Originally Posted by
OpenSky
Frankly I wonder why the Op would even bother. Unless the op is a train geek. Its basically a slower version of ICE3, and doesn't even reach top speed. And the views are nothing to speak of. Flying is quick.
While I can't answer for OP, I will say that as a typically risk-adverse individual, I would tend to opt for the train-metro-Aeroexpress option, since even a severe snowstorm isn't usually going to throw those three off schedule like it could a flight. If a potential misconnect wasn't a huge deal, yeah, flight all day for simplicity's sake. But when connecting on two separate tickets... yeah, that could be a concern.
Having said that, given that it is the LED-SVO route we're talking about here, with a flight every hour almost, even I would usually be pretty comfortable taking the flight instead of the train. And I love the train, for the record.