TRAINPOSTING TIME I promised a "crap vs not-crap" thread today, but first, the Yamanote Line Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=188WPqhZbOU …
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GARBAGE: Low platforms; louder, have to climb steps to board, eye-level w/train floor NOT-GARBAGE: Level boardingpic.twitter.com/10CpBqPqnu
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GARBAGE: Bay seating; obstructs mobility, reduces capacity NOT-GARBAGE: Transverse seatingpic.twitter.com/K3bS3OZjhW
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(please note, the above tweet is in reference to standard commuter trains--bay seating is a *luxury* feature, good for limited expresses)
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GARBAGE: Stations in urban areas with no commercial uses NOT-GARBAGE: Shopping options at urban stationspic.twitter.com/1UDCMB3PpD
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GARBAGE: No fare separation or off-board payment, so you need a conductor NOT-GARBAGE: Fare gates & ticket machinespic.twitter.com/v4DVE1p5WJ
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To be fair, lack of ticket barriers doesn't even begin to describe all the things wrong with the station in the first pic
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GARBAGE: Just...ugly trains in general. C'mon, put some fucking effort into it. NOT-GARBAGE: Gorgeous e233 seriespic.twitter.com/NAV5JXELKc
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GARBAGE: Transfer between commuter rail and subway NOT-GARBAGE: Ride your commuter train right into the tunnel!pic.twitter.com/TMUv8YVjse
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EMU? Electro magnetic something?
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Electro Multiple Unit (every carriage has its own motive power)
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very interesting. Are you an enthusiast or is the your trade? (Or both, if you're lucky)
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I work in public transit, but mainly bus-related. I'm an enthusiast.
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cool. I'd read that trains are actually an extremely efficient and environmentally sound means of transportation, comparatively.
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Always makes me chuckle the sight of thousands bottlenecking on & off them down at South Station. Humans reduced to herd animals? :b
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Considering how sophisticated we could actually be I find it hard to see modern cities as something other than biospheric cancer. :)
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booooo
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