Trains were the only way we got to many places when young (big age gap here), doing Europe was so inter-connected with trains, trams, vernaculars, busses, OK sometimes a lot by foot too!
Now to make you sob, one month '1st class pass' in 1978 cost drum roll USD $500 no additional/hidden costs onto paddle boats on lakes, nor any other form of transport mentioned above!
Shows how split cost wise currently, making more off each individual travel.
!BEER I love train travel.
Yeah the systems are much better in Europe for being interconnected that's for sure. North America was built around the car.
Times have certainly changed in terms of cost. $500 for the month would be incredible. But let's see what $500 in 1978 converts to today in terms of purchasing power... quick Google search
So that would be like paying $2300 today. Still probably a better deal back then
Where the value goes haywire is our currency ZAR to USD 1978 was 0,87:1 today 1:18,3542 this is where we have been battered!
Holy! That's a crazy swing. Yikes
Exactly why travel has become but a dream!
Yeah I can imagine. Sorry that it happened 😞