These aren't airplanes though...mitigate peak demand on trains by increasing frequency/volume not by playing with prices
By pre-booked do you mean you can't buy in stations on the day of travel? Genuinely curious bc it's an ambiguous term...
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You have to have a reservation before boarding a train. You can't just jump on like you can here.
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In most Japanese stations (and all Shinkansen stations) you can't even get on the platform without a ticket
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However, the ticket may be an unreserved ticket (ie, guarantees you passage but no guarantee of a seat), depending on the train you take
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Are they fixed time tickets or open tickets? (ie if you miss your train do you have to pay again, or at least queue up again?)
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If there's no seat reservation then I think it's open--a seat reservation is for a specific trip, though
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So not like the "counted place" reservations on UK Advance tickets where you are tied to a train but lack a seat number?
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Right--an unreserved ticket simply books your passage between two specified stations, you can take any* train at any time
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* = provided the train isn't reserved-only, of course; certain other trains will require surcharges to ride even w/o a seat reservation
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