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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Thu Dec 6 23:34:58 2018, in response to Re: The Complete Guide to Tokyo’s Trains & Subways, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Thu Dec 6 19:30:00 2018. The overcrowding and corresponding need for women-only carsFWIW, the weird issues with women-only cars was why I didn't go running to the front of the train for the somewhat limited railfan view on the rolling stock. I didn't want to be that black gaijin that ruined everything. The subway integration means you will almost always get a train labelled for a railroad you've never heard of / weren't planning on travelling on. In my case, I ended up running onto Keikyu train that skipped my stop on the Asakusa Line. I made the incorrect assumption that every train made all of the stops in the central portion. Regardless of what card you bought you can use it on all the rail lines in the region. FWIW, my weird issue with Tokyo is that because there are so many different providers, there isn't a system of free transfers between the networks. This is contrast to Paris where SNCF/RATP run everything, and a Navigo card for the entire region means I can railfan to the fringes of the Paris region and not worry about payment. In contrast, with Tokyo, I'd need to make sure that my Pasmo/Suica had enough money loaded. Also, I wish Japan would join the first world and let people pay for transit with credit cards... OTOH, the secret upside is that there's general regional acceptance of IC cards. It was a neat trick to use my Pasmo card in Kyoto. :-) The integrated commuter rail-subway arrangement allows for many one seat rides. For example, this past trip we went from our hotel along the Keikyu line to Skytree [terminus of the (A)sakusa line] without having to transfer or fight for a seat a second time. FWIW, it's a far better idea than building a giant cave under Tokyo to turn back trains. (hint) which is clutch on lines where seats are jokingly referred to as urban legends I saw a seat once..."off-peak". Distance based fares that are cheaper per mile than the peak DC metro fares, while turning an operating profit. Blows MTA/NJT fares out of the water. You can get away with things when you have absurdly high levels of ridership that make anything in the West look like a joke. And I suspect that their labour relation arrangements are far more flexible when compared to us. Plus, quite frankly JR East (and the rest of the private railways) functions well because it has to for Tokyo to be a functional city. |
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