The Nozomi from Tokyo to Hakata takes about 5 hours; the Hokkaido Shinkansen, when finished, is expected to be 5 hours from Tokyo to Sapporo
depends on terms of construction; the Tokaido Shinkansen in Japan paid off all of its construction costs within a decade or so
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paid off with interest, I should add. I'm not sure about other lines, though.
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If I'm not misled, most construction in the business these days involves no-interest loans--still have to pay back, but easier.
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Capital and maintenance cost of roads is borne mainly by ongoing property taxes. Why should rails differ from that model?
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because they're not the same thing, and don't get used the same way
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roads are open to any users; only the infrastructure itself must be managed. But rail = infrastructure *and* service
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Simply having roads is enough for people to use them. Simply having tracks is not enough for good rail service.
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If we had tracks & mandated owners provide service as a matter of "Public Convenice and Necessity" w/i fixed parameters it would be.
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Not so, because improvements in rail vehicles, changes in schedule patterns, etc, all need coordinated adjustments to track too
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Infrastructure and vehicles are tightly intertwined when it comes to rail, in a way they aren't for other modes.
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I strongly recommend Kasai's "Breakup and Privatization of JNR" for more information here
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