Talk:Rail transport in Japan

Why so punctual?
What are the major reasons that the Japanese rail system is so punctual compared to other rail lines around the world? --voodoom (talk) 21:39, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

1067 mm
The history section (and the related main article) totally neglect to mention that almost all government track built before 1938 was in 1067 mm, the smaller size carriages being appropriate for the on average smaller passengers of the day. --Zenwort 12:40, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Railroad companies charging families of suicide jumpers
Japanese railroad companies do no charge the families of suicide jumpers. This is an urban myth. The cited reference is irrelevant: It leads to a page in Japanese that discusses the damages caused by suicides, but not whether families are charged. --Rschnoeck (talk) 06:35, 31 January 2014 (UTC)


 * You need to read the article more thoroughly. It sets out to find out whether it is an urban myth, and while most operating companies were unwilling to reveal publicly how they handle damages caused by suicides, Keikyu revealed that their policy was to charge families for damages - usually not exceeding 1 million yen. --DAJF (talk) 07:06, 31 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the feedback. I still think that "although families are often charged or sued by the railway companies to compensate for the trouble caused by the accident" is wrong. While companies reserve the right to claim damages, I could not find a source saying that this ever happened. One case where a dementia patient wandered off on the tracks was publiciyed, but this concerns negligence of a guardian, and not suicide. The announcement by Keikyu in the article also does not refer to suicides. Rschnoeck (talk) 03:03, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

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