Pedestrian Observations: Why High Speed 2 and Other European Lines Make Fewer Stops than the Shinkansen https://pedestrianobservations.com/2026/04/06/why-high-speed-2-and-other-european-lines-make-fewer-stops-than-the-shinkansen/

Why High Speed 2 and Other European Lines Make Fewer Stops than the Shinkansen
At a meeting last week, Borners was asking me why High Speed 2 is designed not to make any stops between London and Birmingham. This distance, about 150 km between Old Oak Common and Birmingham Int…