26. Agriculture and Bullet Train??

Well, I am certain that nobody associates Agriculture with the Bullet Train!

That is unless one utters the words, "Vertical Farming" or "Terrace farming" !

Travelling with a real estate agent yesterday  I got the thought that the elevated corridor could ideally hold a 'side-pan' of 1m on either side the of the 500 km stretch to provide at least 1 million Sq mts. of Terrace farming area to grow the fruits and vegetables - at least those required by IRCTC to cater to the various subsidised outlets it might run on or at the station-malls along the tracks of the bullet train!

Of course, if wheat for maida of the bread or basmati for the pulao of the dinner / lunch is also to be grown, then consulation from the ICAR or the Israelis maybe required!

25. Pre-selling Space!

It's nearly 10 months of inactivity here,but surely not spent in ennui!

The finance model revisited and the enthusiasm re-doubled to see this site become a success, so let's start off from where we left....

The finance model clearly shows that transporting 'goods' is much better for viability than transporting people, but is there a midway or hybrid even in an all passenger train ?

See a previous post - http://vidyutvegh.blogspot.in/2016/04/bullet-train-financials.html

Well, here's how-
Pre-sell, or Auction, two coaches (I have mistakenly called them 'rakes' in the past, but the smart will make the correction on their own) - say one as a 'resturant' and one as a 'Crossword' style books-cum-accessories store !

Of course the base rates for the auction would range between revenue receivable ranging from the total of the Annual ticket sale proceeds of a coach or  would match the annual freight rates for booking a wagon on the higher side!