Best train routes in Europe

Routes where the train beats both bus and flight on total travel time. Most are high-speed corridors (Eurostar, TGV, ICE, Frecciarossa, Renfe AVE) where city-centre-to-city-centre rail wins door-to-door.

#	Route	Best mode	Time	From	Distance
1	Amsterdam → Rotterdam	🚄 Train	30m	€7	57 km
2	Vienna → Bratislava	🚄 Train	30m	€7	55 km
3	Brussels → Antwerp	🚄 Train	30m	€5	41 km
4	Florence → Bologna	🚄 Train	30m	€10	81 km
5	Granada → Malaga	🚄 Train	30m	€11	89 km
6	Edinburgh → Glasgow	🚄 Train	30m	€8	67 km
7	Manchester → Liverpool	🚄 Train	30m	€6	50 km
8	Venice → Verona	🚄 Train	34m	€12	103 km
9	Bologna → Verona	🚄 Train	36m	€12	108 km
10	Manchester → Birmingham	🚄 Train	38m	€12	113 km
11	Antwerp → Rotterdam	🚄 Train	39m	€9	79 km
12	Milan → Genoa	🚄 Train	40m	€12	119 km
13	Tallinn → Helsinki	🚄 Train	41m	€10	82 km
14	Turin → Genoa	🚄 Train	41m	€12	124 km
15	Milan → Turin	🚄 Train	42m	€12	126 km
16	Liverpool → Birmingham	🚄 Train	42m	€12	126 km
17	Venice → Bologna	🚄 Train	43m	€12	130 km
18	Salzburg → Innsbruck	🚄 Train	46m	€12	138 km
19	Brussels → Lille	🚄 Train	47m	€11	94 km
20	Milan → Verona	🚄 Train	47m	€13	141 km
21	Munich → Innsbruck	🚄 Train	49m	€11	97 km
22	Munich → Nuremberg	🚄 Train	50m	€13	151 km
23	Frankfurt → Cologne	🚄 Train	51m	€13	153 km
24	Frankfurt → Stuttgart	🚄 Train	51m	€13	153 km
25	Stuttgart → Nuremberg	🚄 Train	52m	€13	157 km
26	Seville → Malaga	🚄 Train	52m	€13	157 km
27	Marseille → Nice	🚄 Train	53m	€13	159 km
28	London → Birmingham	🚄 Train	54m	€13	162 km
29	Stuttgart → Strasbourg	🚄 Train	54m	€12	107 km
30	Berlin → Dresden	🚄 Train	55m	€13	165 km