objective is how rich are you as a country

even in china where some routes doesn't make sense to take plane...dominated by HSR, still can lose money, still need bailout
even in taiwan..this is literally the most successful one i saw, north to south with insane frequency everyday...almost every trip is full, still lose money

so the real question to ask is are you rich enough to keep bailout or not, if the answer is yes...thn build it

actually not only peak season,
their HSR station always people mountain people sea, crazy huge when i at there.

so convenient to travel between city now in china.

same lah...own or different, all making lose...all require bailout

HSR itself is never making money no matter how frequent the trip is per day, how full the train is
2 things that made china different

1. they have excessive amount of money to bailout
2. they needed it for their peak season like CNY...else their transport system would meltdown

Malaysia need to shift its capital administration Putrajaya  along side private regional business administration to Johor Baharu-Iskandar

No need billions to build useless HSR

Klang valley is already over develop and over population

Klang valley can be use as a education and tourist hub

But klang valley folks need to bite the bullet first