With a loss of nearly 100 billion yuan in 9 months, 1.4 billion people can't afford to support high-speed rail? The state eventually decides
Once upon a time, the carriage and horse were slow, the letters were far away, and there was only enough time to love one person in a lifetime. I think many people are particularly familiar with this phrase, which refers to the social background in the early years, when transportation was inconvenient and nothing was particularly convenient.
With the development of society, the transportation is becoming more and more convenient, and now there is no need to go far, especially the emergence of high-speed rail, which saves time on the road.
However, some people say that although the speed of taking the high-speed rail is fast, the ticket price is also very expensive, and the cost of the journey has increased a lot. According to relevant data, in the first 9 months of last year, the loss of high-speed rail was nearly 100 billion yuan, which makes people puzzled - can't China's 1.4 billion people afford high-speed rail? In fact, there is a reason for the loss of high-speed rail, which is mainly reflected in three aspects.
First of all, the cost of expansion increases. Although high-speed rail travel is convenient, not all areas are suitable for building high-speed rail, for example, although some areas have crossed the road, but the travel rate is not high, in this case a lot of cost will be wasted, a large amount of expenditure is needed for expansion, and no one travels in the unsuitable road section, so that the expansion cost increases and the income is gone, and the loss is inevitable.
Second, the ticket price is high. Friends who often take high-speed rail must know that the fare of high-speed rail is basically the same as that of airplanes, which means that a large number of people feel that it is not as comfortable and fast as taking a plane, and at the same time, a large number of ordinary people feel that they cannot afford it, so they would rather choose a green car than take a high-speed rail.
Third, the maintenance cost is very high, because the maintenance cost does not end with the completion of the railway, but each section of the road needs to be maintained and repaired at a fixed time, and special personnel are required to service and maintain, which also virtually increases the operating cost of the high-speed rail.
Therefore, it is not surprising that high-speed rail has lost nearly 100 billion yuan in 9 months. In this case, the state has finally made a decision, and some people say that in the future, some high-speed rail lines with low passenger flow may be closed, and no longer blindly and rapidly expanded, but to plan rationally and reduce operating costs. At the same time, the author believes that the fare should also be more civilized, so that more people can travel in order to achieve the purpose of increasing income, what do you say?