With China's economic construction in full swing, many cities in the country have built subways, some cities even have more than four subways, friends who have done subways know that not only fast, but also no case of motion sickness.
By the end of 2020, There are 50 cities in China that have opened trams, and 8 cities with subways under construction. In first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, there are already more than one or two subway routes.
In addition, according to the data, by the beginning of 2021, the number of cities with an operating mileage of more than 100 kilometers in China's subway has reached 20, while there are 10 cities with an operating mileage of more than 200 kilometers.
In several cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, the number of subways that have opened for operation has exceeded 10.
For the subway, everyone knows that it is a means of transportation, and the reason why cities actively build subways is that the subway can drive local economic development, and at the same time reduce the problem of urban road congestion.
Under normal circumstances, cities that build subways need to meet certain conditions, of which population weight is a very important measure. In first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, the total population is more than 17 million, so there are more subway routes than other cities.
Watching more and more cities scramble to apply for the construction of subways, do you think that subways must be very profitable? I believe that many people have had this idea, but the result is just the opposite.
In first-tier cities, subway lines are crowded every day, but despite the fact that many passengers choose to travel by subway, China's subway transportation has been in a state of loss. In the whole of 2020, only 7 cities in the country will be profitable, and the rest will be in a state of loss.
It is worth noting that Chengdu, as a new generation of internet celebrity cities, has a subway operating loss of up to 7.668 billion yuan in 2020, which is really difficult to understand.
In fact, the subway operation in many cities in China has losses, and the reasons for the loss of subway operation are also very simple, mainly the following points:
First of all, the congestion of the subway is serious, mainly during the morning and evening rush hours of commuting, as well as during holidays. Because there is too much traffic during peak periods, but there are not many people taking the subway during the usual ordinary period, but the subway cannot be opened because there are fewer people, so the cost of the subway can never be reduced.
Secondly, the maintenance cost of the subway is very high, and the operation of the subway is not only the operation, but also the cost of the service, security inspection and security personnel at the subway station. More importantly, after the subway is out of service every day, it needs to be specially maintained and inspected, which is very expensive.
Finally, those cities with more population will consider building new subway lines, but the cost of a subway line is at least tens of billions, and the cost of just one subway station is nearly 600 million, and most of this money is borrowed from banks.
Bank loans need to repay interest, many cities of the subway routes not only did not earn back the principal, but also saddled with a lot of interest, so the subway routes that can achieve profitability, has been very worthy of affirmation.