[nanar]

Do japanese metros have open gangways between cars?

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[Buffaboy]

I would trade Japan's rail system for the U.S.'s roadway network any day. The rail system here is a laughingstock among industrialized nations, yet we claim to be the greatest country on earth. I was so impressed with the railway system in Tokyo, the Narita Express was especially comfortable and efficient.

Do japanese metros have open gangways between cars?

Not on the trains I was on

 

[RyukyuRhymer]

Do japanese metros have open gangways between cars?

most no. they have doors
but you can find a few on the non-subway cars like

Okinawa's Monorail (well its only two cars)

but the Tokyo monorail has a door

also a lot of the LRT lines

 

[RyukyuRhymer]

well I guess this mainly is occurring on JR East's Kanto area metro lines..

Railway companies in Japan struggling with dropped earphones

Rail firm JR East counted about 950 cases of dropped earphones at 78 stations in the Tokyo area between July and September.

www.japantimes.co.jp

 

[Sr.Horn]

Tobu Railway opened Minami-yorii Station (TJ35) on October 31. A new station established between Tobu-Takezawa Station and Obusuma Station on the Tojo Line.

The station situated on the south side of Yorii Town, and because it is adjacent to Honda Motor Saitama Factory Yorii Plant, the sub-name <Honda Yorii-mae> is added in anticipation.

For the time being, the fare to Minami-yorii Station is the same as it to the station just before (Tobu Takezawa Station from Ikebukuro or Obusuma Station from Yorii). The same applies when using IC cards. At this station, passengers are instructed to use different automatic ticket gates (green or blue) depending on their direction.

karibajct YTB user reporting from the new station:

Photos: 東上線の新駅「みなみ寄居」駅、いよいよ10月31日開業へ - 鉄道コム

 

[RyukyuRhymer]

^ interesting, they changed the name. it used to be Honda Yori Mae station
now its Minami Yori station, with Minami written as みなみ rather than 南 (this seems to be a trend in Japan, opting for the hiragana over the kanji)

 

[Sr.Horn]

Keikyu News

Keikyu Corporation announced on January 20, that it will start operating new vehicles equipped with new equipment such as toilets and automatic rotating seats by spring 2021.

The new 1000 series (batch 20) will be formed by 2 4-car trains (eight cars in total).

New trains will be the first "anti-covid" according press release.

Each seat is 10 mm wide, and it will incorporate a power plug. As for the toilet, they installed two: an universal WC, and a men WC.

Some beautiful Keikyu videos with 1000 series running or the classic Solari di Udine style platform boards:

 

[theunknownumeda]

Keikyu News

Keikyu Corporation announced on January 20, that it will start operating new vehicles equipped with new equipment such as toilets and automatic rotating seats by spring 2021.

The new 1000 series (batch 20) will be formed by 2 4-car trains (eight cars in total).

New trains will be the first "anti-covid" according press release.

Each seat is 10 mm wide, and it will incorporate a power plug. As for the toilet, they installed two: an universal WC, and a men WC.

Some beautiful Keikyu videos with 1000 series running or the classic Solari di Udine style platform boards:

Will these be Siemens like the older 1000 series trains?

 

[chaser9]

I noticed they switched from right side to center gangway doors. I wonder if that will affect the other cars from Toei and Keisei that all run through the Asakusa line tunnels. In a sense they are going back to the center gangway door of the original 1000 series which entered service in the 1960s.