And now, a brief word about how fares are paid on Japanese railways, and how this ensures their financial stability
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And now, a brief word about how fares are paid on Japanese railways, and how this ensures their financial stability
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Fares in Japan are ALWAYS distance-based, never flat rate. When you buy a ticket, you are buying passage between two stations...
...rather than buying a single trip of indeterminate length. Your ticket will bear the names of those two stations on it...
...and is checked (either by the driver or at fare gates) at the station you get on at and get off at, to make sure it matches.
What if you're taking an express train? Or riding first class? Or overnight? For each service improvement, *you buy another ticket*
The train is just the vehicle, and you purchase additional access to features? That's clever. But I need more details, like seating.
So if I understand, you purchase your ticket to get aboard, but then upgrade onboard. So how do they manage general capacity?
you book the upgrade first and are checked onboard--assuming you're traveling with an upgrade
express trains or trains w first class seats don't stop at every station, so select stations have "Midori no Madoguchi" windows
where you go to make arrangements for upgraded travel
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