In 15 years of riding the Shinkansen multiple times a year, just had the first delay I’ve ever seen: eight minutes, for a train which goes cross country. Train staff is now updating the schedule so that people transferring to local trains at e.g. Nagoya know which to get on.
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Japanese logistics is fascinating, partly as an engineering matter and partly for successfully inculcating a culture where someone cleaning trains on the second busiest day of the year would hustle to save 120 seconds.
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Announcement just now: “Although responding to a passenger in distress resulted in us arriving late into Tokyo, departing Tokyo 8 minutes behind schedule, and departing Shin-Yokohama 5 minutes behind schedule, we believe we will arrive in Nagoya as scheduled.”
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Announcement continued: “There exists the possibility that we will not arrive in Nagoya as scheduled, depending on conditions en route. Thank you for your patience and cooperation; we deeply regret the inconvenience.”
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