU has favoured the airline industry to a level where it is downright economically impossible for the vast majority to travel on holiday in other ways than by plane. That is why it will be one of my top priorities in Brussels that the train should be cheaper than the planeThe future belongs to the high-speed train. Imagine falling asleep in Copenhagen and waking up in Paris, where the rest of Europe's major cities are open to you. It is a political responsibility and a solution that we must deliver to Europeans. Interrail gives Danish and European young people a fantastic freedom to explore the corners of Europe in a sustainable way. We must extend this opportunity to all young people, regardless of their income, and we will do this by halving the price of all Interrail tickets. Buying tickets for international train travel is far too much of a hassle. Therefore, the Red-Green Alliance wants to create a new unified ticketing system, with prices and routes for all international train connections in the EU. Think of it as a Momondo for train tickets.