In Japan there was an apology because a train left 20 seconds AHEAD of schedule: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42009839 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia

In Japan there was an apology because a train left 20 seconds AHEAD of schedule: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42009839 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42009839 This is not unusual: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44149791 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44149791 Trains in Japan run very regularly, much more so than in other countries I've visited. Only yesterday I was on a Finnish train and it was delayed by 15 minutes, which lead to some confusion when it did turn up over whether it was the correct train.