This is an interesting read on that subject: https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2013/12/high-speed-trains-are-killing-the-european-railway-network.html https://www

This is an interesting read on that subject: https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2013/12/high-speed-trains-are-killing-the-european-railway-network.html https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2013/12/high-speed-trains-ar... One of the many complexities involved is the fact that high-speed trains on existing lines take up much more track space and push out slower-moving trains which link up the smaller stations. So city-to-city is fine, but towns and below get a reduced service, leading to more car traffic to get to stations (and more pure car journeys). This makes the point that the more trains are powered by clean electricity though, the better: https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2007/04/planes-on-whe-1.html https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2007/04/planes-on-whe-1.html