Number of tracks approaching NYC Penn Station: 2 from the west, 4 from the east Approaching Tokyo Station: 8 from south, 10 from north
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That NYC is struggling to build two more tracks for the west approach bodes pretty fucking poorly for the city...
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...but the thing that really bugs me is the mismatch between platforms and approaches. Penn has 21 platforms (counted the Japanese way)...
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...which is almost as many as Tokyo's 23 (not counting, ofc, the lines mentioned earlier). The station is being strangled! Madness...
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Look at the track diagram here, and remember that every time a line branches, frequency on the branches takes a hitpic.twitter.com/ibx4A4N3g1
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I can't find a similar map of Tokyo, but suffice to say, the ratio of branches to approaches is *much* better...
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...in that most lines which use Tokyo Station have their own dedicated tracks with which to approach it...instead of bundling and unbundling
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Took me a minute, but I sketched up this diagram linking approach tracks w respective platforms (appx...this is NOT a proper track map)pic.twitter.com/7B1yOZn9m7
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The Tokaido/Ueno-Tokyo Lines split to approach their platforms, as do the Tohoku Shinkansen and Tokaido Shinkansen. The other three do not.
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Also, I miscounted Tokyo's platforms earlier--Tokyo Station has FEWER platforms than Penn; 20 to the latter's 21
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