Originally Posted by
moondog
While the 5% price cuts are meaningless (perhaps, I'll use the y25 I save to buy a Big Mac Meal), the trains will fill up, simply because they exist. Company bosses won't tolerate, "the train is dangerous" rhetoric for more than three months... remember, China is operating on the "dog years" premise.
They should offer a huge discount, fill them up.
Claiming some kind of spin on 60th Anniversary PRC.
Then tout how they are
at full capacity. New riders would then become accustomed to the
high speed and convenience and not want to switch to alternatives when
they raise back up for the HSR ticket prices.