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[email protected] · December 17th 14, 12:03 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On 16.12.14 23:28, Recliner wrote:
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:16:24 +0000 (UTC),
d wrote:

I noticed an ad in the Overground today - 93.55% of services arrived within
5 minutes of their booked time last month or whenever.

Are we supposed to be impressed? Its an abysmal statistic. In Japan the line
manager would have been sacked immediately if he hadn't already committed
hari kiri.

Last time I was in Japan it was raining on arrival. There was a long
list of services and lines which were disrupted, suspended or with
delays. It felt like being back in London. ;-)

Don't believe all the public hype about Japan. It's good but it's not
perfect by any stretch of the imagination. The network is also
immensely complicated even with the aid of a reasonable amount of
English signage on the system.

As Boltar is afraid of flying, I don't think he's actually been to Japan
and seen what their railways are like in the real world. He assumes their
hype vs the reality of London. The UK also has a growing population, unlike
Japan, which brings extra challenges.

Perhaps he took the train out to Vladivostok and took the ferry to Takaoka?

It's not impossible.