Apology after Japanese train departs 20 seconds early
How does the Japanese system live with the stuff that plagues Western transportation systems?For example in Munich there is nearly every day one or more huuuge delays due to:- people on the track (sprayers, drunkards, people whose phone fell down)- animals on the track, ranging from stray dogs over wolves to deer - and in some cases, entire herds of sheep... one caused an ICE to derail and destroy a huge amount of tunnel track in the progress once.- suicides (1.000 suicides in Germany per year, and that's only the successful ones)- accidents on street crossings (okay, that's eliminated on the highspeed tracks, but regional traffic and metro rails suffer often enough)- kids letting balloons loose in the underground sections, where they shorten out the power line, sometimes causing major destruction - and occasionally it's a bird that does the same and ends up grilled- absolute morons who do not make room for people trying to exit the train- people with disabilities (wheelchair users, but also old people who simply have problems moving!), who sometimes need to be attended by the conductor, e.g. to put out a ramp- technical breakdownsHowever, in Japan this seems to be nearly unheard of.