Outbound and inbound timetables for Tsurukawa Station, Odakyu Line, September 2014
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...and second, that to serve this market, you maintain a basic frequency for most hours of service for every day of the year.
For crowded times of day, you might add extra frequency--but the difference won't be drastic (6 -> 7 per hour vs 1 -> 4 per hour)
Why wouldn't you need to double the frequency during rush hour? Because your baseline frequency allows considerable excess capacity!
This way, for most of your hours of operation, the train will be comfortably empty--plenty of seats relative to the number of riders
During rush hour, *existing capacity fills first* before you have to worry about running extra trains...
...and when you DO need to add extra trains, you won't need to add that many.
plane posting isn't for me...
Right. If it's not all day, I need a car. And if I have a car, I don't (usually) need a train.
Frequency is a reinforcing cycle.
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