Though many of us regularly take trains within our own country, we often don’t think of doing the same when travelling abroad. We can easily come up with excuses for plane over train: not enough holiday leave from work, planes are cheaper or, even, that we wouldn’t know how to book a long distance train journey. But we wanted to put one excuse to the test: being in a hurry to get to our destination. We have such an extensive train network across Europe, where you can depart right from the city centre, so maybe flying isn’t always the quickest option? I decided to find out for myself when I nee…