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News Entry# 318003
Sep 25 2017 (10:55) ‘Bullet Train is a white elephant’: Retired bureaucrat and rail enthusiast rips apart Modi’s plan | The News Minute
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I dare say I have mixed feelings for the bullet train. As a railway buff, I love the technology. As a reasonably informed citizen of India,...
‘Bullet Train is a white elephant’: Retired bureaucrat and rail enthusiast rips apart Modi’s plan | The News Minute
‘Bullet Train is a white elephant’: Retired bureaucrat and rail enthusiast rips apart Modi’s plan | The News Minute
Nice article - giving the ground realities of modes of transport available to Japan in 1964 and now in India. Shinkansen had no competitors at all in 1964.
"Are all these places languishing today for the sole reason that they lack a bullet train to connect them?" :)
Bad ending though, when he starts talking about hyperloop.
"Are all these places languishing today for the sole reason that they lack a bullet train to connect them?" :)
Bad ending though, when he starts talking about hyperloop.
* Tokyo-Osaka, the first bullet train route is the best suited route for bullet train in the world. The combo of high urbanisation/ very high population density and high population/very high GDP make it an ideal option.
* Approx GDP (in billion US dollars)/ population(in lacs) of Tokyo(1800/370), Osaka(800/190), is too high than the Indian counterparts of Mum-Ahm route Mumbai(210/170), Surat(40/45), Ahmedabad (65/65). Clearly per capita income of Japanese cities are 4-5 times that of Indian cities in context.
* Daily traffic on Tokyo-Osaka Bullet train route is whopping 4 lacs per...
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* Approx GDP (in billion US dollars)/ population(in lacs) of Tokyo(1800/370), Osaka(800/190), is too high than the Indian counterparts of Mum-Ahm route Mumbai(210/170), Surat(40/45), Ahmedabad (65/65). Clearly per capita income of Japanese cities are 4-5 times that of Indian cities in context.
* Daily traffic on Tokyo-Osaka Bullet train route is whopping 4 lacs per...
more...
Bullet trains are fast and by the name bullet they go fast and put a big hole in India's wallet.Sad truth!
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