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I believe that tokyo has 3 competing subway companies, so I guess there is room for competition.

• run4yourlives 17y ago
  I'm not saying there isn't room, I'm just saying that with limited space and a captive target audience, having three competing subway lines is incredibly inefficient, especially when you consider that there will be 1-2 lines that all three will service, while other areas won't have any service, given traffic patterns. I'm not sure how this is in the interests of any city really.
• thingie 17y ago
  Of course it is, it's quite common for many companies to compete with offers, and the local authorities choose the best one. But that kind of competition is not aimed at the end user, passenger.
• locopati 17y ago
  NYC has tried that - the system started out as 3 competing companies, but in the long run, it makes sense to have one system with one set of management/employees