Thanks for tagging me. Let me give you numbers about similar 500km+ train in different class.
Very true, bro.
The following routes are around
520-550km, similar to Mumbai-Ahmedabad.
1, 300km/h G train, second class
Shanghai-Suzhou East (宿州东), 558km, 2h20min, 254yuan(Rs 2599)
Second class of G train
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2,200-250km/h D train, second class
Shenzhen SEZ- Xiamen North, 514km, 3h20min, 140yuan(Rs 1432)
Second class of D train
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3, traditional train, 120-160km/h, soft bed/ hard bed/ hard seat
Beijing-Taiyuan, 524km, 5h10min
Soft Bed, 205yuan(Rs 2100)
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Hard Bed, 133yuan (Rs 1361)
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Hard Seat(A/C), 75yuan(Rs 767)
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You are right. The current income of India doesn't support HSR if the price is Rs2800 for 534km, which to me, is first class price. They have to subsidise ticket prices, you know only Tokyo-Osaka and Beijing-Shanghai HSR and several other HSRs in China are profitable.
In China, if a train is A/C train, all cars are quipped with A/C, no matter hard/soft bed or seat. If a train is non-A/C, all cars are non-A/C. Non-A/C train is almost non-existence, the only A/C trains become popular among railway fans. And we are crying.
Railway fans said goodbye to the final day of the last non-A/C train in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southeast China
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@Bussard Ramjet What's your opinion about the prices of future HSR in India?