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Real time map of trains in Japan
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Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Baaahahahahahahahahhahahahaaaaaa Train was 8 minutes late this morning and 3 lines were stopped. Probably due to the Typhoon yesterday causing scheduling problems but even on normal days Japanese trains are not the paragons of time-keeping the west seem to make them out to be (Although they ARE miles better than anything I have seen in the UK for instance.) [EDIT] Note: Previous poster downgraded the conviction of hi…
What is considered late there? If a train arrives within 6 minutes of schedule and departs within 11 it's considered 'on time' in my part of Australia.
When there isn't a typhoon on, they pretty much arrive on time to the second. Anything later than a few minutes results in the platform staff handing out notes to that effect so that employees can prove to their companies that the train was actually late.
Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Baaahahahahahahahahhahahahaaaaaa Train was 8 minutes late this morning and 3 lines were stopped. Probably due to the Typhoon yesterday causing scheduling problems but even on normal days Japanese trains are not the paragons of time-keeping the west seem to make them out to be (Although they ARE miles better than anything I have seen in the UK for instance.) [EDIT] Note: Previous poster downgraded the conviction of hi…
What is considered late there? If a train arrives within 6 minutes of schedule and departs within 11 it's considered 'on time' in my part of Australia.
Sorry, previous commenter said something along the lines of "Trains always on time to the second" which prompted my response.
I don't know the exact numbers they use for their statistics (I think it used to be 1 minute).
If a train is delayed by 10 minutes you can ask for a ticket to take to work to show your boss that being late was not your fault.
Don't get me wrong, the punctuality is much better than most European countries I have lived in and quite a lot of the time the are perfectly on time, but the west has raised the Japanese public transport system to near mythical status.
Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#14It's real-time in the sense that it's based on the published schedules of the train lines, but it's not "real" real-time because it is not based on the actual locations of the trains. It's not useful at all, but it's a cute visualization and because trains in Japan run very nearly on schedule during normal operating hours, it will be mostly accurate the vast majority of the time. edit : In the "About this site" link…
>but it's not "real" real-time because it is not based on the actual locations of the trains. It's "real-time" enough in Japan because trains in Japan are almost always on time.
I agree they are definitely more on time than in other countries (in France the timings are a joke!) but they are still getting late quite often. Several times in a week at least.
It's not so much of a problem because there is a high frequency of trains anyway.
Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Baaahahahahahahahahhahahahaaaaaa Train was 8 minutes late this morning and 3 lines were stopped. Probably due to the Typhoon yesterday causing scheduling problems but even on normal days Japanese trains are not the paragons of time-keeping the west seem to make them out to be (Although they ARE miles better than anything I have seen in the UK for instance.) [EDIT] Note: Previous poster downgraded the conviction of hi…
What is considered late there? If a train arrives within 6 minutes of schedule and departs within 11 it's considered 'on time' in my part of Australia.
Depends on what type of train I guess. Probably no bullet train (shinkansen) has even been more than 59 seconds late (under normal circumstances that is). Naturally any type of bad weather like blizzards, typhoons or earthquakes will cause delays but most likely due to a complete cancellation of service.
Local trains are more prone to delays, for example the Yamanote line in Tokyo being the most notorious due to ahem, being the preferred line used by Tokyoites to say bye-bye to this world.
For local city train lines a delay of more than 5 minutes will result in the driver profusely apologizing on and on, and the line to start issuing "certificates" that people can get to show their employers blaming the lateness on the train line.
Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#16I like this one of the trains in Switzerland. http://simcity.vasile.ch/sbb/
Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#17This is a live map of the trains in and around the area of Copenhagen, Denmark:
http://byenspuls.dsb.dk/byens_puls/ByensPuls.html
The colour of the marker reflect its punctuality, thus yellow means 5-10 minutes late etc.
Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#18Here's one for Sweden (passenger-trains only): http://www.tagkartan.se - It's also based off on schedules but updates with delays as soon as they are announced.
Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is considered late there? If a train arrives within 6 minutes of schedule and departs within 11 it's considered 'on time' in my part of Australia.
Sorry, previous commenter said something along the lines of "Trains always on time to the second" which prompted my response. I don't know the exact numbers they use for their statistics (I think it used to be 1 minute). If a train is delayed by 10 minutes you can ask for a ticket to take to work to show your boss that being late was not your fault. Don't get me wrong, the punctuality is much better than most Europea…
In germany we're glad when the train arrives within the hour that it was scheduled for...
Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
>but it's not "real" real-time because it is not based on the actual locations of the trains. It's "real-time" enough in Japan because trains in Japan are almost always on time.
I agree they are definitely more on time than in other countries (in France the timings are a joke!) but they are still getting late quite often. Several times in a week at least. It's not so much of a problem because there is a high frequency of trains anyway.
I though those timetables where more like guidelines !