Middle class will definitely be able to afford the bullet trains.
Estimated fare of Bullet trains will be around 5 per kilometer.
Although these will be costlier then Indian Railways but these...
more... will be cheaper then Taxis, rental cars, self driving cars.
Also in future oil prices will surly gonna hike and planes cannot serve small cities or towns so Bullet trains will be a good alternative for those.
Middle class man does not have money but there time is also costly and bullet trains will save that.