India railway failings 'like massacre'

[Deepak123]

the problem is, 1 billion out of those 1.6 billion are concentrated on about 6 days... that is why we have to build overcapacity, if we build to capacity, then the trains would jam completely on New Years.

Really, it seems Chinese mostly prefer Buses and Flights for journey instead of trains. I read some where China Railway is making huge losses, is it because of lack of passengers???

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Really, it seems Chinese mostly prefer Buses and Flights for journey instead of trains. I read some where China Railway is making huge losses, is it because of lack of passengers???

its not that bad. in non-new years peak season there are 6 million passengers per day in rail. Actually rail is prefered, civil aviation is not very developed in China and bus is too slow.

to get an idea of why China's railroads MUST make losses due to overcapacity:

Chunyun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The number of passenger journeys during the Chunyun period has exceeded the population of China, hitting over 2 billion in 2008.[1] It has been called the largest annual human migration in the world.[2] Rail transport experiences the biggest challenge during the period, and myriad social problems have emerged.

Note: Chunyun lasts about 2 weeks but peak travel occurs within 6 days.

 

[itaskol]

Really, it seems Chinese mostly prefer Buses and Flights for journey instead of trains. I read some where China Railway is making huge losses, is it because of lack of passengers???

china railway do make huge losses at present day, but not because of lack of passengers.
building infrastructure like railways cost huge money, and is hard to get profit in short time.
it is a investment for the future.

 

[Rocky25]

Sometimes you just do not realised how fast a train can travel

Indian High Speed Train - YouTube

Oops this is very scary! These people are walking like nothing happened before couple of seconds.

 

[Nan Yang]

I think I have enough time to escape even bullettrain coming.

What if you were listening on the ipod ?

Schoolgirl killed by train while crossing railway line missed warning shouts 'because she was wearing headphones'
Read more: Teresa Ho killed by train while crossing railway line at Ginifer station | Mail Online

 

[Deepak123]

What if you were listening on the ipod ?

Schoolgirl killed by train while crossing railway line missed warning shouts 'because she was wearing headphones'
Read more: Teresa Ho killed by train while crossing railway line at Ginifer station | Mail Online

Well that's a very bad habit on putting ear phone every time.