* It was reported that Financial RoR of Mum-Ahm HST Project is only 4% and economic rate of return is a respectable 12%. It means Govt shall be benefited indirectly (more development jobs, industries, business, revenue, environmental benefits) due to development spurred by the HSTs and a part of which have to be logically ploughed back to HST by way of budgetary support to make the project viable. This money infused is literally a subsidy, but in total scenario is not as HST project deserves to get a share of benefits it will bring to nation.
* Tokyo-Osaka(500kms) is probably the only HST project which is self supporting, which is due to a combo of very high traffic of about 4...
more... lac pax/day and a reasonable fare structure (yen equivalent of 6000-8500 Rs). The price appears high for Indians, but not so for Japanese with percapita income 20 times of India (nominally) and 6 times of India on Purchasing Power Parity. SHT fares shall in general be too high for Indians & the actual traffic & actual RoR is likely to be lower than estimated figures rather than the other way.