Indian Railways upgrading the Delhi - Chandigarh Line for 200kmh (124mph) service: http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/asia/single-view/view/indian-railways-selects-200-kmh-upgrade-option.html …
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They say 100 trains per day--assuming a 20 hour service span that's still just 5 per hour (every 12 minutes)
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Annual ridership is solid at 40 million, or a little over 100,000 per day...but the Sagami Railroad (not a large one!) pulls 600,000+ daily
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Busier railways like Tobu pull over 2 *million* a day! So what gives? India has high pop density, low motorization, railways galore...
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Like most things India, inefficient management keeps prices above the level most can afford, probably. Either that or the official …
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ridership count doesn't measure all the people hanging off the sides or something.
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unlikely; ridership is usually counted at entry/exit of train stations, not on board
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That isn't even the busiest in India. The Mumbai-Vadodara-Ahmedabad, Delhi-Kanpur-Allahabad-Mugalsarai routes are notoriously busy.
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I was going to say...
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they don't count the people that ride on top or hanging off the doors :)
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I imagine they do passenger counts at the entrances of stations, not on board the trains
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