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There was an instance where a passenger reported (and recorded on a cell phone camera) of a driver dozing off while driving on the mainline- it made the evening news here. Also a guard who was caught reading a comic book while on train duty. But in general no passenger-induced incidents occur...

Say a man is well-known for punching a person in the face if that person ****es on his rose bushes, and has done so numerous times, but idiots still do it. This describes these "artists".

Gran Class on E7 high speed trainsets (also on E5), rode Tokyo to Nagano. Expensive though. They rotate 180 degrees as do all seats on shinkansen and limited express trains. Reliablity is rock solid, which is a given, albeit we don't have the same levels of anti-social behavior that exist...

Re. seating- isn't the design of the rolling stock irrelevant (i.e. the nuts and bolts part) with regards to seating cushion dimensions, seat pitch, reclining and such? There are numerous vendors of seating, wouldn't the TOC be able to choose the product that best fits their operating...

Shinkansen stock are designed for 20 year service lives. They are steadily replaced by more modern railway stock once that period is reached. The rolling stock policy differs from European state railways and American passenger operators as the Shinkansen operating companies are for-profit and...

Japanese news report: http://youtu.be/E8Jaxq2LblQ

They certainly do do plug doors, if the customer wants it: TRA (Taiwan) TEMU 1000 express emu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSUXQt_D2lo Korail (Korea) Nuriro express emu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBXUUYPy1bA Both trainsets are Hitachi built. *note the Nuriro also is a...

I have to agree with O L Leigh. For regularly scheduled operation of EMU+DMU, you need equipment that were designed for such operations from the outset. Here in Hokkaido, where I live, there is such a regularly operated revenue service that uses this setup. The DMU unit, the kiha 201 type, is...

Uh, no. All limited express trains and shinkansen trainsets in Japan guarantee a window for a passenger with a window seat.

http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2014/04/03-japanese-operator-agrees-hs2-contract.html

If the aim is to increase line capacity in terms of passenger throughput, better to lengthen trains and/or increase the number of trains. Any double deck design is going to have longer station dwell times than a single deck design, OK if your system is not a high frequency service, but not good...

full article: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/hitachi-targets-uk-in-challenge-to-europes-big-train-builders-8907758.html

It's a pleasant journey. The ferry terminals are some distance from the main railway station in both countries, so it's easiest to catch a taxi rather than wait around for a spotty bus service.

I find the practice of different pricing (i.e. more expensive) for airport rail services odd- if practiced here in Japan it would merely divert potential passengers to the rather excellent (at least in Tokyo) express bus services. But then again, the railways here are for-profit, and in fact...

Well, enjoy the bus then.

Nice aircon in a cab doesn't help all those people who are sitting past the cab wall (and providing the revenues).

Indeed that flying saucer sound is not the most pleasing feature. I thought these sounds were not the tractions motors (indeed modern AC motors tend to be quieter than DC motors) but rather the inverters. However, inverters can be "tuned" to emit less disturbing sounds. Siemens inverters tend...

Once the IEP trains are up and running, and proven to be reliable, I'm sure there will be Chinese-made Polaris Trains that will be remarkably similar, hint hint:wink:

Interesting exchange on this thread. I must say the comments of the younger members are quite encouraging in their enthusiasm. Living in a nation which apparently has the greatest number of railway enthusiasts in the world (Japan- 1 million+ "serious" enthusiasts by some estimates, much than...

http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2013/04/04-metlife-inc-joins-iep-consortium.html