The big question: is this viable outside China, in countries where air travel is more affordable? Is it even viable in China?
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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I'm not looking to break anything up, and the US national system is relatively uniform in capability except equipment height.
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Same with the Japanese one--capability has nothing to do w rationale for breakup
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A simple model service would be to make fixed contribution toward capital via a /mile tax credit & let market forces drive service.
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Are there places in the world where this practice is employed?
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No because in most of world, rails are state owned.
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OK--and where they are privately owned, as in Japan, this is not the practice either.
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