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[quote=RAINDROP,436704]Kevin, the media was wrong again. According to the ministry of railways, the average occupancy for the high speed trains has reached 120 percent after Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Line was put into use for one month. How did they calculate? Take CRH3C for example. It can accommodate 556 passengers. 480 passengers get on the through high speed trains from Shanghai to Nanjing, then the occupancy is 480/556=86% 480 passengers get on the normal high train at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station. Unfortunately, 400 of them get off at Suzhou Railway Station and then another 100 passengers get on the train and finally they arrive at Nanjing Railway Station, then the occupancy is (480+100)/556=104%. Actually there are only 180 passengers when the train arrives at Nanjing Railway Station. The ministry said that the calculation method had been used widely both in China and abroad. Is this true? [/quote]
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