Re:Getting High-Speed Rail Wrong
by johnwalkr on Friday May 14, 2021 @12:02AM
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It is weird how many people miss the concept of express trains in this discussion. Convenience can’t be overstated either. When I take the train from Tokyo to Kyushu for work, I don’t even check the schedule. I show up knowing there will be a decently fast train within 15 minutes.
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Having ridden the bus to work I've become very in tune to how much I hate having to watch bus schedule to figure out when I'm going someplace. More than once I've had to leave an interesting discussion because my bus was coming. More than once I've packed up and then needed to find something to do for the next 20 minutes. I'm surprised you consider every 15 minutes often enough to not check the schedule, but it would be much better than the every 30 minutes I had.
Too bad I don't work in that office anymore.
That's for a long distance train from Tokyo to Kyushu, about 500km. For that distance the timing is quite convenient. There's actually a train every 3 minutes or so, but it's prudent to wait for an express or limited express train as it will get there sooner.
Within Tokyo most of the trains run every 5 minutes or so.