China’s railway operator brings profits, shutting discourse of overcapacity

One of the most common arguments against building HSR around the world is that it only makes sense in the absolutely highest demand routes, like the NE corridor and California, Texas and Northwest corridors in the US as building a comprehensive network where many cities barely reach 500k like China or Spain is economic ruin.

However, after the network effects started to take place and consumption patterns aligned with infrastructure, the chinese rail system has started to post significant profits, signalling that such infrastructure ends up paying for itself.