gamera 0 Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/videos/news/20051102p2g00m0in012000c.html The subject line says it all. Maybe frustrating if trains were always late on time. I guess perhaps the riots there may be now happening against some other thoughts against an international meeting for globalism as the description says. Not sure if the delay is because of the train control system or a congested timetable. But when I think about the train crash back in this previous April in Amagasaki, safty is the most important. I don't want train drivers to drive trains faster than needed to recover the delay ignoring safety. I have talked about the crash a lot often with my dad who was a locomotive driver for former JNR after the Amagasaki crash and both of us think speed and punctuality are not the top priority for railways. More than 30 tons of car is just supported by 4 boggies on a pair of slim rails. Trains don't happen to get derailed. When something strange/mysterias factors there, they can get derailed whenever it does. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 In the UK they are used to the late trains, so people plan around that. (Well, maybe.... Actually I heard that they are much better now). Link to post Share on other sites
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