Tokaido Superexpress 😁

Airport expresses

Probably the A or Q in New York because I took them a lot but I haven't been on very many.

The Metropolitan line. It's a shame that the Express service only runs at peak hours.

Berlin's combination of S-Bahn as a local service and DB's RE as an express service

The only other express service i can think of is the Chicago L purple line

@@tonywalters7298 Yeah but it only runs during rush. Philly used to have skip stop service on the Market line but ended it. The broad street line still offers express though. We have express all times expect late night (1AM-5AM). We also have 24/7 which is just amazing

I know the feel, it’s always really satisfying to get an express along the Babylon branch since you skip through so many stations.

@@josefstalin9068 YES!! I live in Merrick so that’s my line! Took the express this morning. Got on at Merrick, stopped at Freeport then straight to Penn! In the evening I take the wantagh express and Merrick is the first stop. I love it

I love when the express trains skip the local stations at full speed.

Some lines have 4 tracks like Nürnberg Augsburg Railway where S-Bahn uses local tracks ICE Nightjet and Intercity Trains express tracks so is Köln-Aachen to Düren express Tracks ICE Freight Regional RE9 Nightjet Sleeper trains Local Tracks S12 S19 lines

Noch ein Nürnberger hier :) Und wir haben die S3 und S6 als "echte" Express S-Bahnen

Sounds excellent indeed! Express services exist across the distance spectrum!

That kind of a thing is probably why you don't see dedicated express transit in Europe; a different system provides express service.

I wish we had that in Norderstedt near Hamburg. We literally have to travel with a f*cking U-Bahn from our town into the city. It takes 40 Mins to the city Center despite only being 20 kms away 💀😩

I agree with you. Some transit agencies do not have express train service done properly. For example, there are slow speed restriction areas that can increase travel times. Track layouts may be sophisticated. Also, structures, whether subway, open cut, or aerial like trestle or bridge with concrete roadbeds are built differently from area to area. No two sections are exactly the same.

Indeed, there’s something special about flying by not only traffic, but other transit!

The best thing about Yakumo is the rolling stock.

Incredibly impressive, I will do a video on single track and timetable planning

@@RMTransit yes plz

The _Nara_ Line also has express services running on single track 2x/h that's interspersed with local trains also @ 2x/h; resulting in a total frequency of once every just 15min, with level crossings some more.

@@RMTransit I wonder if this is a case of being able to provide an express service by virtue of a low frequency.

True like the 4,5 vs the 6 and the 2,3 vs the 1.

@@HallsofAsgard96 A vs C, E/F vs M/R, B vs D, B vs Q

Reminds me how in Singapore, express bus services 502 & 518 used to split into 2 services each during peak hours - 502 & 518A running local in a more outlying suburb i.e. Jurong W & Pasir Ris respectively before running express past a less outlying suburb i.e. Jurong E & Tampines respectively all the way to downtown, while 502 & 518B are shorter services that run local in the less outlying suburbs before going express to the downtown, but don't extend into the outlying suburbs. During off-peak, the 2 services run local in both types of suburbs before going express to downtown instead

part of that is because south of Belmont, the Red Line is express and the Purple and Brown are local. I think historically, the side tracks were used primarily for North Shore trains to the suburbs and Wisconsin which terminated on the Loop.

@@JBS319 True. So crazy that there used to be interurban rapid transit connecting Chicago and Milwaukee.

One reason for the reconstruction for the stations and lines is because the trestles would periodic maintenance more than do surface, open cut or subway structures. I do agree that the station platforms should be wider than the old platforms.

Indeed, I think this layout just generally doesn’t make sense since the tracks must move more for the more frequent local stops.

The IC is perfectly designed for Metra Electric south suburban & South Shore line express services

Hopefully they fix that to a Cascais Line type solution with an express leaving and 2 minutes later a regular one leaving from terminal stations

Heck, if the local leaves shortly after the express most people, assuming they show up randomly, will have the express be the next train. Thus meaning that most people get the benefit of express service.

Yeah, this is why the best lines for express trains in Melbourne are the Caulfield cluster. The quad tracks in the S/E just work better than the general trickery that's tried to keep expresses running in most areas of the city, the tri tracks on the Belgrave/Lilydale lines do an OK job as well. I think the western lines are also OK, but I've never had to use them. I know it's pretty poor going on the Glen Waverly line, where I don't even think there are expresses since it's duel tracked the entire way. I think it's quite similar to this on most of the northern lines too. Admittedly even on these lines it's not uncommon for your express train to get past the quad/tri track sections then just get dumped behind an all stations train, which sucks. It's pretty clear that the infrastructure based solutions just run a whole lot better here though.

