Narca E. J. in japan you never go late or do harakiri

juan marino fioretti yep, there was even a train that crashed into some buildings around this area, and it was all due to being late.

@@TheCreepersGood it was on seconds from disaster and if i recall a few people died not sure how many though

@@danielanderson5227 you talking about the Agamasaki rail accident of April 2005?

@@brayand8022 i think so

Yes my paradise !

Dotaku cvj

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Haha lol

TheGigisim lol true

Sukhee Hong Sounds legit.

the crossing gods will bless you

you will definitely go mad waiting for it

I noticed that too. But if you click look at street view just on either side of the crossing, the barriers are down.

Lol

It’s now called Waymo’s self driving car.

*it's Google they ain't take shit from no trains*

Ellesmere Wildwood Can you imagine taking a pregnant wife from one of those apartments across tracks to hospital on the other side. ..

mrlevite1237 and a bridge

Mistakes can’t really happen. The crossing is interlocked with protecting signals. (All Barriers need to be down and locked in order for the signal to clear to a proceed for the driver of any approaching train)

@@iknowyoureright8564 Well, I certainly found out something I didn't know before I wasn't aware Japanese crossings are interlocked with the signals I knew that some UK crossings are (which often causes people to complain about the wait times), but not Japanese ones

@@pineappleroad to correct myself....I’m not 100% sure they are interlocked BUT, I would be very surprised if they are not...because there is a crossing keeper there and If the barriers were not interlocked then he could potentially raise them and with so many trains on different lines/directions and speeds, it would extremely hard to know when there is a suitable window to raise the barriers, so at a guess, I’d say they are part of the interlocking so when all trains are clear and there are none on approach then they will freely be able to be raised...while trains are approaching he cannot raise the barriers, unless he puts the signal back to red in front of the driver and causes a spad or overrun......but who really knows because that’s some busy ass section of railway......8 lines, some bi-directional carrying different speeds of trains.

@Izumi Culture i only come for the signs lel

I agree I learned about it on TV

Imagine your inside of the level crossing and the gates are closing but you can't make it to the other side on time. It will be like that computer game where you must guide a frog across a busy intersection.

@@andreashoppe1969 frogger but with trains

Yeah in Japan I heard it's very bad.

Justine Perry you're*

When the barrier opens.....run like hell!

Just prepare Eurobeat playlist.

Justine Perry the man who can't win against crossings what good would he bring to the company in times of shortcut

Ah ah ! ok I understood, I agree !

Me too!

Best answer yet :)

+Thomas Munn At Japan there should be no trouble to realize. ;-)

solution : use a public transportation ... appreciate what government have done ... they working very hard to make the citizens comfort and enjoying while using their services

pega17pl there is a tunnel tho

OMG Rodalco, didn't expect to see you here! I agree, it's one crazy crossing! They probably wait because, as from my experience, the moment you leave to do a detour is the moment when the traffic gets better (or in this case, the gates go up). XD

I love trains

Since there is a tunnel nearby; U.S. standard would require this crossing to be permanently close as standards requires barrier opening after 15 minutes to ensure emergency vehicles able to cross.

and then the train stops on the crossing. no 15 minutes ;)

8 tracks and about 1 to 2 km away from shin-Osaka station, which is also the cities local shinkansen station, not a surprise, though it should be converted into an overpass if possible

Kanal von Hupensohn really ?!

Raimann T.T. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d8CEnM5hqs64eas.html

Huh ive been there and it took so long to open

Well yeah. theres 13 track 13 track means 13 train

*"moment"*

Good thing the big sign says "DON'T STOP! JUST GO THROUGH!" 😂 Of course, that's if you get past those barriers 😫

goishikaigan mademou it said just useing bridge to crossing it

Please wait a month.....

Maybe it meant "please wait a long while".

wouldn't it be easier just to make an overpass or underpass??

@@truckerkevthepaidtourist An overpass, and especially an underpass would cost a shit ton of money, and you already know the Japanese goverment wouldn't foot the bill...unless all Japanese railways are state-owned. Even then, the cost, the disruption the massive construction would cause, and the many delays of the railway just wouldn't justify the havoc caused because of it.

@@hakeemsd70m There's an underpass two streets down already. This crossing is pointless.

Even a car lift would get a car across faster than waiting

@@hakeemsd70m thats why the world needs to learn from china xD

Niteachilles It’s an offence in most countries i guess. But Singapore etc just punish it very brutal which has it’s effects. Here in Holland you just have to remove some weeds from the public green areas for a few hours and off you go again.

The same replies for Norway

Unlike in US Trains full of grafiti Lol

Mostly just freight cars... never passenger trains ( obviously it does happen) most stay away from locomotives and stuff like that but depends on the area you’re in.

