On routes where not more than 200 ac coaches not being operated daily, there will not be enough traffic to justify investment in High speed trains.
In order to make HST successful daily passengers of the order of 1 lac per day is required on the route. That quantum of passengers is possible only on a few routes in India and that too only if Middle class and to some extent lower middle class people could afford the HST fares.
With Govt especially the present one,drastically increasing the taxes, the purchasing power of...
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Middle & lower middle class is eroding very fast. It is very unlikely that they will be able to afford the high BT fares. Govt need to give tax relief to these classes to increase their purchasing power else that bullet train will incur heavy operational losses. To reduce it
(1) use of many technical/operational/ financial/commercial innovations/ latest management practices/ efficient ERP cutting edge office & site technologies and automation for cutting operational costs
(2) increasing revenues without keeping high fares by increasing number of seats/ coach like double-decker coach,
(3) automation of operations,
(3) low cost indigenous production of rakes, track consumables and materials
(4) Extensice Commercial utilisation of station/ rly properties
(5) Creation of high-end townships/ high tech-R&D center clusters for emerging fieldslike IT, ITeS, Pharma, Argro, Biotech, Electronic H/W etc along the route
(6) Levy of surcharge on the property & property deals in catchment areaof BT route
(7)State & CentralGovt shelling out money in lieu of other economic benefits derived bie the nation/ statefro Bullet trains etc have to be resorted to
(8) IRlys shelling out money in lieu of benefits derived through abssorption of advanced and cost effective BT technology wit hrespect to track and moving assets.
(9) Eliminating concessional/ free travel.