@34chan It's not as easy as shortening the headway. The urban fabric of the area along Yamanote Line is vastly different from LIRR/Metro-North lines. Yamanote is probably not a good comparison since it basically encircles the center of Tokyo. A better comparison is probably with something like Joban Line which connects Tokyo with suburbs to the NE of the city. But even that you're getting 7 trains/hr during mid-day.
Now I don't understand this, cause Yamanote runs at 2-4 min interval for the entire day. When I think about commuter rail, I think of it as trains which run at large intervals during non-peak hours (e.g. LIRR, Metro-North).
@34chan Many developments & activities in Japanese suburbs are centralized around train stations. You have most people walking or biking to the train stations, which in itself are often the local retail & commercial hub, and from there they would take the train to their destinations. This kind of lifestyle, along with generally higher residential density, generates huge transit demand that allows public transit agencies to operate in short headways and still achieve >100% farebox recovery.
@34chan Sadly, LIRR/Metro-North is by FAR the best commuter rail system in America. The U.S. is trying though, with all the new Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs) being built. But it's a long road to achieve anything close to what Japan and many other European and Asian cities have in place.
@ILoveThickChicks88 Theyre clean in tokyo. Nyc has too much litter in the streets. Just be careful at night time at tokyo. Criminals roam around the streets. I remember because ive had a bad experience with them on my way home to kawasaki. Now i moved to uji kyoto. Its keihan railway now.
What's the definition of commuter rail? cause these trains run at 2-4min intervals for the entire day. These numbers reflect a different picture than what I know about commuter rail
America sucks at train related shit? Why not you look o'er to Philippines. Filipinos had it worse. Their train network was nonexistant in the mid-1990s until just two years ago. Our rails were badly neglected, but recently they have been fixed, thank God. Plus we get to receive some of the new Japanese trains as well from JR. Still, Philippines have the worst railways in Asia. Singapore, China and Japan had it much better. As for Singapore, indeed it is nice. I lived there for five years and o
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thank you for posting this. i needed this
I only rode on the Singaporean MRT once. Sweden's Tunnelbana and the MTR of Hong Kong are among the best in my opinion. Also loved their trains too.
i like the 'train race' with the shonan-shinjuku line ;)
@WilWil commuter rails are long distance traveling trains. usually has station by cities or towns but it depends.
Sweden's Tunnelbana and the HOng Kong MYR are the best in my opinion. They come on time, trains are clean, etc.
@34chan
It's not as easy as shortening the headway. The urban fabric of the area along Yamanote Line is vastly different from LIRR/Metro-North lines. Yamanote is probably not a good comparison since it basically encircles the center of Tokyo. A better comparison is probably with something like Joban Line which connects Tokyo with suburbs to the NE of the city. But even that you're getting 7 trains/hr during mid-day.
i miss yamanote line so bad.....
Now I don't understand this, cause Yamanote runs at 2-4 min interval for the entire day. When I think about commuter rail, I think of it as trains which run at large intervals during non-peak hours (e.g. LIRR, Metro-North).
I miss Japan :)
@34chan
Many developments & activities in Japanese suburbs are centralized around train stations. You have most people walking or biking to the train stations, which in itself are often the local retail & commercial hub, and from there they would take the train to their destinations. This kind of lifestyle, along with generally higher residential density, generates huge transit demand that allows public transit agencies to operate in short headways and still achieve >100% farebox recovery.
@34chan
Sadly, LIRR/Metro-North is by FAR the best commuter rail system in America. The U.S. is trying though, with all the new Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs) being built. But it's a long road to achieve anything close to what Japan and many other European and Asian cities have in place.
@ILoveThickChicks88 Theyre clean in tokyo. Nyc has too much litter in the streets. Just be careful at night time at tokyo. Criminals roam around the streets. I remember because ive had a bad experience with them on my way home to kawasaki. Now i moved to uji kyoto. Its keihan railway now.
are those trains commuter rail or subway, cause they look like the 75 foot NYC subway trains.
What's the definition of commuter rail? cause these trains run at 2-4min intervals for the entire day. These numbers reflect a different picture than what I know about commuter rail
what line was that doubledecker car? yamanote express or sth?
That's the Shonan-Shinjuku Line train line.
train race
America sucks at train related shit? Why not you look o'er to Philippines. Filipinos had it worse. Their train network was nonexistant in the mid-1990s until just two years ago.
Our rails were badly neglected, but recently they have been fixed, thank God. Plus we get to receive some of the new Japanese trains as well from JR. Still, Philippines have the worst railways in Asia. Singapore, China and Japan had it much better. As for Singapore, indeed it is nice. I lived there for five years and o