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"Japanese trains are renowned for their [...] comfort" Yes, who doesn't love being packed into a tin can with some fellow sardines?

freetime2 4y ago
You have a point - I find riding a train during Tokyo rush hour to be quite miserable. But not everywhere is as crowded as Tokyo, and lots of trains have reserved seating, and they are very comfortable indeed.
ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
Exercise: Ride a Tokyo train (subway or other), during rush hour. Go to London. Repeat. Go to New York (Brooklyn is recommended). Repeat. Tokyo is the place least likely to smell like sardines.
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drtgh 4y ago
I would make two distinctions by my experience ten years ago, the inter-provincial trains where you go seated, and the metropolitan trains where you go standing. In the first ones, even in the older trains that takes you to the most remote village, the separation between the seats is very generous, what made them very comfortable, which is strange since the height of the people is supposed to be lower than Europe. If they are renowned this I want to try it and keep criticizing the ridiculous separation of the seats here, like if it were planes... The second ones, metropolitan at rush hour, on the way to and from work hours, are hell. There is no other definition. But this is exclusively a matter about they would need triple the number of trains in rush hours. Nevertheless, as those companies managing it are private, I'm not sure if that number of trains increment for rush hours would be profitable (probably not due what keeps happening along decades). Off topic: Clearly in Europe the politics go against car ownership for the next years (bad decision). If trains keep being as they are now, all is gonna be a pure shit and pain. Does exist any kind of prevision over this? In the last years I started to think politicians in Brussels are not able to think. In this aspect I envy the Chinese "politicians" prevision.
astrange 4y ago
That only happens 2* hours a day and only on some lines in some cities. Also, it rarely smells since people don't eat on the train. * ok, not sure about this one

freetime2 4y ago

You have a point - I find riding a train during Tokyo rush hour to be quite miserable. But not everywhere is as crowded as Tokyo, and lots of trains have reserved seating, and they are very comfortable indeed.

ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago

Exercise: Ride a Tokyo train (subway or other), during rush hour. Go to London. Repeat. Go to New York (Brooklyn is recommended). Repeat. Tokyo is the place least likely to smell like sardines.

suction 4y ago
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drtgh 4y ago

I would make two distinctions by my experience ten years ago, the inter-provincial trains where you go seated, and the metropolitan trains where you go standing. In the first ones, even in the older trains that takes you to the most remote village, the separation between the seats is very generous, what made them very comfortable, which is strange since the height of the people is supposed to be lower than Europe. If they are renowned this I want to try it and keep criticizing the ridiculous separation of the seats here, like if it were planes... The second ones, metropolitan at rush hour, on the way to and from work hours, are hell. There is no other definition. But this is exclusively a matter about they would need triple the number of trains in rush hours. Nevertheless, as those companies managing it are private, I'm not sure if that number of trains increment for rush hours would be profitable (probably not due what keeps happening along decades). Off topic: Clearly in Europe the politics go against car ownership for the next years (bad decision). If trains keep being as they are now, all is gonna be a pure shit and pain. Does exist any kind of prevision over this? In the last years I started to think politicians in Brussels are not able to think. In this aspect I envy the Chinese "politicians" prevision.

astrange 4y ago

That only happens 2* hours a day and only on some lines in some cities. Also, it rarely smells since people don't eat on the train. * ok, not sure about this one