Railways officials respond to questions: railway debt controllable

Do not agree with the "high speed rail" argument that the high-speed rail operation can not be "counted" Mense in July this year, the railway transport industry investment 290.5 billion yuan, an increase of 21.5%.　　China has entered the peak period of large-scale railway construction, a large number of new lines into operation Peak period and new technical equipment manufacturing, the peak period of use. But with the completion of high-speed rail, the loss of high-speed rail operations, investment surplus and the public "by high-speed rail" and other questions, also began to lead fever.　　In response to these questions, Li June, chief of the Ministry of Transport's Transportation Bureau, responded to an interview with the first financial daily reporter yesterday. Railway liabilities in the international reasonable scope of the first financial daily: a recent financial institutions issued a study, pointed out that the total railway liabilities of more than 1 trillion yuan; in fact, the speed of railway construction in recent years, the financing of construction has been widely concerned about the scale of the current debt of the railway?　　Is there any serious pressure on repayment? Li June: As a whole, the level of railway debt is safe, reasonable and controllable, and the 2009 railway assets and liabilities ratio is 52%, far below the level of many foreign railway companies.　　China's huge population, the rapid pace of urbanization, and a steady and rapid economic development, determines that high-speed rail can achieve sustainable benign development through market operation. Daily: Some experts calculate, according to the current operating price, Wuguanggao at least 7 billion yuan per year to achieve the operating income will not be lost.　　Does this mean that the huge investment costs of railways require enough actual traffic to be diluted? Li June: The assessment of the effectiveness of high-speed rail is only from a momentary, the first line to estimate is not comprehensive, by 2012, China's formation of "four vertical four horizontal" high-speed railway network, transport capacity and efficiency will be greatly released, is now in the initial harvest period, the benefits of the full harvest is not out, but the high-speed rail can only be a paragraph of construction and operation,　　The construction and operation of a road, this is a small victory for the process of victory. The operation of China's high-speed rail requires comprehensive consideration. In the start-up phase of high-speed rail, there is generally a process from loss to profit, the key is to see how long this period.　　It should be said that China's high-speed rail operation is better than other countries ' market environment, and the loss time is not expected to be too long. How to view the railway economic benefits daily: from the current transport situation, how large is the passenger traffic?　　Because many experts are also questioning the possibility that the high-speed rail will affect overall profitability due to the inability of passenger traffic to meet expectations. Li June: Since China's high-speed rail operation, the passenger flow is relatively exuberant.　　According to the calculation, the Beijing-Tianjin inter-city railway this year can achieve the balance of operation. The benefits brought by railways are not the narrow economic benefits of railways.　　After the completion of a railway to promote economic and social development along the line, the improvement of people's lives and the pull effect on industrial development is very huge, the effect of railway should be more in the national strategic height to consider. For example, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world's highest elevation of a railway, the current operation is deficientDamaged, but the Qinghai-Tibet railway has brought much influence to the economic and social development and the improvement of people's lives in the two provinces of Qinghai-Tibet. In addition, the opening of high-speed railway can fully release the existing lines, providing a strong support for economic development. Taking the south section of Jingguang Line as an example, the southern section of Jingguang Line is one of the busiest railway lines in the country, and the request vehicle satisfaction rate is low. With the opening of the Wu-Guang Railway, the problem of the tight transportation capacity of Jing-Guang line is solved.　　From the national point of view, this January-July, the national Railway freight volume completed 2.1 billion tons, an increase of 13.7%. China Railway also has a strong public welfare. From 2003 to the first half of this year, the railway due to the total number of public transport revenue of less than 150 billion yuan, which includes half-price tickets for students, the "three rural" and other key materials, such as relief and transportation costs.　　Therefore, the accounts should be calculated from the national and national strategic interests, so as to calculate the social benefits of the railway is enormous.　　Passengers are not "by high-speed rail"?　　Daily newspaper: Before the media reported that the new Shanghai-Nanjing inter-city railway attendance is not high, and some train only one passenger car; some netizens believe that, after the opening of high-speed rail, many of the lower fares of the green car was stopped, that they are "high-speed rail", how do you think of these voices? Li June: There is only one passenger in one compartment to infer that high speed rail attendance is not practical. Since the opening of the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, the average daily transport of 135,000 people, the mean train transport 843 people, attendance reached 120%, this is true and accurate.　　But this attendance is the average of all train attendance in a day, the difference of the attendance of each train is quite big. Since high-speed trains need to be serviced every day, and such as Suzhou, Kunshan and other stops, there is no EMU overhaul, which requires the train to Shanghai, Nanjing overhaul, the next day from Shanghai, Nanjing opened the early bus back to the middle station, and then in Suzhou, Kunshan and other stations to start the train.　　Generally speaking, the first departure from Shanghai is not high attendance, dozens of of people are possible, but these early bus is necessary, these vehicles to the intermediate station after the start of the train, often higher attendance.　　There is also a situation, in the predicate ticketing, often to reserve a part of the ticket to the next stop, which may cause no one to sit feeling. At present, China's high iron fares are established by the law of the High Iron Project company according to the provisions of the Price law, comprehensive consideration of operating costs, social affordability and other transport modes of price levels and other factors.　　From the current implementation of the situation, high-speed rail attendance is generally higher, the level of fares is basically in line with the actual market, and highway, aviation prices still maintain a greater advantage.　　After the opening of high-speed railways such as Beijing-Tianjin high-speed railway and Wuguanggao, the Railways Department adjusted some general-speed trains, which is not only to give full play to the advantages of high-speed railways, but also to release the capacity of existing lines and to meet the transport needs of key materials, such as coal, oil and food. Shanghai-Nanjing Railway takes into account the demands of all parties daily: In addition to the fares, the market for Shanghai-Nanjing Inter-City Railway is more concerned thanMore is the speed, the net Netizen points out, Shanghai-Nanjing Railway due to more site settings, in the overall 21 stations only 2 of the distance train can reach 350 kilometers per hour, so the Netizen proposed, similar to Shanghai-Nanjing inter-city railway can choose a lower speed of construction standards, the cost will be relatively low, how do you see this problem?　　Li June: Shanghai-Nanjing intercity railway line is influenced by geological conditions and city density, which makes the operation speed be affected by some factors, but it is still positioned at 300~350 kilometer, which accords with the requirement of modernization development in East. Shanghai-Nanjing Railway set up 21 stations, the Jiangnan six cities connected, the purpose is to allow the people along the full enjoyment of the high iron development results.　　If only one station to send a train, speed, but the people along the Shanghai-Nanjing can not fully enjoy the convenience of high-speed rail. In order to give overall consideration to the demands of large cities and urban masses, we have made adjustments in the operation diagram, and opened a direct train between Shanghai and Nanjing.