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The multitude of train companies is further complicated that some companies have through service on each other tracks. Do you will be waiting on a Toei Asakusa
by MarkSweep 8y ago
The multitude of train companies is further complicated that some companies have through service on each other tracks. Do you will be waiting on a Toei Asakusa Line plateform when a train from the KeiKyuu company shows up. The map inside the train does not have the station you just departed from on it much lest your destination. Good luck!
I enjoy figuring out how their system works so it does not bother me. But I tell people who go there for the first time to stick with JR and maybe Tokyo Metro, as the lines a tourist would typically use have simple schedules and all the stops are color-coded and numbered.
- kara_jade 8y agoUsually HyperDia covers these cases with different companies using the same tracks. It never has misdirected me so far. http://www.hyperdia.com/en http://www.hyperdia.com/en
- CaptainZapp 8y agoI think the navigation system, which is company independent, is fantastic. For those that have never been to Japan and using Tokyo Metro as an example: Every metro line has a name and a color. For example: The Asakusa line (A) has a reddish color. The A designation is only used by the Asakusa line and each station has a number. Higashi-Ginza is A11. It's also H09, because it's also a station for the (gray) Hybia line. The system is extended to other operators. All Yamanote line stations are JYn, where n signifies the station number. That (and a Pasmo or Suica smart card, which lets you switch systems seemlessly) makes navigation, even in the Tokyo transit system, which is arguably the most complex in the world, very easy and intuitive. The same system is applied in every other Japanese city I've visted, alas the system is usually much simpler.