Instrumental Сase with Means of Transport

Did you know you could use both Prepositional case with the preposition на (на поезде) and the Instrumental case (поездом) to speak about public transport? The Instrumental case sounds more bookish, though.

От Москвы до Иркутска мы летели на самолёте (самолётом).
We caught a plane from Moscow to Irkutsk.

До Воронежа можно доехать автобусом (на автобусе).
You can get to Voronezh by bus.

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