Japanese Train Perfection

[tsubo14]

Japanese says YOKOSO is meaning Welcome.

We are waiting for your visit Japan.

[BAKUHU5KAMAKURA]

This train is not automatic.Japanese train driver is training hard.

[fr03031998]

This station is 秋葉原（akihabara)station.

[anisocoro]

Well, stations are clear because, along with workers keeping them clean, passengers do not throw paper or cigarettes into the floor. One question: is this line authomaticized? I ask because it is very difficult to stop a long train exactly where driver wants, I think that the trains we see here have got the "target authomatic stop system"

[MrSquaresville]

@THUGANGEL You are flat-out wrong. The barriers are there because the platforms are so busy during rush hour. Many people have been accidentally killed by the thronging masses. The barriers are not at all stations just the busiest. Research before you post.

[yusuke7398]

@chobdpan TXだと気づかずに投稿してました…。普通の地下鉄とばかり思っ­てて

[ZIKILL34]

皆も日本においでよ！

[nishikujo2009]

0:40

日本人の私でもね。。。一発ブレーキでホームドアにぴったり合わ­せて止まるのは奇跡に思える。

[chobopan]

because it's semi-automatic train

[yusuke7398]

@chobopan This train is manual. Not automatic.

[chobopan]

@yusuke7398 あれ、ATOじゃなかったっけ？

[xHenri]

Usually in asian countries, they don't allow gum or food in train stations and they actually have people that walk around and tell people to throw away gum if they're chewing it, haha

[ndgh209]

0:03 that guy was looking at you.....

[svy71]

日本じゃ普通なんだけどね。

[thugangel662]

They put those guards that open when the train arrives so people wouldn't jump and commit suicide.

[heckler171]

@thugangel662 hmmm i can believe that.

[TAKAHA4kun]

Dang thats nice , here in brasil the train stuff is damn horrible , and sometimes are really disgusting , people have no education at all , they block your way so you can´t get out of the train , bunch of fuck useless people :p

[juzpowns]

what u guys dont know is that them doors are there 4 a reason! 2 prvent suicides===rolflmao

[LederhosenJohnny80]

Typical japanese ! I have so much love for this people and there way to perfection !

[hiashiro1]

So clean!!!! The stations in america are filthy and disgusting, they all smell like piss.

[xskatemachine]

wtf???



[rainfeed]

that's optical illusion. well aligned, but not perfectly.

proof: watch?v=9eVvzhpaK8A

[azaznator]

I think only America cares not about upgrading its metro systems.

[CloudStrifeCosplay]

@azaznator ITALY TOO LOL XD

[oritaorighta]

I ride this train a lot because in the summer i go to tokyo alot from my hometown in chiba. I like it because you wont fall on the tracks

"voluntarily"

[IamIMMORTAL666]

this train is tsukuba express

[Elvikowsky]

marunouchi-sen?

[zentotoro]

I have to admit that the japanese train system is perfection.... I miss the little tunes they play then the trains get to the station... God I want to back so bad.....

[Spokker]

@zentotoro There are serious issues with overcrowding that seriously affect the quality of life of commuters. This could probably not be fixed without massive outlays of public money that the Japanese country just doesn't have. So great but not perfect.

[Darfuria]

What's the big deal? The trains are a defined length, and the doors are a measured distance apart. All the train has to do is stop at a specific location in the station and everything else lines up. It's not some sort of repeating mathematical miracle.

[jemokjemok]

lol whats the point of this video?

[YoutuJ3eJ3lows]

0:04 the dude is like "Are you spying on me?"

[farodkhaledmossad]

@YoutuJ3eJ3lows Not really, he was more like "Am I interrupting your filming? Can I go on?" A Very polite Japanese.

[hoylguy11]

akihabara? buying anime stuff?

[TMEthan]

Holy crap...

[TheIndustrialphreak]

@justtakeiteasy If only my fellow citizens would take notice and be able to keep up to the competition.

[airtouch01]

Which station is this..?

[gamblegoogle]

Er, yeah in London we have this as well on the Underground. Westminster, Waterloo for example!!

[kingandreas9]

its the same in london so why is this so special

[Kenlowell1226]

Yeah!!my father is tokyu company family member!!that train is

[Kenlowell1226]

Yeah!,!,

[Roboman2121]

I've always wanted to go to Japan one day, and this gives me yet another reason to go!

[asimliaqat]

japan is very clean love japan

[wakamachulet]

does anyone really care wat u say?

[m4rk90me]

this is not that ultra technologic after all. the new metro here in Turin works quite similar, the differences are that all the accesses to the line are blocked by a tunnel made of glass and all the trains work on their own, there is no driver

[iconfusedchineseguy]

Love how they have those rails there to block people from jumping and committing suicide.

