Japan's trains have earned an almost cult-like status among foreign travelers for being punctual and efficient.
Social media users rave about them and many
Japanese bullet train driver takes bathroom break as train cruises at 90 mph
Japan‘s trains have earned an almost cult-like status among foreign travelers for being punctual and efficient.
Social media users rave about them and many people in Japan take rail operators’ obsessive dedication to arrive and depart on time for granted.
But sometimes that punctuality comes with a price especially if you’re a train operator caught up in Japan’s efficient transport web.
Take the case of a Shinkansen bullet train driver who left the cockpit to use the bathroom on May 16. This isn’t your typical work break he did so while the train ran at 150 kilometers per hour (90 mph) with some 160 passengers on board.
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