I don't want a pre-booked railway either, but we are talking about intercity not regional or commuter trains. They aren't so spontaneous.
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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It's complicated to explain but pretty intuitive in practice...I've done a thread about it in the past:https://twitter.com/380kmh/status/809847006160162817 …
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There's a difference between having a ticket though and having a reservation. And, if reservations are compulsory, they might be sold out.
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