[sunrisenippon95]

if in Poland had been such a clean and modern train stations...Not on T.T

[trainmaster500]

are these trains automated or driver controlled?

[DeltaWave16b]

@trainmaster500

Automatically controlled. See "Train Automatic Stopping Controller" in Wikipedia or similar one.

[zetaroy]

Japanese trains are very punctual. Right down to the minute.

[maskedgunman]

@zetaroy No, right down to the SECOND. I kid you not.

[mikiring3]

I've lived there, so I know how perfect train doors get aligned with door lines.

why don't you upload another video with 90 degree angle?

[smellyface101]

Toronto subway is an embarrassment :(

[superchaoo7]

Dude, if you film it at an angle and both lines line up, therefore they are not perfectly line up because you didn't film it straight. it's looks like about 5 inches off.

[EdwinR890]

japanese subways are not like new york city  subways here thats for sure!! lol

[Epoq]

No kidding, New York's subway system is the equivalent of a trailer park.

All the urban enthusiasts will probably thumb-down me into oblivion for daring to sleight any part of New York, and go ahead I say. NY's subway is a dump and you know it.

[EdwinR890]

All I like in the New York Subway is the trains, NOT the subway stations. They're dirty as HELL!!!!!!!

[shadowace421]

lol, why dont they have railings in all trinstations of the world?? i saw in the news that a lady had left her baby stroller alone for a few seconds when it rolled and fell down the train tracks, but the baby was ok i think

[albinosnop]

lol they did this because japanese people like to jump in front of trains. (no joke read wikipedia^^)

[mctmct1987]

@albinosnop

Oh yes, that's a reliable source.

[Izumi5]

Trains on this line, Tsukuba Express(TX), is controlled by Automatic Train Operation(ATO) system, which requires no regular drivers.

Tokyu Meguro Line, which have screen doors on platforms too, have automated braking system.

[tak0242424]

love how all japanese stations are so clean and all trains come on time

[cloudteo94]

this is call Japan

haha

[JollyRodders]

Nice clean station.

[FalcunPAAAUNCH]

Germany made the best trains in the world and the Dutch got the best train system in the world, look it up.

[kontraxxx]

i want to japan:( to see all high-Tech, nature, and electronic city in tokyo:D

[happyboyy8k]

I want to go to Japan to see the real tech. anyone know where to get cheap ticket to Japan?

[itsumonihon]

HIS or Navitour

[thomaslincoln22]

They have this system in London too.

Except much better, it's glass and goes upto the ceiling.

Search for Jubilee Line

[montagnesy]

Some older systems in Tokyo have full screen doors.

They don't use the full size screens anymore, because of the cost and problems with emergency evacuation. If there were earthquake or fire, and the car did not stop at designated position, people will not be able to get out immediately. They have to go to the emergency doors at the each ends, but trains in Tokyo is usually crowded and about 200m long, so it takes time. If you have half sized screens, you can just get out and jump over it.

[montagnesy]

Search Namboku line, Toneri Liner, Yurikamome

[FalcunPAAAUNCH]

haha look at people giving you thumbs down because you didn't mentioned Japan in your comment, pretty sad. ( I'm japanese myself who lives in europe )

[ashita100]

i need to go to japan there is really nothing else for it

[ashita100]

course the only line that has it on the tube or the london undergroud to those who dont know bout these nicknames the only setion that uses a system like that is the extension of the jubilee line

[RenoImovie]

correct Jubilee Line has that as well but its Glass

[thephoenixflame]

When I first saw Tokyo Railroad, I was lyk "this place is way better than America".

[indiapatriot08]

this is required in indian metros..

lot of teenagers commiting suicide when their exam results r bad

[SyouReN]

Its in underground of Akihabara. Called Tsukuba Express which is established in Aug 2005

[cubcubice]

japan was fun i need to go back

[dreamsofmishra]

Its nicer in Japan than in Singapore.

[seventh0world0]

this is yokohama. toyokoline.

this line is very beautiful.

[desertdog777]

WOW! this station is so clean...looks like its a brand new station.

I wish our trains in Melbourne where that efficient.

[Musiclover89]

thats how i thought the trains in NYC should be. but that would never happen. we wouldnt have people falling and stuff if we had it like this

[fnl2007]

This technology is called perfect park. It's used in Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia for most of its mass transit network where there are "screen doors" to protect people from getting to the track.

[KVergara]

I think it's more of a skill or technique than a technology.

God, how do those drivers do it!? Within centimeters, that's craziness...

[fnl2007]

It's widely used almost everywhere. Search YouTube for a video called: bangkok underground railways.

It's a technology, not driver's precision. It's been used since 1998.

