Pakistan can't afford to have bullet trains: Railway minister

[sady]

Well it is good you have come to realise after 3 years that was not possible. Do you guys even think before putting these promises before elections or it is just to give lollipop to simpletons. For your kind info Pakistan couldn't afford nandi pur, metro , orange, greenline, laptop, youth loans and neelum Jhelum. What Pakistan could have afforded was Kalabagh, Diamer bhasha, uplift of hospitals and schools and SME loans to deserving businesses. If you had worked on broadening tax base, throttling corruption, money laundering and modernised agriculture, we could have probably built bullet trains in a decade. However we still will be laughed at a decade from now. Idiots!

 

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

we can just afford US Dollar 2 billion+ orange train and that too within a city.

 

[Wen Ling]

Well in my opinion a country which is looking to privatize their steel mil and airline how could they afford a a bullet train so be happy with current structure but need to enhance its efficiency but even they are enhancing capability so well done

According to China's experience, it is NOT always good to put public mega projects on private hands. but intentionally lower the cost of public transportation, it can facilitate rapid move of human, capital, freight. so even the Country lost profit or even subsidize the public projects, it can get it back from other revenues, such as more taxes.
it is maybe against the wits of western country, but it is true for China.

 

[Kundara]

Pakistan can, but then the whole country would be using the bullet trains to judge the political party that brings it in. AND that would be too much attention.

man , You can't afford. it is for super powers.........

 

[Wen Ling]

man , You can't afford. it is for super powers.........

I don't think so. I have never been in Pakistan, But I think Pakistan may fit HSRs in the near future..

 

[Hyde]

upgrading the entire Railway infrastructure is just fine, we don't need bullet trains right now

We are upgrading ML-1 from CPEC and hopefully other Main Lines will also be upgraded by China... In the meanwhile we can focus on Underground trains in Lahore, Circular Railways in Karachi and something similar in Faisalabad, Islamabad, Quetta and Peshawar

 

[Kundara]

I don't think so. I have never been in Pakistan, But I think Pakistan may fit HSRs in the near future..

you should visit pakistan.......then won't reply to my comment.

 

[maximdude]

Wt is going in solar power industry or in electrical trains

 

[Wen Ling]

you should visit pakistan.......then won't reply to my comment.

No offense. Many Chinese joked the only hope of Islam world are Pakistan and Iran. They seems understand what industrialization is.
I just think Pakistan is densely populated, if they can manage to continue to improve the life standard of general people, get them well-educated, like 9 years of compulsive education, then why not?

 

[Kundara]

No offense. Many Chinese joked the only hope of Islam world are Pakistan and Iran. They seems understand what industrialization is.
I just think Pakistan is densely populated, if they can manage to continue to improve the life standard of general people, get them well-educated, like 9 years of compulsive education, then why not?

May be Iran.........

 

[shadows888]

get some 160 km/h trains first to build the economy... then when there's a decent middle class, you go to HSR. Trying to skip an entire step will backfire.

 

[Rasengan]

In the case of India:-
Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor

Proposed high-speed rail line connecting the cities of Mumbai, Maharashtra and Ahmedabad, Gujarat in India. It will be India's first high-speed rail line.

Construction of the corridor will begin in 2018 and is expected to be completed by 2023.

The project is estimated to cost ₹97,636 crore (US$15 billion).Japan has agreed to fund 81% of the total project cost ₹79,165 crore (US$12 billion), through a 50-year loan at an interest rate of 0.1% and a moratorium on repayments up to 15 years. Indian Railways will invest ₹9,800 crore (US$1.5 billion) in the high-speed rail project,and the remaining cost will be borne by the state governments of Maharashtra and Gujarat. 20% of the components used on the corridor will be supplied by Japan, and manufactured in India.

@lastofthepatriots @SUPARCO @Muhammad Omar @Areesh @Ayesha Qamar @pakistanipower @Zibago @Peaceful Civilian

What does the title of the thread have to do with India. So you want to play a game of measuring your ego....China has laid 20,000 KM of HSR tracks in the last five years...can you compete with that....I guess not.

 

[Mr.Nair]

What does the title of the thread have to do with India. So you want to play a game of measuring your ego....China has laid 20,000 KM of HSR tracks in the last five years...can you compete with that....I guess not.

HSR is not end of the world, even US does not have one but that does not mean that US is inferior since for them distance travel is dominated on skies.Japan started HSR when chinese do not know what is HSR and so please keep calm.India start implementing the project and we will get the best technology ever and none other than from Japan.Ultimately it will be made in india and so good news for us.

 

[Rasengan]

HSR is not end of the world, even US does not have one but that does not mean that US is inferior since for them distance travel is dominated on skies.Japan started HSR when chinese do not know what is HSR and so please keep calm.India start implementing the project and we will get the best technology ever and none other than from Japan.Ultimately it will be made in india and so good news for us.

I will repeat the question again...what has the HSR in India has to do with this thread? By the way the Chinese have the best technology in HSR....hence why they are spanking the Japanese across Asia in winning the contracts.

 

[Wen Ling]

In the case of India:-
Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor

Dude, you may open a new thread, every body will enjoy. This is intentionally fuel the flames, which is unfriendly.