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    Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016

    Folks, this is a master timetable for JR Group and various third sector railways.pic.twitter.com/ylFb8rqW1y

    1:38 PM - 27 Oct 2016
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      2. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        The first few pages are index maps; find your route and it'll be labelled w the pages for its timetablepic.twitter.com/zedEqjZAKZ

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      3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        These books are updated monthly, and cost around $7 to buy. Extremely useful if you're traveling with a rail pass.

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      4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        They have another use, too--I can use the timetables in this book to see what sort of service frequencies are available on rural routes.

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      5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        For example: remember the Sanko Line from a few days ago? It runs in a very rural part of Japan, far from major cities...pic.twitter.com/c6mYKk8pwP

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      6. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        ...and consequently, it doesn't get much use. Only 5 trips a day in each direction.

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      7. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        Or the Senmo Main Line, in Hokkaido. A bit better: 9 trips a day in each direction.pic.twitter.com/wSFNQFBvUy

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      8. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        The Koumi Line benefits from being relatively close to Tokyo, so it has newer equipment and manages 16 trips per day per direction.pic.twitter.com/Qo2BaUzI3H

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      9. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        These are very low frequencies compared to what you see in Tokyo itself--the Keihin-Tohoku Line runs up to 30 trips per HOUR per direction.pic.twitter.com/kuTYcepFPM

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      10. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        And yet, compare them to the USA: a city like Houston gets 3 trips per direction per WEEK.

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      11. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        From here in Springfield to Boston, there is 1 trip per direction every day. Ditto for Springfield to Northampton.

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      12. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        At that sort of frequency rail service is virtually useless. You can't make a round trip in one day--you need somewhere to spend the night.

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      13. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        As it stands, 5 trips per day, like you see on the Sanko Line, is very low--and indeed, JR West is planning to close that line in 2 years.

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      14. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        This is because JR West--unlike its predecessor, JNR--is a for-profit company. It is only interested in running services that people use.

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      15. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        This doesn't mean that every line pays for itself--but that profitable lines must cover the shortfalls on unprofitable ones...

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      16. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        ...or in other words, the countryside gets as much service as the cities can afford to support.

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      17. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        It may sound harsh, but it meshes pretty well with Japan's broader demographic trends--rural areas like the land around the Sanko Line...

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      18. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        ...have seen steep population declines in the wake of economic stagnation. Most young people leave for the cities to make a living.

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      19. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        The best opportunities for scenic rural railways are to be found in the outer hinterlands of major cities, too far for commuters...

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      20. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        ...to suburbanize them, but near enough to benefit from city technology and capital. This ties in directly to what Jacobs discusses...

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      21. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        ...in Cities and the Wealth of Nations.

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      22. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        Epilogue: with all this in mind, let me be clear about what my intentions for transit in greater New England would mean...

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      23. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        This network is maximum buildout--what would actually materialize would be whatever parts of this Boston, NYC, Montreal could support.pic.twitter.com/Ocnt0sF8sy

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      24. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        And by "support" I do not mean with tax revenue, propping up unproductive lines in stagnating regions...

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      25. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        ...I mean what the surplus revenue from urban *ridership* could support--the way it works in Japan. This means that the core of the plan...

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      26. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        ...is about improving transit *in those major cities.* Perhaps if a city like Moncton starts booming, it could join the club.

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      27. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        But, I wouldn't hold my breath. Further discussions in this vein will focus less on the train side, more on the econ side.

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      28. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 27 Oct 2016
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        This has been a #TrainTwitter explanatory thread. We hope you learned something new and valuable here today!

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