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0 pointskaybe5y ago0 comments

The point is, the food court and shops usually make the train companies money because they pay high rent. That only works when enough passengers come through, which I'd guess might be the problem in the US?

(eg in Japan, JR East makes 30-40% of its profits from the shops: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/30/business/jr-eas...)

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dheera5y ago

I guess. But what if they started with low rent, just enough to break even? Added comfort to passengers might increase the number of passengers to the train system itself to help get the cycle going.

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dheera5y ago

I guess. But what if they started with low rent, just enough to break even? Added comfort to passengers might increase the number of passengers to the train system itself to help get the cycle going.

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