Case Studies

Flight, train and bus side by side on European routes, from Routavio's own dated data.

• Madrid - Seville

  Madrid to Seville: cheapest in our data was the bus 27.12 EUR (checked 9 Nov 2026); shortest departure to arrival time was the flight at 1 h 10 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Madrid - Valencia

  Madrid to Valencia: cheapest in our data was the train 14.30 EUR (checked 10 Nov 2026); shortest departure to arrival time was the flight at 1 h 5 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Paris - Lyon

  Paris to Lyon: cheapest in our data was the bus 8 EUR (checked 15 Oct 2026); shortest departure to arrival time was the flight at 1 h 5 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Munich - Frankfurt

  Munich to Frankfurt: shortest departure to arrival time in our data was the flight at 50 min (departure to arrival, not door to door). Train and bus fares here are estimates, so we do not compare prices.

• Paris - Nice

  Paris to Nice: shortest departure to arrival time in our data was the flight at 1 h 20 min (departure to arrival, not door to door). Train fares here are estimates, so we do not compare prices.

• Paris - London

  Paris to London: the flight 29 EUR (checked 6 Nov 2026) was both the cheapest option and the shortest departure to arrival time in our data: flight at 1 h 5 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Paris - Amsterdam

  Paris to Amsterdam: cheapest in our data was the bus 23.68 EUR (checked 8 Nov 2026); shortest departure to arrival time was the flight at 1 h 10 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Madrid - Barcelona

  Madrid to Barcelona: cheapest in our data was the bus 20.90 EUR (checked 14 Oct 2026); shortest departure to arrival time was the flight at 1 h 15 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Berlin - Munich

  Berlin to Munich: cheapest in our data was the bus 31.98 EUR (checked 13 Oct 2026); shortest departure to arrival time was the flight at 1 h 10 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Barcelona - Valencia

  Barcelona to Valencia: cheapest in our data was the bus 20.39 EUR (checked 16 Oct 2026); shortest departure to arrival time was the flight at 1 h 5 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Marseille - Rome

  Marseille to Rome: the flight 17 EUR (checked 6 Nov 2026) was both the cheapest option and the shortest departure to arrival time in our data: flight at 1 h 20 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• San Sebastian - Madrid

  San Sebastian to Madrid: shortest departure to arrival time in our data was the flight at 1 h 10 min (departure to arrival, not door to door). Train fares here are estimates, so we do not compare prices.

• Toulouse - Strasbourg

  Toulouse to Strasbourg: the flight 24 EUR (checked 30 Oct 2026) was both the cheapest option and the shortest departure to arrival time in our data: flight at 1 h 30 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Alicante - Barcelona

  Alicante to Barcelona: the flight 25 EUR (checked 6 Nov 2026) was both the cheapest option and the shortest departure to arrival time in our data: flight at 1 h 10 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Marseille - Brussels

  Marseille to Brussels: the flight 26 EUR (checked 27 Oct 2026) was both the cheapest option and the shortest departure to arrival time in our data: flight at 1 h 40 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Barcelona - Paris

  Barcelona to Paris: the flight 26 EUR (checked 10 Nov 2026) was both the cheapest option and the shortest departure to arrival time in our data: flight at 1 h 50 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Berlin - Frankfurt

  Berlin to Frankfurt: cheapest in our data was the train 32.18 EUR (checked 9 Nov 2026); shortest departure to arrival time was the flight at 1 h 5 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Catania - Naples

  Catania to Naples: the flight 17 EUR (checked 6 Nov 2026) was both the cheapest option and the shortest departure to arrival time in our data: flight at 1 h (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Madrid - Santander

  Madrid to Santander: the flight 24 EUR (checked 8 Nov 2026) was both the cheapest option and the shortest departure to arrival time in our data: flight at 1 h 10 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Bordeaux - Paris

  Bordeaux to Paris: cheapest in our data was the bus 17.85 EUR (checked 9 Nov 2026); shortest departure to arrival time was the flight at 1 h 25 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

• Munich - Berlin

  Munich to Berlin: cheapest in our data was the bus 30.45 EUR (checked 8 Nov 2026); shortest departure to arrival time was the flight at 1 h 10 min (departure to arrival, not door to door).

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