- Fukushima Station is only served by local trains, so that hectic timetable only accounts for a fraction of *total* trains operating on the line - There are only four dead-end tracks at the terminal and only two tracks by the time you reach Fukushima
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Despite what would be regarded as prohibitively little infrastructure here in USA, Hanshin Railway is able to provide incredibly high-frequency service AND a mixed express/local service pattern. I am surely missing something here (signalling must make a big difference) but still
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Imagine an arrival on track 4 same time as a departure from track 3.
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Imagine never being uncertain of which track a train will arrive on or depart from!
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I do to have to imagine. I just go to NY Penn Station.
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South Station in Boston has the same problem afaik--it really undermines the purpose of dedicated infrastructure when there are so many ways that trains can get thrown out of schedule (leading to track conflicts etc)
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Which is my main reason for bringing Hanshin up here--to show that we are being incredibly wasteful w infrastructure that we DO have; we must do a better job with reliability!
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I love this! Could you please post more such posts in the future? With the service patterns and track configurations and everything?
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The information can be hard to find, but I will try to post more like this!
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How did you respond within 30 seconds?!? Can you bend time, Alex?
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Separate platforms for boarding and disembarking: nice extra touch
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