Stares at Amagasaki station lol

@@jmstransit The JR West Amagasaki Station has eight tracks, because it also serves as the south end of the Takarazuka Line services and the west end of the Tozai Line services.

Yep! The approach taken shouldn’t be static, rather you decide based on the service!

The _shin-kaisoku_ (新快速; literally meaning "new rapid/fast") is basically an even more express service i.e. stopping @ even fewer stations than the 'regular' express/ _kaisoku_ (快速). Makes sense though as the former can travel pretty far; ard 2h from _Maibara-Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe-Himeji_

Also i just remembered that in Munich They're building the "2. Stammstrecke", which will allow some S-Bahn trains to skip multiple Stations in the City-Cener-Section of the S-Bahn Network.

Yeah, we even have single-track routes with express service (regional train & regional express). Creating the timetables must be a nightmare, punctuality is.

In New York - and in perhaps other american cities - they can´t. But this doesn´t have to be so - on modern systems with platform screen doors trains can pass a station without slowing down. Even without platform screen doors there is in most cases no need to slow down to a crawl while passing a station, on mainline rail you reguarly see trains passing platforms at speed...

I agree, as living in NYC and taking the subway daily(and being a train enthusiast) the only reason why NYC physically can’t have platform screen doors is because of the diverse rolling stock, because we have one of the biggest subway systems in the world and having THE biggest subway yard in the world, we can’t replace every single subway car ever 30 or so years. So we replace the oldest cars after they turn at least 30, and with the r32s up to 58 years old. Back to the main point, our trains have different sizing, length, door width, space between the doors, length of train, etc, so platform side doors would have to change depending on the type of train. Because the MTA is severely underfunded, it can’t afford to do so anyway because it has to use the little money it has to keep what it already has as modern as their money can buy.

Wow, that was longer then expected, btw this isnt to contradict your, just showing the facts and reasons why. Hope you have a wonderful day!

The issue is such service creates a lot of operational problems, largely unbalanced trains!

You don't need separate track for express trains. Most lines in Japan have express services, most of them on double or even single track.

Well, there are a few select express services ;) on the tube

Metropolitan vs Jubilee between Baker St and Wembley Park is the obvious one.

@@RMTransit yeah only 2 sections and for about 4-6 stations

@@CoolTransport the metropolitan line has a few different service patterns

@@flare2000x yeah i forgot about that

I believe the rail equivalent of overtaking is called leapfrogging.

Yeah, it’s a forward thinking approach that can allow for some future flexibility

Its mostly because of the high demand from interchanges(which are the same as the express stops), and its double track mostly with only some stations being overtake+4terminal layouts. Since there are a limited number of stops with these "rest&go" style stations, the maximum dispatch interval is limited to about 6:30 minutes. Because,.. again.. these stations are one in 4 to 5. Matching the demand of express:normal being 2.5:1, they needed to make the express trains come every six minutes, but the normal trains 13 to 15 minutes! (Extra minutes since they need to get safety distance from the foregoing train). And thats the "max" speed of which the trains will come!! But of course, they've tried this method of 2:1 express to normal for a year or two, then realized that they aren't getting they're moneys worth by having express trains every 6 minutes when not at peak times(still, most people couldn't sit at 1pm because at the time the trains were 4 cars for express trains). So having finished adding two cars to (half) the rolling stock of the speedy miniscule rascals, they've changed the ratio to the same 2:1 in peak times, but 1.5:1 in normal operations. That way, in non-busy hours, two back to back express trains where followed by one all-stop train, then another express train, finally followed by another all-stop. This created many other problems I can't get into since what I actually nedd to get to is deep rem sleep. Anyways, currently the line 9 of seoul has all express trains matched to the all-stop trains with 6 holy gold colored cars, and runs in 1:1 format, to mess not only with the express users which were already pancaked into the batter of human sauce, but the all-stop users, which now can't sit starting from the city outskirts thanks to the timetable being only reduced to 12 minutes from 15, which led the transportation authority of line 9 to make interchange users to use the all-stop when the unbearable wait time for the express actually makes it faster to go to the next interchange by all-stop. So now, they only use the 4 track stations to overtake half the time!. A money saving design saved the ability to even use their exisiting infrastructure!. This is how modern korean developments in transit are made. I have so much more to talk about, and not only about this line, but I need to get catch the express to my sleep. In hindsight: They should've: A:made it quad track B:made the cars as long as the other lines C:Made less stations (did it to increase the B/C) D:Hire enough qualified staff to properly run it E:HAVE TRAINS RUNNING AS MUCH AS THEY F"N CAN!! F:made the interchanges "walkable" as to prevent a stockpile of people from both directions wanting to go the same direction to become human jengas, G:.... ,H:...., I:.... ;;;;;;;

