The railroad company apologized when I departed the station early 20 seconds Where the BBC news

byInui

Running and going up and down the stairs of the station and reaching the home and the door closed in front of you ... There are quite a few things .... There are a few things that the train leaves "20 seconds" earlier than scheduled at the Tsukuba Express the other day (Early departure) mistakes occurred. About this, when apology was posted on the official website, it is being handled at BBC.

Apology after Japanese train departs 20 seconds early - BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42009839


【Apology】 About early departure of ordinary train at Nankorozan station | 2017 | News Release | Company Information | Tsukuba Express
http://www.mir.co.jp/company/release/2017/post_109.html


According to the Tsukuba Express, the early occurrence occurred on November 14, 2017. It is the content that ordinary train heading from Akihabara to Moriya departed about 20 seconds earlier than scheduled when departing, after arriving at Minami-ryuzan station on time. Because the timetable posted at the station is written in minutes, there is no mistake that it departed from Minamiyuyama station at 9:44, but the timetable used for operation is in seconds It was set at 9:44:40 on the scheduled departure time but it departed at 9:44:20.

It is not uncommon for railway overseas, especially in the UK, that railroads do not run along the diamonds, so this time it is only 20 seconds early departure, and apologies have been announced despite the absence of complaints from passengers It seems that the appearance seems like a mysterious sight.

By the way, "early departure" itself is occasionally occurring although it is less frequent compared with delay, from the family of people who could not get on early departure at Oila station / Tode station on the castle line on August 28, 2011 There is a report, and JR West publishes the report on the official website. In this case it was about 1 minute early departure.

About the early departure of the castle line normal train: JR West Japan
https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2011/08/page_626.html

In the railroad that runs in urban areas including the Yamanote Line, there are cases called "standard time" that is posted on the timetable to the last "the train arrives and starts before and after this time." As there are many people, it takes time to get on and off, so there may be an announcement saying "Depart as soon as you get on / off".