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@mayfair -- Mumbai-Pune distance is 500km though, and at even at an average speed of 300 kmph the train can at most make 15 trips? They will need to increase ticket prices by a lot if they plan on recovering the costs in a decade or two.This is an absurd line of thought. Xenophobia is inimical to business in diverse societies.
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Per @mayfair's numbers, at a modest ticket cost of INR 3000 and 50 roundtrips (total of 100), we should recover the investment in only 10 years. This is excluding all the licensing income we would net from businesses that will spring up around the stations. Seems like a good deal.