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In stark contrast, in the UK an annual season ticket for a single train route between 2 stations 20 miles apart, is £1400 or about 1600 euro! Rail travel here is just farcical.

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Assuming "there and back" is 40 miles per day, then five days a week for 52 weeks a year (maybe the train gets used on holidays) comes to 10,400 miles per year travel.

The fuel cost for that in the UK seems to be ~ £400 more than the season ticket which indicates it's a saving for some.

Sure, it could be cheaper.

The season ticket only covering station-to-station travel means you're still left with covering the leg at either end. As an example, this is likely still going involve a car journey plus parking costs at 'local' station, and a Tube trip to the office at the other end. I think any potential cost saving quickly disappears, while still being left paying for only a single route.

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