Lateral movement is much easier than vertical--you can move more people, and at higher speeds, and over far, far greater distances...
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...but the sensation is the same. You'll be "in teleportation" for longer than you would on an elevator, so have a seat, no need to stand...
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...there's more to see, too--glass elevators are uncommon, but passenger trains always have windows.
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"Perfect speed is being there" The train doesn't have perfect speed--but by the time you get to your local station you're already halfway.
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Just like when you take an elevator--by the time you get to where the elevator is on *your* floor, you're pretty much done.
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Compare this to driving somewhere--nobody feels like half their trip is behind them just because they get to their car...
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...they don't get to relax yet, they still have to navigate and pay attention to *getting there* for however long the journey is.
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With the train, with the elevator, with the transporter room...you just have to get to the nearest station, and the rest is taken care of.
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It's this enchanting feeling; this compression of space and time which fascinates me more than anything else about trains.
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The feeling, as a child, of being able to walk into Tsurukawa Station and walk out anywhere on the Odakyu Line.
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The knowledge that with just one transfer, I could be anywhere in Tokyo. Two transfers; anywhere in Japan. Three; the world (via Narita).
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Standing on the platform at Tsurukawa, with the sensation that I already was anywhere that I could want to go--that is my Perfect Speedpic.twitter.com/fow5fPUs6Z
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