• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    28 days ago

    Which is why Shinkansen tickets are like 5x more expensive than in China. Also why every city has like 10 different transit companies with transfers that can mean “walk 2 blocks on the surface”. Under capitalism, the ideal railroad makes infinite money while running zero trains and owning zero infrastructure. You literally need to use legal means to get them to deviate from this.

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      28 days ago

      Say what you will but their train system works smooth like butter. When I visited I used the local metro around Tokyo and it was very affordable. Didn’t get a chance to ride the Shinkansen though so no direct comment on that.