Re: CA HSR Update
Author: Commenter
Date: 08-20-2018 - 20:31
Exactly. That's why I gave it as a comparison.
HSR is something that many have no experience of and don't realize how profound a change it can bring. Lufthansa no longer flies from Frankfurt to Cologne/Bonn airport, instead they ticket you on the train and have their own ticket collector aboard and an office in the Cologne train station. You get there faster and get frequent flier miles too.
Before 9/11 and all the changes in security you used to be able to check your bag from San Francisco to Cologne and it would come up on a small carrousel at the train station.