Japan has very nice urban and natural landscapes, and Japan trains and railways are very beautiful, they are part of all this landscapes ✨ it inspired me so much
I watched this 5 years ago and still am interested in railway crossings. It's interesting to see how adaptive these crossings are to wherever they may be. Nonetheless, great video!
They’re definitely not as loud. The biggest difference is that the trains don’t blow their horns like they do in America. It cuts down significantly on noise pollution. They don’t have to blow their horns in Japan because people don’t try to go around the gates like they do here in New York. I’ve never seen anyone do it myself but there was seven fatal crashes on the Long Island Railroad mainline in ten years before they eliminated all eight grade crossings. The last one was in February 2019. The three people in the car that was hit by not one but TWO trains going in opposite directions were all killed. The car was crushed to the point where they couldn’t identify the make or model. The platform at Westbury station was damaged to the point where they had to cut off the part that was damaged shortening the platform length from a full twelve cars to ten cars. It was an awful tragedy.
@@kobyschechter8163 its all over the US that people do that, most recently in Florida where the brightline operates people have been doing it with fatal results.
I remember back when I lived in Japan several years ago, every afternoon I picked up my little brother who was going to play, I always heard that sweet sound, reminding me of when I was little.
The fact that Japan has more different train types than the UK is kind of surprising, although they're both islands and about the same size (I think) Edit: Nevermind Oh, and I forgot how large of a population Japan has
I love that the crossings in Japan have those indicators that tell motorists and pedestrians which way the train is going. Very high tech. America has none of that. Our crossings are stuck in the 1970's when it comes to safety.
They also have double gates which is useful to make sure nobody can come across while the barriers are down, which can add more safety, americans and canadians crossing sucks cus of this, and i am a canadian myself
0:50 They are policemen, not flagman. sometimes they call somebody's attention to Stop sign at crossings. And flagman is a few in japan. sorry for not good engrlsh.
Thank you for the video, Dotaku. Really gives us a glimpse into the various trains, stations and the general populace of Japan. Must be a wonderful place to live.
