Train or plane? What kind of transport do Russians prefer
Travel service Tutu reports that only one in five passengers gathered for a long-distance trip will choose the train.
The travel service has studied the statistics of railway departures and air travel in Russia since the beginning of 2018 and prepared the top routes with a preference for a train or aircraft. Only travel of more than 1,000 km was taken into account. Only those routes on which you can travel by train and plane were analyzed.
The top with the choice of railway communication is headed by the trip St. Petersburg – Belgorod. About 87% of passengers chose to travel by train, while the rest chose to fly. In the list of popular and return route Belgorod - St. Petersburg (the train preferred 85% of passengers, and the rest - air travel). The third place was taken by the trip from Saratov to St. Petersburg and back (84% and 81% of passengers depart by train, respectively).
The ranking of routes with a preference for aircraft led the journey from Moscow to Minvody and back. 95% get there by air and 5% choose the train. Krasnodar is in third place – Moscow (92% of tourists chose the plane).
For all domestic destinations, where there are railway and air links, the cost of railway travel is lower.
On average, a train ticket in Russia costs 4.7 thousand rubles, for an airplane - 9.4 thousand rubles (one way). On destinations where passengers prefer rail, train tickets are much cheaper than plane tickets. For routes where people choose aviation, the cost per train and plane is about the same.