01-28-2018, 10:47 PM
(01-28-2018, 09:28 PM)Canard Wrote: You can still have a "milk run" (lots of stops) and have HSR. This is the concept the Shinkansen pioneered - the secret being in the acceleration of the train.
The penalty for more stops is thus reduced.
The UK also frequently mixes "milk run" and high(er)-speed service.