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A solid overview of Chinese HSR: http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/high-speed/chinese-high-speed-an-evaluation-of-traffic.html http://www.railjournal.com/in
by _coldfire 10y ago
A solid overview of Chinese HSR:
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/high-speed/chinese-high-speed-an-evaluation-of-traffic.html http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/high-speed/chinese-high...
>In 2013, Chinese high-speed traffic reached 214 billion passenger-km, slightly more traffic than the rest of the world's high-speed networks combined
>the CRC network is already one of the most densely used in the world, with robust growth between 2009 and 2013. Overall passenger traffic grew by 5.5% per year during this period reaching 2.1 billion passengers or 1060 billion passenger-km in 2013. Railfreight grew by 6% per year to 3.6 billion tonnes, or 2633 billion tonne-km in 2013. These are large volumes compared with the size of the network (103,100km in 2013).
- seanmcdirmid 10y agohttp://www.rediff.com/business/report/pix-beijing-shanghai-bullet-train-worlds-most-profitable-high-speed-rail/20160720.htm http://www.rediff.com/business/report/pix-beijing-shanghai-b... > Although the railway authority has said that the Beijing- Shanghai high-speed railway was the only profitable high-speed rail in China in the past five years, some believe that other lines in densely-populated and developed regions will likely become profitable soon. Only Beijing to Shanghai is making a profit ATM (flying is still cheaper on that route, but airport delays are way too bad).
- _coldfire 10y agoTrain networks around the world are usually subsidised and run at a loss, it's hardly unique to China.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoChina is running at a loss in the billions. In 2018 when the first HSR bonds start coming due, it could be quite a shock.