I’d assume the train passes past the station either way, so it’s just a matter of stopping or not.
She probably has a yearly/minthly ticket, meaning no one needs to actually be tzere at the station. The train just comes, stops and goes. Doesn’t seem like too much of an added cost.
Fair enough. But I also have experience living in Japan and using the trains daily. Each line is set and scheduled and if it was a minute late it either broke down entirely or there was an actual emergency. Commuter stops are also really quick, like a minute or two. It’s honestly really nice
I’m sure! Don’t worry, I was just making a joke about how bad the trains are for me locally. It’s not uncommon to see trains skipping the entire CITY because they’re behind schedule.
being downvoted by idiots who think running a train is more environmentally friendly than 1 EV.
In this case you’re the idiot for not realizing the train was already on this route and was just making ONE extra stop to pick her up. (Well two, I guess she would appreciate being dropped off as well).
P.S. Tell your mom that you are not cool, but an idiot.
Obviously the train goes to multiple stops on its route. For there to be one more stop is not the equivalent of a personal train sent only for her and no one else.
In a vacuum, as a one time deal, developing from scratch? Probably no.
If you already have a robust train infrastructure? Depends on a length of a run, but it will be yes in more cases than you think. Trains are incredibly efficient.
The train is already being ran, staffed, and maintained. The only difference is the cost of applying brakes as this stop and then restarting the engine. So you should be comparing having all passengers buy a vehicle instead of just this one student, or only the cost of stopping the train at this station.
The train already had about 10 students who got on at previous stations also going to her school. She was the only one at that particular stop. Her parents already has a car, and they use it to drive her for 5 minutes to the train station, the train then takes 1 hour to get to where her school is.
"There’s only one train heading away from the main city of Asahikawa toward Engaru High School each day, so Kana’s parents make the five-minute drive to the station in time for her to catch the 7:16 a.m. train every morning, where she’s the only regular passenger waiting on the elevated section of land serving as a platform. The journey to school takes almost one hour, giving Kana time to read, listen to music or study during test time.
There’s been like a dozen ppl pointing out the basic flaw in your logic (train is running anyway, just makes a 1 minute stop), but you ignored them all to focus on the one dumb comment about lithium sourcing.
The train station is unmanned and largely un-maintained. It’s just a dirt platform. The only thing the train has to do that it wasn’t already doing anyways is stop and start again, which consumes fewer resources than a separate EV driving all the way to the next nearest stop.
Would have been cheaper and more efficient to just buy her a car
Edit: being downvoted by idiots who think running a train is more environmentally friendly than 1 EV.
I’d assume the train passes past the station either way, so it’s just a matter of stopping or not.
She probably has a yearly/minthly ticket, meaning no one needs to actually be tzere at the station. The train just comes, stops and goes. Doesn’t seem like too much of an added cost.
We’re making a lot of assumptions here.
Yeah it’s a real stretch to assume that the train follows the same tracks every day
Given the chaos that occasionally happens to my local public transport, I could probably say this statement unironically.
Fair enough. But I also have experience living in Japan and using the trains daily. Each line is set and scheduled and if it was a minute late it either broke down entirely or there was an actual emergency. Commuter stops are also really quick, like a minute or two. It’s honestly really nice
I’m sure! Don’t worry, I was just making a joke about how bad the trains are for me locally. It’s not uncommon to see trains skipping the entire CITY because they’re behind schedule.
Haha that’s insane, wow
Especially the American car people.
In this case you’re the idiot for not realizing the train was already on this route and was just making ONE extra stop to pick her up. (Well two, I guess she would appreciate being dropped off as well).
P.S. Tell your mom that you are not cool, but an idiot.
Obviously the train goes to multiple stops on its route. For there to be one more stop is not the equivalent of a personal train sent only for her and no one else.
Cars are inefficient, they can carry much fewer people and are also a lot more polluting.
Also, they are dirty and you need to watch traffic. In train you can study, read, actually develop instead of being miserable.
So you’re telling me that running, staffing and maintaining a train is more environmentally friendly than 1 electric vehicle?
In a vacuum, as a one time deal, developing from scratch? Probably no.
If you already have a robust train infrastructure? Depends on a length of a run, but it will be yes in more cases than you think. Trains are incredibly efficient.
The train is already being ran, staffed, and maintained. The only difference is the cost of applying brakes as this stop and then restarting the engine. So you should be comparing having all passengers buy a vehicle instead of just this one student, or only the cost of stopping the train at this station.
They’re not running an entire train line for her. They’re making an extra stop on an existing train line.
Not to mention you need to buy gas, schedule & pay for maintenance, etc.
Yeah nobody needs to pay for train maintenance, we all know it’s free! /s
The infrastructure for it is already in place
The train already had about 10 students who got on at previous stations also going to her school. She was the only one at that particular stop. Her parents already has a car, and they use it to drive her for 5 minutes to the train station, the train then takes 1 hour to get to where her school is.
"There’s only one train heading away from the main city of Asahikawa toward Engaru High School each day, so Kana’s parents make the five-minute drive to the station in time for her to catch the 7:16 a.m. train every morning, where she’s the only regular passenger waiting on the elevated section of land serving as a platform. The journey to school takes almost one hour, giving Kana time to read, listen to music or study during test time.
When Kana boards the train, there are about 10 other passengers, mostly other students, inside." https://allabout-japan.com/en/article/1540/
Your word of the day is “infill station”
The train was already there
Right but now is it more environmentally friendly or efficient to maintain, staff and run a train for one person? Give her an EV and everybody wins
Except for wherever they sourced the lithium from, but ok.
🤦♂️ like arguing with a bot
There’s been like a dozen ppl pointing out the basic flaw in your logic (train is running anyway, just makes a 1 minute stop), but you ignored them all to focus on the one dumb comment about lithium sourcing.
The train station is unmanned and largely un-maintained. It’s just a dirt platform. The only thing the train has to do that it wasn’t already doing anyways is stop and start again, which consumes fewer resources than a separate EV driving all the way to the next nearest stop.