• logicbomb@lemmy.world
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    The toilet break was described as “urgent”.

    I’m surprised that they don’t have some contingency plan for this sort of thing. You know, like radio ahead and have a substitute conductor waiting at the next station. Because shit happens.

    Maybe they do have a contingency plan and it failed.

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    But there might not have been any major inconvenience to passengers, as trains continued to arrive and depart at the same intervals as usual.

    This is a big thing. They come every 5 minutes going every direction in Seoul. No one checks the schedule before they get on.

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      The benefits of such a high frequency really makes transit so much more user friendly. In my area we only have buses, and risking waiting a full hour or more if you miss your bus cause it was a tad early sucks a lot and isn’t even trying to compete with the convenience of a car.

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        The high frequency is essential, and definitely the part you notice when you travel functional cities

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    If they need the toilet, they will have to use the restrooms in the stations, which are not near the platforms.

    Sounds like a planning mistake…

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    But there might not have been any major inconvenience to passengers, as trains continued to arrive and depart at the same intervals as usual.

    Looks like it was fine, none of the riders would have even noticed.