>>1981185>ShinkansenFantastic reliability, amazing legroom, great acceleration and access to smaller cities (unlike French TGV for example, that basically only stops in big cities)
Pricing is horribly expensive because there is no yield management pricing like with airlines or railways in other countries.
During peak season = shinkansen is underpriced
Off peak= shinkansen is overpriced, which is why people on a budget end up using low cost airlines and highway buses
IMO what good is high speed rail if it's too expensive to use often? Shinkansen makes most of Japan accessible by a few hours of train, yet it's so expensive you end up staying in your home region.
>Urban railDare I say best in the world. Reasonable prices, frequency, cleanliness and reliability in all the big urban areas. In smaller cities however European public transport is usually much better.
>Rural railBeautiful and cute, but slow as shit due to narrow gauge and poorly maintained lines making travel time uncompetitive with cars using highways or even just regular roads.
super infrequent, often once every 1 hour or 2 hours, to the point of being useless except for high school students without a license or railfans.
