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On 2015-01-14 01:17:03 +0000, conklin said:
The January10-61 issue of The Economist argues that HSR passenger rates
are growing in Europe mostly by taking passengers from slower rail. Passenger-kilometer travelled were 6.4% in 2011. Cars share is at
72.5%. buses (coaches) lost 1% at 8.2%. Airtravel agined a point to
8.9%. Cars wre 72.5%. In France rvenues and profit margins have
fallen from their peaks. On some routes (Spain mentioned) there are
many empty seats. Check it out. Page 57.
Not very much detail in that article. Of course it is worth bearing in
mind that the "conventional" rail from which high speed rail is
abstracting traffic in Europe would be classed as "high speed" rail in
the US. The article comments that profits are down, but gives no
figures for how the total market for travel has developed in the last
few years. Given the economic situation in Europe in the last 5 years,
i would expect that passenger-miles on all modes has declined in that
period. The article decries the lack of rail-on-rail competition, but
entirely begs the question of whether such competition, which does
exist on some routes [1], actually increases either rail's market share
or increases traffic levels.
[1] routes that spring to mind include Brussels-Amsterdam,
Brussels-Cologne and London-Edinburgh/Glasgow, Milan-Rome
Robin
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