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Transportation is one of the important factors among the travelers whether to choose flight or rail. According to a newspaper analysis, California’s bullet train from Los Angeles to San Francisco would cost a rider about $86.

At roughly 20 cents per mile, it would be one of the world’s cheapest high-speed rail transport.

The calculation has assumed a typical fare between the stations along a 438 mile path.

The average fare on Italy's 434-mile bullet train from Milan to Salerno was 25 cents a mile. On China's 809-mile line between Beijing and Shanghai, it was 22 cents per mile. China provides little information on its high-speed rail finances, and many experts say fares are heavily subsidized, like many other foreign operators.

The bullet train from Paris to Lyon in France, which is often called profitable, has a fare of 52 cents a mile. From Hannover to Wurzburg, Germany, a fare costs 46 cents a mile.

The newspaper compared prices for tickets bought at least a week in advance, averaged over various times of day and classes of service.

The closest thing to high-speed rail in the United States now is Amtrak's Acela system, which charges an average of about 50 cents a mile for the 454-mile trip between Washington and Boston.

Past fare estimates for the California bullet train have ranged from $50 to $105. And a premium same-day ticket would still cost more than the recent $86 estimate.

Source-abc7news.com