Comment by socrates1998

The train guys all compete with each other in Japan to be as close as possible to exactly arriving and leaving at the scheduled time.

You will often have a train/subway stop before it gets to the platform, just a 200 or 300 or so meters away, then start again.

I heard this was so that they would arrive at exactly the time they were supposed to arrive.

It's one of the things I miss most about Japan, a simply amazing dedication to their craft.