And South Asians be like 'Hold My Beer' !!!😂😂😂😂😂 Worst trains out there

In one of the countless vending machines nearby. Japan has nearly five million of them.

and the restroom!

trains animation eat me if you want cookies! :D

Large tv's for those waiting.

Coffee? Nah I'd need a sleeping pill for a 40 min wait

lukas-f in Long Island NY it's just 1 2 3 BAM gone

There is something wrong with the railway system then. Nobody would wait 2 hours, for example. Strain could be doing 90-100 mph, so that means, the barriers are lowered to clear the crossing while the “approaching” train is between 180 and 200 miles away?? Really?

I know crossings in the UK often have long wait times, but 2 hours would be ridiculous

Oh dear, 3 years ago I wrote this comment. I think I have to say sorry to all of you who answered. I watched the video with this railway crossing again ( kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qdicqJh3rc7XpZ8.html ) and it's only 22 minutes to wait there for the train. I am sorry, but I don't know how I thought it was 2 hours. Or maybe it was another crossing...

@@lukas-f5647 no need to apologise friend.....it always seems a lot longer when you’re waiting at the barriers, 3-4 mins seems like 20. Lol. I used to work as a crossing keeper controlling barriers, and if they were down any longer than 7-8 minutes, people used to get really pissed at me, glad I don’t do it anymore.

Hawkfum O'Dee very funny :-)

It was a joke CS, not meant as a suggestion.

There's a town in Kentucky where the track goes through the main street of the town, so whenever a train passes through it cuts the town in half. Because of the low speed limit it can take upwards of 10-15 minutes for a long freight train to pass. It gets even worse when they break down in the town. La Grange is the name of the town, and they even have live railcam allowing you to watch the action from anywhere in the world.

Don't you mean 5-15 miuntes?

You guys have trains?

That's 681 series~ Edited: I meant the one in 5:24 289 series is derived from 683 series and they all share identical design

Are you specifically talking about cars? If not, there's a pedestrian overpass right by the crossing.

thats in order to connect to trains together. the back is a huge door that will open and connect the 2 cars together

I guess he is, as you can see for pedestrians and bikers it's not a problem. And I believe, they also don't want to make the situation better for cars, in Japan cars are not wanted in the cities.

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sazabi102 The actual crossing like the trains can’t pass or that pedestrians won’t be allowed to go through it anymore?

Azelf Lover The cars won't be able to pass. It's harder to redirect railroads. Pedestrians have the bridge to walk over the rails.

Klorrin Oh ok thanks for clarification.

too bad... 😁

空軍パイロット you could invent some kind of elevator on both ends, and then when platform with cars rises up a crane pick it up and move to the other side.

From what other people have been saying in the comments, it seems this crossing was closed in 2018

Nah we need a good scapegoat for when we're late for work!

Brett Walters LOL “Yeah the level crossing was closed”. But i hardly doubt that a local company will fall for that excuse. Being late is never good anyway, no matter what the cause is. One time.. ok.. two times.. you’ll have a bad position in the company.. three times.. you’re out, doesn’t matter why.

Yup, seems useless already. Close it, but find other way around, obviously

Richard van Pukkem What if you're late three times in... three years? What if you have a sick child? What if you're a medical consultant and have to travel far? A three strikes rule would be ridiculous. I had a job where I had a very long commute and it was hard to make it on time without getting up ridiculously early... but I was in an office and almost never had calls to take, so it was fine and I stated late. You wouldn't last as a boss, I think.

GOOD NEWS they have now

"So how do you get across?" "You don't."

Isochest december of 2018 the goverment say

Narrow gauge ICMm

I think I know this railway crossing, I filmed here in 2014 winter. Near Naebo station ...www.google.fr/maps/place/Sapporo+Station/@43.0673213,141.369828,127a,35y,356.26h,45t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x5f0b2974d2c3f903:0xa5e2b18cdd4a47a5!8m2!3d43.0686606!4d141.3507552

5-10 sec every few minutes is not that bad, seen worse pedestrian traffic lights in my country

Etamni Etamni Why shouldn't it? It's a japanese company after all.

7-11 is the amount of minutes and seconds a day the crossing is actually open for!

I did

And it's mostly narrow gauge ( 3 foot 6 inch) track

Paul Cashman Would imagine there are too many special expresses and rapids running through the crossing to even try some time-based right-of-way solutions

ItsFinRocket 20 seconds. No problem for Usain Bolt LOL😀

They do the first prototype was in 1904. Some series of Shinkansen have them too, sub article here at Wiki. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilevel_rail_car#Japan

George Henshaw It's actually a kei car :)

Wappaukka A cool.

Shimi M i thought i was the only one

I believe that if you use the sky walk to the left, you probably get to your destination much faster (provided you aren’t driving, else you’re screwed).