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So what do you think that shopping malls around Delhi Metro, how profitable they could be in case of India? Most people in Delhi costly food at stalls at metro stations.In connection to this and Hong Kong . Biggest side business is shopping area in or near metro stations.
Tokyo metro owns buildings near the metro line ffs.
You are strictly pushing Hong Kong, the unique case here with higher per capita income and population density which is not a case with most of the world.
How please?But my point is if a public transport system is dependent on the govt budget it will turn to shit .
The logic I am applying that if governments keeps compensating losses to support population transport with first class maintenance, the things would go on as it is. But in case they are pushed for profitability either quality of service should come down (maintenance; push for private vehicles) or passenger fares should be kept higher, which would lower down daily passenger load too (which isn't a purpose of public transport at all).
I have been maintaining this reason for me understood why governments around world bear losses but try to maintain a quality and affordable local public transport since they consider losses compensated by economy of the city. Or city will become a big mess.
I would like to get contradicted. Though with a good explanatory response than just see Hong Kong and malls that can be related to all countries.