Originally Posted by
invisible
I was on ICE from ZRH to FRA. While comfortable and not crowded, I'd rather fly next time for two reasons - noise and vibration. Noise was such that it was almost the same as flying 747. As for vibration - it made working on notebook impossible.
Hmmm...that's odd, I didn't have those issues when I used the CRH trains (based on the Siemens Velaro, which is based on the ICE 3 train). Maybe that train has some particular problem?
But I agree, beyond a certain distance, it's better to fly.