The Japanese government is planning to connect major cities with automated zero-emissions logistics links that can quietly and efficiently shift millions of tons of cargo, while getting tens of thousands of trucks off the road.
It’s a tiny station with 440 passengers per weekday - yet it seems that two train lines, one of which is hourly stop there. Most of the passengers are likely commuters, so the bulk of all passengers will be during morning and evening rush hour. Outside these hours, hardly anyone uses this station I believe - yet trains still stop there.
(Note: I have just searched for “Least used train stations Switzerland” and picked a random result, this might be an exception. But it goes to show that stations with few passengers still get a lot of connections.)
As I said, I’m not trying to compare or enter a discussion about what system is better, since I’ve never been to Switzerland. I like it when places have good trains, and it sounds like both places have that. So that’s good enough for me. I was just replying to give you a better idea of what it’s like in Japan.
But Switzerland has these tiny local stations too.
For example, this one:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alp_Grüm_railway_station
It’s a tiny station with 440 passengers per weekday - yet it seems that two train lines, one of which is hourly stop there. Most of the passengers are likely commuters, so the bulk of all passengers will be during morning and evening rush hour. Outside these hours, hardly anyone uses this station I believe - yet trains still stop there.
(Note: I have just searched for “Least used train stations Switzerland” and picked a random result, this might be an exception. But it goes to show that stations with few passengers still get a lot of connections.)
As I said, I’m not trying to compare or enter a discussion about what system is better, since I’ve never been to Switzerland. I like it when places have good trains, and it sounds like both places have that. So that’s good enough for me. I was just replying to give you a better idea of what it’s like in Japan.
Yeah fair enough. Japan has great rail, I’m just frustrated that prestige projects like HSR seem to be everyone’s focus.
HSR is important, but local trains and freight trains are equally as important even though they get much less attention.