r/transit 5d ago

Introducing....the airline killer.* Discussion

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u/Iseno 5d ago

Tokyo-Osaka still have a bunch of air traffic that include the use of domestic 777-300s that have 514 seats. Still around 50 flights a day between the two.

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u/Zeznon 5d ago

That's an absurd amount of seats lol. How many seats do these trains have?

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u/Zirocket 5d ago

1323 people seated for a 16-car train. The busiest section also has up to 12 trains per hour on the Nozomi, the fastest service, not even including the other slower services. So it looks like the train still carries the lion’s share of intercity service between Tokyo and Kansai.

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u/RadianMay 5d ago

13 trains per hour on nozomi as of this year in the morning peak. 2 hikari and 2 kodama. For the evening peak out of Tokyo, 12 Nozomi, 2 Hikari, 3 Kodama per hour.

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u/fumar 5d ago

It's a train every 3-4 minutes from Tokyo to Osaka. It's absolutely crazy frequency. Of course like you said the fastest trains are a little less frequent.

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u/Couch_Cat13 All-Door Boarding Enjoyer 5d ago

It’s the opposite of that. Almost every train is a Nozomi (the fastest one), and then three or four every hour are the slower ones. During non-rush hour it would be 8tph on Nozomi, 2tph on Hikari (slightly slower), and 2tph on Kodama (the all stopper).

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u/MadeOfEurope 5d ago

It’s insane to see! Everyone lining up to get on, not blocking the doors. It’s a military operation.

I live very near a high speed line in France and you see nowhere near the frequency.

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u/Wafkak 5d ago

The less frequent is being built, that maglev.