In recent years, the world has been amazed by the rapid development of China's high-speed rail. According to the data, by the end of 2023, the total mileage of China's high-speed rail has reached 45,000 kilometers, ranking first in the world. The reason why the majority of passengers like to take high-speed rail is that high-speed rail can reach more than 300 kilometers per hour, which is much faster than ordinary trains, which also greatly shortens the journey time. In addition, many people feel that taking high-speed rail is less affected by the weather than taking a plane.
However, some passengers who often take high-speed rail complain that the current high-speed rail is becoming more and more "tasteless", I don't know if you have noticed. There are four main reasons: 1. The ticket price of the high-speed rail is getting higher and higher, 2. The seat level of the high-speed rail is clear, 3. The box lunch of the high-speed rail is not close to the people, and 4. The high-speed rail often has to take a long detour. Let's find out:
First, the fare of high-speed rail is getting higher and higher
Now many passengers say that the fare of high-speed rail is getting higher and higher, which is really a bit expensive. Taking Shanghai to Wuhan as an example, the ticket price for a second-class seat was 460 yuan in previous years, but now it has risen to 540 yuan. This is more stressful for people who often have to take high-speed rail.
In fact, the government has now handed over the pricing power to China Railway Corporation, which will determine the price of high-speed rail based on its own construction and operating costs, as well as the occupancy rate of high-speed rail lines. Now due to the high construction and operating costs of high-speed rail, the railway sector is in a state of loss, and in order to reduce the loss, the railway sector continues to raise the price of high-speed rail.
Second, the seat levels of high-speed rail are different
Nowadays, the seat levels of high-speed rail are becoming more and more distinct, and there are a variety of seat levels, such as business class, first class, second class, etc. In this way, the travelers are divided into different classes. Those who have money can take the relatively spacious business class and first class seats, while those who want to spend less money can only choose the second class seats.
In addition, many passengers reported that due to the high price of some business seats, the occupancy rate is low, but the railway department would rather let the business seats be empty and run empty, rather than sell them to other passengers through appropriate price reductions, which leads to the waste of high-speed rail transportation resources.
Third, the box lunches of the high-speed rail are not close to the people
Now many passengers report that the high-speed rail lunch box is too expensive, and they would rather buy some instant noodles and dim sum before taking the high-speed rail than buy the high-speed rail box lunch. From the current point of view, the price of a high-speed rail box lunch is about 60 yuan, which is indeed much higher than an ordinary box lunch of 20 yuan. The explanation for high-speed rail is:
1. The high-speed rail lunch uses expensive and fresh ingredients, and at the same time, the lunch box is also guaranteed in terms of hygiene. Therefore, the price of lunch boxes is relatively expensive;2. High-speed rail has been in a state of loss, and high-speed rail also hopes to make up for some losses through retail businesses such as lunch boxes.
Fourth, high-speed rail often has to take long detours
In fact, there are two main reasons why high-speed rail often has to go around long distances, instead of two points and one line distance? In fact, high-speed railways often have to go around long distances, mainly for two reasons: one is that, from the map, although the straight-line distance between the two cities is short, it is likely that there will be a geographical environment that is not suitable for the construction of high-speed rail, and in order to reduce the cost of high-speed rail construction, it can only be built by detouring the long way.
The other is that high-speed rail is also to pay attention to efficiency, if only in a few cities to run, then the attendance rate will definitely be bad, if along the way more detours, more stops in some cities, this can not only bring the economic benefits of high-speed rail, but also drive the economic development of many cities along the way. Therefore, from the perspective of the benefits of high-speed rail and the economic development of cities along the way, it is not difficult to understand that high-speed rail often has to take long detours.
Have you noticed that the high-speed rail has gradually "changed its taste"? There are mainly the above four reasons. In fact, such as the fare of high-speed rail is getting higher and higher, and high-speed rail often has to take long detours, etc., the main reason is that the railway department is out of profit, otherwise the loss of high-speed rail may be more serious. However, such as the difference in the seat level of the high-speed rail and the lack of lunch boxes on the high-speed rail, these two problems can still be improved by the high-speed rail. It is possible to reduce the number of seats, reduce the price of business class and introduce more low-cost lunch boxes, so that passengers can be satisfied.