[KVergara]

Well, okay. I read somewhere that drivers were trained like that.

Then again, that place where I read it may have been wikipedia, so you know...

[thorchan]

Japanese trains seldom use ATO or something like that. Some railway lines even return to manual driving after testing ATO. For JR, no automatic driving system is used with no exception for the Shinkansen. The ATC used on board likes the ATP used by the western countries but without E-brake function when the train exceeds the limit. It just make the train to slow down.

[itsumonihon]

not exactly, in japan the drivers skill is what determines how accurately they line up with the platform markings. the trains are manually controlled in japan with an automatic control system that corrects the driver if he goes too far out of whack. this is why you can tell an experienced driver from a new driver on a train in japan, new drivers lay on the brakes real hard, a vet will stop the train within 3cm of the markings, exactly on time to the very second, and you can't even feel it.

[cloelcloel]

wow perfekter geht es nicht...

[Drugsofthefuture]

The guy running looked like he was going to do something to you.

[ktome889]

秋葉原Akihabara This line is operated automaticaly.If you want to see the accuracy by human, go to the other lines like JR or other private railway.

[paddypk]

Very Precise door function.

[kimokekahuna]

Japan rules

[chavandposh]

and its private line

[demonkogure]

What is rare?

[v6g3h7]

Driver does start, open/close the door, drive etc. but also computer tell driver where to stop and control breaks.

[vagrantus]

What station is that? I've never seen walls in front of the tracks before. Not that I've been everywhere in Japan, but still. I find the walls more interesting than the accuracy. (Yeah, I take that for granted now in Nippon.)

[v6g3h7]

That is station called "Akihabara" which is common place for otaku (Anime, Manga, etc). All Tsukuba Express line, Yurkamome line, Nanboku Subway, Yurakucho Line has door on the platform. There are many train that have platform door.

[snowangelchi]

This isn't Akihabara!! This is Narita I believe up by the second terminal.... cause it says Narita Desu.

[coolbinta1]

Please listen to the announcemnt very carefully. When the arriving train stops and the doors opens, the announcement says, "Akihabara, Akihabara".

This is newly opened "Tsukauba Express" there.

[itsumonihon]

the station signs say akihabara as well as the platform announcements (twice)

[antsbox]

Don't be silly. The doors and the gate are actually out of alignment. The carmera was at an angle to the door and even though the door and the gate seem to line up perfectly in the camera, thay are actually out of alignment when viewed at 90 degrees (directly in front) the gate and doors.

[rohitbagga]

its same when viewed at 90 degrees also..i know many people are not able to digest that perfection..anyways thanks for comment..take care..

[v6g3h7]

If you don't believe, check out this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v­=cZwcv7TLZho&search=Narita%20s­tation

[cloudteo94]

@antsbox

you think so ? no i don't , i stayed in Tokyo for 3 years and the platform actually they installed something tech so that the train will stop on the position ..

[RedHyuuga]

@antsbox so what is it slightly out of alignment, it still serves its' purpose and that's all that matters, right? (^^,)

[SEThatered]

@antsbox

LOL this "out of alignment" still matches the gate size.

+/-20cm does not make a big difference (it is called "dimensions and tolerances")

Yet to stop a fast approaching heavy train within 20cm precision IS a perfection.

BTW have you also noticed how perfectly clean the station is?

[antsbox]

@SEThatered LOL What modern train does not do this "precision" thing with a wide tolorence of +/- 20 cm? Any modern train and platform that has a platform gate/door installed has the same kind of precision. I am not saying this is not precise but it is definitely not the "PERFECT ALIGNMENT" that this video is boasting about. The train's approach is precise enough and the station is clean, but it is not any more than any other modern train stations. It is good but just nothing too special.

[SEThatered]

@antsbox

I guess you have never seen trains in different countries to compare with...

I live in Germany, and as high-tech as it gets here, it is even moreso in Japan.

The tains and stations are exceptionally clean (not even in Switzerland are they that clean)

Train system in japan is a perfection in many many ways!

Just watch

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[antsbox]

@SEThatered Just because I do not agree with you means I have not been to many countries to compare with? What kind of assumption is that? Just let me say this, my work has brought me to more cities than most people will see in their life time, I may not use the local public transit all the time but I have seem enough, and that includes Germany. Well, Japan has a very good system (and aging) that's all, nothing too special and certainly not perfection. Open your eyes, don't just rely on youtube.

[SEThatered]

@antsbox

Well i prefer trains to cars, so i've traveled a lot via trains in eurasia.

And i do speak from my experience.

As for youtube, i was merely trying to show why i think so.

I have no further intent to argue.

Have a good day.

[futbolt]

that's all a bit much i'd say