1.5 billion people "can't afford" high-speed rail?The annual profit is 500 billion, but it "loses" 500 million every dayIt's a title that makes you want to lift the veil and find the mystery inside. For ordinary people, this seems to be an incomprehensible phenomenon, on the one hand, high-speed rail tickets remain high, on the other hand, high-speed rail frequently "loses", what is going on?Let's uncover this complex life story through analysis"High-speed rail"。
Let's look at 1.5 billion people who "can't afford" high-speed rail. This is mainly due to the relatively high fare of high-speed rail. First of all, the cost of construction, maintenance, and insurance of high-speed rail is very high. Especially at present, the domestic high-speed rail is developing rapidly, and the investment in line construction, maintenance, personnel training and other aspects is also increasing. This keeps the cost of high-speed rail high. Secondly, the fare pricing aspect of high-speed rail is also quite complex. Although the state has also made a certain degree of regulations on the pricing of high-speed rail fares, the specific fares are still priced by each high-speed rail company according to the actual situation. In many cases, high-speed rail companies also need to be flexible in pricing based on factors such as different time periods, different holidays, and different train times. This makes the fare for high-speed rail a relatively high process. In addition, due to the concentration of railway construction and the dispersion of demand, residents in some areas do not often use high-speed rail, so they still rely more on traditional trains, cars and other modes of travel. This has also directly led to this phenomenon of high-speed rail**.
What is the phenomenon of an annual profit of 500 billion, but a "loss" of 500 million every day?This is mainly because the profit and loss of high-speed rail are two different concepts. First of all, the profitability of high-speed rail is mainly due to the fact that the infrastructure investment and construction of high-speed rail are invested by the state. This also means that for high-speed rail companies, they mainly need to bear the daily operating costs of high-speed rail companies themselves. In fact, the number of users of high-speed rail is huge, especially in some economically developed areas, and it is showing explosive growth. As a result, the revenue of the high-speed rail company is very impressive, reaching an annual profit of 500 billion. However, the loss is mainly due to the fact that the operating costs of the high-speed rail company are also quite high. On the one hand, the cost of maintenance, insurance, and personnel wages for high-speed rail is quite large, especially for high-speed rail, the cost of maintenance and insurance is even more expensive. On the other hand, because the high-speed rail company also needs to face a huge investment in construction and maintenance, which also directly leads to the actual loss of the high-speed rail company. This explains why even if the high-speed rail makes an annual profit of 500 billion, it "loses" 500 million every day.
To sum up, we can see that the phenomenon of 1.5 billion people "not affording" high-speed rail and high-speed rail making an annual profit of 500 billion yuan and "losing" 500 million yuan a day is not completely contradictory. This is due to the fact that the profit and loss of high-speed rail are two different concepts. The high ticket price of high-speed rail is mainly due to the high cost of construction, maintenance, insurance, etc., as well as the fact that the fare pricing is also very complicated. The phenomenon of an annual profit of 500 billion yuan for high-speed rail, but a "loss" of 500 million yuan per day is due to the fact that the infrastructure investment and construction of high-speed rail are invested by the state, and the daily operating costs of the high-speed rail company itself are also very high. Therefore, these two phenomena are not contradictory, but a microcosm of the practical significance of how the high-speed rail industry operates.
We can also think about the profit and loss phenomenon in the field of high-speed rail from other perspectives. In the case of the Shinkansen in Japan, for example, the Shinkansen's profits** include not only ticket revenue, but also advertising sponsorship income, shopping mall rental income, and surrounding commercial activities. These rich and diversified profit models are also worth learning from in the field of high-speed rail. At the same time, further innovations can be explored in the field of high-speed rail construction, such as the use of new energy technologies to reduce operating costs. These are all development directions worth exploring in the field of high-speed rail in the future. In the future, we believe that the field of high-speed rail will usher in better development. Only by constantly working hard to innovate and solve all kinds of complex problems can we truly provide better travel conditions for the people and inject stronger impetus into China's economic and social development.
To sum up, the development of the high-speed rail field still needs us to make more efforts, and only through continuous innovation and exploration can we bring better development prospects for the high-speed rail industry. Hopefully, in the near future, we will be able to see even greater success in the field of high-speed rail.