On 29/06/06 13:07 +0200, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote: > 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? > Churchgate - Virar (59.something km) was INR 18 or 20, last I remember. Churchgate - Kandivili (about 33 km) is 8 INR one way. Bus fares are far higher (4 INR for a minimum of 3 km or so, going to 3 or 4x rail fares for the same distance).
Rishab, could we actually compare based on PPP (or as a fraction of income?) as well? At 750 INR for 60 km, it would actually be cheaper to drive (or go by bus). Devdas Bhagat
