private railways in switzerland account for about 15% of passenger
transport, often run today by local public authorities. most of the
impressive swiss railway network is owned and operated by the federal
railways (SBB), actually one of the few things in switzerland that is
state-owned.
the quality of transport, like anything else, is often a function of price.
i doubt that any mumbai railway, public or private, could offer anything
remotely approaching swiss levels of service without swiss prices.
geneva-lausanne, 60 km, is 20 francs (Rs 750). a local bus ticket in geneva
for a 2 km journey (publicly owned, but still an indication of price!) is 3
chf (Rs 110).
what's the price of similar journeys on the mumbai rail?
At 10:01 28/06/2006, Ashish Gulhati wrote:
There are over 30 private train companies in Switzerland. All provide
levels of service that the Mumbai metropolitan railway can never even dream of
achieving as long as it stays under state control and coercively resists
competition.
