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HY: The newly opened Shenzhen metro line 11 seeks mark contrasts between economy class and business class in terms of passenger flow. The business class subway price costs 3 times more than the norm. This has triggered heated public debate on equality and social stratification. Guys, tell me more about this business class carriage first in Shenzhen.
YY: The Shenzhen Metro Line 11 was launched on June 28 this year. It was the first subway line in China that offers business class carriages to passengers. Ok the proportion is like this, there are total 8 carriage of its subway train, 6 are economy class carriages with normal prices, and the rest 2 are the business class carriages, which we are going to talk about today. As we all know, like bullet trains or airplanes, space in the business class carriages is much larger and there is also space for putting bags above passengers’ head. It is the same case with this business class carriage in Shenzhen subway line 11. And the price is, of course, accordingly, more expensive than normal ones. It’s three times of that for economy classes. However not many people are using it. There are very few people sitting in the business class, and it’s still very crowd in the economy class. So it is triggering heated debate.
Ryan: You know, first of all, I love it * 5. There is a couple of things that need to be said here. This was actually announced by the municipal government four years ago, that this would be happening, that a business class would be set up. So uh these people are there getting upset. They knew four years ago that this was the plan. Another thing to keep in the mind is this subway, as I understand, is also an airport express line. So let’s look at Beijing, if you take the airport express line, how much is it guys, it’s 25 you know, yuan. So it’s more expensive if you wanna go to the airport in multiple places, not just in this scenario. And you know what, in every portion or part of our society, whether be airplanes or, not even travel-related things, restaurants, there is this VIP, there is this part of something in services where you can get extra. And I think that’s ok, you know I personally think so. But what do you think yuyang?
YY: I think it’s offering people more choice, it is a good thing because there’re some people who have extra needs like old people, like pregnant woman, or people who taking babies…
HY: And they need to pay more? Shouldn’t they automatically get a seat?
YY: They should pay more for the better service. And yeah, it is a good thing to people offered with diversified services.
HY: Oh I can’t argue against that, Yuyang. That is really taking words out of my mouth but I can argue against Ryan Price because… correct me if I am wrong, our dear listeners coz I’ve only got this of Weibo according to some people from Shenzhen, they say with this new line yes you can say that there supposed to be airport express way of subway. But actually it’s not. In Beijing, with the express subway going to the airport, you only have three stops. But what was going on in Shenzhen, the so called express subway, this carriage line we are talking about right now, is stops at like 10. So you haven’t even gotten the express service maybe you’re paying extra for. But you’re paying for those more spacious seats. And that’s my question, shouldn’t the subway be a public good. That is a kind of public service, that whoever, as a citizen of this country, or of that city had pay tax to should get that service equally.
Ryan: Then explain the Beijing airport line, why is it 25 RMB if it’s a public service. Why is it so expensive? It still does have two stops before you get to the airport.
HY: Because it’s made with different kind of material, it’s a different kind of variation of the subway. So I think cost is more expensive and everybody is paying the same.
Ryan: Right, it only make sense to me that if I am getting on a subway that has more stops than this Beijing stop. Paying that amount of money and sitting comfortably for a longer period of time. That make sense to me because the subway ride is long. And you said that this the Beijing subway only has two stops. But it’s actually in a ground scheme of things of a very long distance to travel. You’re still be time wise in there for a while. And this built to be more comfortable. So I can understand how part only two cars of a total of 8 cars is made for those people who have to sit there for longer, and have luggage and need that extra room because maybe they are going to be traveling. So you only have two cars that made for those people that probably going to the airport, the rest are for those people has been getting off stops on their way so it make senses to me.
YY: Yeah sometimes the separation of functions is more efficient for the public transporters. I can see the one point of the controversy, is that this kind of business carriages are built to use the public money and now it’s serving a limited amount of passengers who are willing to pay more. So people are not comfortable with this. So some people are questioning that why aren’t those money put into areas which can serve all instead of serve a number of privilege.
YY: Yeah it’s takes longer time so people choose the quicker way. They enjoy pre-service.
