A train company in Japan issued an apology to its customers after one of its trains departed 20 seconds early.
As a commuter in the UK, the concept of a train arriving without a delay is so alien to me I can't even imagine how I'd feel. But commuters in Japan expect more, so the train company in question said soz for any inconvenience caused.
Credit: PA
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Management who look after the Tsukuba Express line between Tokyo and Tsukuba released a statement saying that the train should have left at 9:44:40 but instead left at 9:44:20. Fucking hell. I hope someone was fired for that mistake.
The company went on to say that the train left early because staff hadn't checked the timetable.
Management said: "The crew did not sufficiently check the departure time and performed the departure operation."
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But those who had missed it, wouldn't have even had much time to feel their blood pressure rise, because the next one was due along in four minutes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the company also said that no customers had complained. And any of those who did complain should be sent to the UK to try and navigate a commute to make them appreciate what they've got, while they're stood freezing to death and waiting for the replacement bus at 9pm.
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Anyway, I digress, people flocked to social media, praising the company for being so polite:
However, according to Sora News 24, the 20-second early departure could have left a few customers pissed off, as the trains are so efficient that commuters will set their watches by them. Actually, just because another is a long in four minutes doesn't mean that it won't fuck up their day by making them miss their connecting train.
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Japan has one of the world's most reliable railways, despite also having some of the world's busiest lines. The Tokaido line, for example, carries almost 150 million passengers a year.
Source: Sora News 24; BBC
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