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To put some numbers on "not really practical": Munich to Berlin (570km/350mi) takes 4 hours on the fastest train, and about 9 hours on trains covered by this 49€ per month ticket. Practical for a student looking to get around cheaply, but anybody who makes above median income would prefer the faster ICE on such routes

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Usually the car is preferrable, as it avoids the problem to get to the train station and from the final station to the destination. Plus, free choice of departure time, and no issues with carrying baggage from train to train.

Of course trains have some advantages, too.

The car is absolutely not preferable if you value using your time for anything else than staring at the road and concentrating on driving.

Google Maps also suggests 6.5 hours by car compared to 4.5 hours by train between Munich and Berlin.

In this instance the train is actually a good bit faster (4 hours vs 6). And of course on a train you can read, work, watch Netflix, on a car you are limited to podcasts and audio books

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