标题: Projected Fare of California Bullet Train, and Comparison [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 5-12-2015 08:25 标题: Projected Fare of California Bullet Train, and Comparison Ralph Vartabedian and Dan Weikel, Doing the Math on California's Bullet Train Fares. Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2015. www.latimes.com/local/politics/l ... 20150510-story.html
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"the state high-speed rail agency has projected the fare [between Los Angeles and San Francisco would be] $86. The current estimate would be one of the world's cheapest high-speed rail trips on a per-mile basis * * * a [Los Angeles] Times analysis found.
"But compared with current average prices on several high-speed rail systems in Asia and Europe, $86 would be a bargain, equating to about 20 cents a mile or less, the Times review found. The analysis was based on a 438-mile route
"The average fare on Italy's 434-mile bullet train from Milan to Salerno was 25 cents a mile. The fare on China's 809-mile line between Beijing and Shanghai was 22 cents per mile. China discloses little about its high-speed rail finances and many academic and transportation experts say it heavily subsidizes its fares, as do many other foreign operators. The French bullet train from Paris to Lyon is often cited as a line that is profitable, but it has a fare of 52 cents a mile. The German bullet train from Hannover to Wurzburg charges 46 cents a mile. * * * On the East Coast, Amtrak's Acela system, the closest thing to high-speed rail now operating in the .., charges an average of about 50 cents a mile for the 454-mile trip between Washington and Boston.
"Louis Thompson, chairman of a state-created review panel for the bullet train project, said California's projected fares [20 cents a mile] are low by world standards.
"Recently, one-way [air]fares between LA and San Francisco have been as low as $68, but can exceed $200 for next-day travel.
"Just how many people drive between LA and San Francisco is itself an unknown, state transportation officials say. The full cost of operating a car over the 383-mile trip is about $222, based on federal government figures. But if drivers simply consider fuel costs, they would run about $65, based on the average national fuel economy of 24 miles per gallon and current fuel prices. 'With a family, it's four train fares versus one car, and taking the train may require a car rental at the other end,' said Genevieve Giuliano, director of USC's Metrans transportation program. 'I don't see high-speed rail as competitive in the family market.'
Note: The bullet trains mentioned in quotation 3 are all in service. For them, click each nation in high-speed rail
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail