also called daytime high-speed train
A fast intercity train that runs during the day and gets you between cities in hours rather than overnight.
A high-speed day train is a fast intercity service that runs in daylight and gets you between cities in hours rather than overnight. Set against a night train, the trade is clear: the day train buys you speed but no bed, while the night train saves you a hotel by letting you sleep as you travel. Which one wins depends on the distance and your budget.
You book a fast day train for a long route between two distant cities to arrive quickly. Only afterwards do you realise a night train covered the same journey while you slept, saving you the hotel you now have to book at your destination, and for that distance it might well have cost you less overall.
A day train trades a bed for speed and a daytime schedule, while a night train saves a hotel by letting you sleep as you travel, and the right choice depends on distance and budget. Nomads book a fast day train for a long route where a night train would have covered both the journey and a night's accommodation.
The difference is the whole point, so here is each one in a line.
These are two ways to cross a country by rail.
A high-speed day train runs in daylight and gets you between cities in hours, while a night train runs overnight with seats or beds so the journey replaces a hotel night, trading speed for a saved night's lodging.
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