03-06-2017, 10:34 PM
(03-06-2017, 04:05 PM)yige_t Wrote:Technically, you are correct. But having eight different routes all called "25" can indeed be confusing to some -- and the likelihood of eight different train routes for the same line is fairly low.(03-05-2017, 04:48 PM)Canard Wrote: I find buses very confusing to figure out the schedules so I avoid them. Trains are simple.
Honestly, I am so sick of hearing this "buses are confusing and trains are simple" argument. Complexity of service patterns and route branching have nothing to do with the mode. Rail service patterns can be just as confusing (see RER/Transilien services in Paris, National Rail in London area, JR-East commuter lines in Tokyo etc.) and bus services can be straight-forward and easy to understand (see BRT services like Viva, Züm, MiExpress, even our iXpress...)
It has been a while since I used RER or National Rail, but JR commuter lines are very straight-forward, in that each line has very much a fixed route, and every scheduled train runs along that same route. This is Iain's point, I believe.