It can be a matter of convenience. If we fly it can mean the hassle of getting out of town to the airport and lots of waiting around. Within the UK it ought to be viable to take the train rather than flying, but then it can work out a lot more expensive. I know you have much bigger distances to travel in the US.
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True, I would think over in Europe a train would be the way to go. The UK seems pretty compact that you could travel on the train quite a bit. I was really interested in the Hyperloop when Elon was talking about that. The Chicago to Columbus to Philly leg would have been awesome. Philly to Chicago in 90 minutes? Sign me up!
I wonder if anything will come of the Hyperloop. Building that sort of infrastructure is expensive and disruptive, but then the railways opened up the US early on. A lot of our lines got shut down some years back. We have Victorian tunnels and bridges that might not handle faster new trains. There is currently debate about new lines to link up the cities. Whatever happens we seem to end up with more roads that soon fill up.