Japan: train departs 25 seconds early, company apologises

westernpromise wrote: »

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-train-departs-25-seconds-early-company-apologises-for-truly-inexcusable-mistake
Hilarious - imagine that happening here!
Genuine question - why is it so difficult to get trains to run on time? German trains are terrible, Swiss not bad, others I dunno. But I always found it bizarre that, as a sales rep in the 80s with a car on public roads in the Midlands, I could time my journeys more accurately than train companies seemed to be able to, even though they controlled the traffic...

It's probably down to Labour voters who are all Stalinists who hate jews and want to take your money from you. And people under 50. And women.

Have I missed anyone out?

As for why the trains work differently, it's because in Japan a train is a device for getting lots of people from A to B, whereas in the UK it's a device for extracting money from the taxpayer.

westernpromise wrote: »

Jews, married parents, children who attend any good school, property owners, drivers, people with private pensions, people who live in a house in council tax band B or higher, people who work in private industry, white farmers, victims of !!!!!philia where the criminals are Labour voters, taxpayers, small businessmen, large businessmen, countries that uphold western values, anyone who opposes terrorism, users of the NHS (the NHS exists to benefit the staff, not the patients), people who live in the south-east, people who save, people who die with any personal wealth accumulated, members of the armed forces, especially officers.

There are probably others they hate but there's a start.

You really don't have much to do during the day, do you?

Malthusian wrote: »

As for why the trains work differently, it's because in Japan a train is a device for getting lots of people from A to B, whereas in the UK it's a device for extracting money from the taxpayer.

Once in the 18 months I lived in Tokyo the metro was 5 minutes late and I was given a shomiesho (certificate) on exiting the station. This is to give to your boss to excuse yourself.

I wasn't actually late for work but it made a nice memento.

To be fair though, the Tokyo metro runs a far less frequent service than Transport for London and the trains have much higher capacity. London is running repeated small capacity trains over narrow platforms on an ancient tunnel system that was never designed for the capacity it has to serve.

Often when you look at the "severe delays" they are always advertising in London on various lines, those delays are less than 5 minutes per train and are more about trying to get passengers to use other lines. They are actually doing a pretty good job. It's miles better than New York.

The point where Japan, and most other countries, really shine compared to the UK, is with their national train network. It's state owned, state run, affordable, modern and efficient.

The total opposite of the Tories' extortionate privatised mess of endlessly delayed and broken down trains that the UK is lumbered with.