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considering the time it takes to decelerate, stop, accelerate, making this stop adds at least a full minute or minute and a half to one way journey. Everybody
by pcurve 11y ago
considering the time it takes to decelerate, stop, accelerate, making this stop adds at least a full minute or minute and a half to one way journey.
Everybody who is taking the train during the same leg as her, is essentially chipping in 1 minute of their time to support her transportation.
And I think that's just beautiful.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoConsider also the energy it takes to do those maneuvers. And that the station needs to be maintained; even though it doesn't seem to be staffed, the cost of keeping it in shape over many years was likely nonzero. I am not a train expert, but I suppose that stations require additional infrastructure - like lights and semaphores - which also needs to be maintained and regularly tested. Then you can start pricing in the opportunity cost of the land that could be sold or put to different use. And the organizational overhead of adjusting schedules to match the girl's lesson plan. It adds up to some considerable costs, of which the company management was surely aware... ...and yet they chose to ignore it. That is indeed just beautiful.
- jsmeaton 11y agoThey were already paying it though. It wasn't an additional cost they had to make. It was a cost they chose not to cut for a period of 3 years. I agree with you, it is beautiful.
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