@@usa1945. Wow!! Thanks for that explainer; gave a (sadness) headache, but demonstrates why "cheap_easy" solution can be "fail_easy" solution instead. Unfortunate, but interesting. Would be helpful if other "express planners" are to find out about this disaster experience and plan better instead. *Do it right the first time, or don't bother at all* [IMHO]

@@jdc327 thanks for the reply bruv, what u say is da tru tru(choo choo).

Ah yes. A very similar system operates on the Mumbai suburban railway

It’s Quad Track!

Japan has express service on most lines in the country. From single track rural lines to the buisy suburban and subway lines in Tokyo. Though tripple tracking is not used, as it's not worth it in most cases, and quad tracking is only used where there are too many trains on the line to keep up average speeds with double tracked overtaking services. And most cities in the world have some kind of express option. Often it's the commuter or reginal train system that runs in parallel and is generally integrated into the same ticketing and scheduling system.

Yeah I think it’s reasonable approach wise, they usually have the spare capacity and frequency, local stations with overtakes could work

I've been playing Train Sim 2 for a while now and my favourite route is Koln. You get to drive both ICE and (I believe) RE/RB. I very much admire rail n Germany, living in Toronto I can only dream of such services. Our trains still run on diesel!

@@davidreichert9392 we have a lot of diesel services as well, especially outside of metro areas, in case you were wondering

Also, on the Broadway Line (in Brooklyn) B1-Division, the J and the Z trains ran express between Myrtle Avenue-Broadway and Eastern Parkway, now Broadway Junction, on the express track. Those trains run on the local tracks in skip-stop mode. When they ran express between that zone, train service was very good. Nowadays, skip-stop express service on the Broadway and the Jamaica Avenue line runs between Broadway Junction and Sutphin Boulevard.

So apparently Concourse was supposed to be 4 tracks but the great depression forced them to cut the budget.

@@ayindestevens6152 That is one thing I never knew about the New York City subway system and I have lived in New York City all my life.

@@captainkeyboard1007 I forgot where I read it but it made sense including the DOUBLE WIDE lower platform at 145.

@@ayindestevens6152 Thank you for tapping or writing to me.

Not exactly rapid transit, but the urban South London train networks has a lot of express/local services (e.g. Southeastern, Southern, SW Railway) that serve the Greater London area.

Another one I would call that Metropolitan Lin at London, national railway on 140miles or higher speed service.

There is definitely more than one express service in London. The Piccadilly Line is the express to the District in West London and then the Metropolitan Line is the express to the Jubilee Line. This is on top of the Metropolitan Line's slow, semi-fast and fast services.

There are a few local / express setups on the Tube

Other examples that are overlooked are the Jubilee and DLR between Stratford and Canning Town as well as the District Line and C2C services between City of London and Upminster. Also pretty much every national railway mainline has express services except for Cannon Street.

Yeah, that’s a sensible approach. Color’s are more universal.

It also has that over-under track setup on The 4 train in Brooklyn between Franklin Avenue and Utica ave, Also on the A,B,C,D trains between 125 Street and 59 Street, Columbus circle

It’s really interesting to think about how trains can bypass stations and other trains indeed, more service makes it hard!

Well the Keio line should be quad tracked though...

@@lars7935 Actually, the tracks are being put above the road, so no more RR crossings. In addition, they're adding extra tracks at Chitose-Karasuyama and Meidamae, the busiest stations during rush hour

@@KEIO-qd1zx Nice to hear that they are doign something. I was just earlier reading about some of the proposals but didn't know they were already implementing some of them. Will the extra tracks be just at the stations or all the way until Chofu? I knwo there were some proposals to either have a quad tracked elevated line or dedicated underground express tracks.

@@lars7935 The extra tracks will be laid only at the stations I mentioned. The elevated tracks will go only until Sengawa

Yes, I’m just providing a generalized example