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Originally Posted by Coyett
Yes, and surely the vast majority of Chinese support that assertion. Nevertheless, it would appear that the operator needs to make some adjustments to its fare structure in order to appeal to a larger demographic.
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So far the only operator of High Speed trains in China is China Railways (brand CRH). One way tickets between Beijing and Tianjin (120 km) were 58 Yuan in december (have the tickets hanging on my wall), that is a little less than 9 dollars today. So, yes, they do adjust the prices, and probably subsidises train travel a bit. But I'm not sure the state is that much into getting their money back in the short term.