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There are six times as many direct flight connections between European cities than direct train connections, a new analysis by Greenpeace has found. In several major European cities there are no direct trains to any of the other cities included in the study at all. There are many more direct flight routes than train routes in EuropeCampaigners analysed 990 routes between 45 major European cities and found that 114 routes (12 per cent) are served by direct train connections. There are another 305 routes (31 per cent) where a direct connection would be possible using existing tracks, but the rou…

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