How much of the day remains after the transition is complete?
A two-hour train is not a two-hour interruption. The lived transition also includes packing, check-out, local transfers, luggage, waiting, arrival, check-in, and the time it takes to become oriented again.
Those hours do not appear in the timetable. They still belong to the trip.
A fast connection can therefore make a route look efficient while leaving too little usable time on either side. The same is true at the end: one more intensive day may fit the calendar and still work against the return.
The decision in practice
Initial instinct
Evaluate a move by the published duration of the train or flight.
ELUZA decision
Evaluate the complete door-to-door transition and the recovery it requires.
Why
Transport time measures movement; it does not measure when the next place becomes usable.
What it protected
Time and attention available after arrival.