03-08-2017, 03:37 PM
I don't think anyone is claiming "Trains are inherently better than buses all the time", but a claim like "trains are inherently simpler to understand than buses" seems pretty true to me.
Like chutten mentions, there's fewer places for a train to go and there are fewer places a train can stop. A train's stops are almost certainly better signed than bus stops because there are fewer of them and they're generally built to support more people. These aren't even inherent advantages (there's a clear loss of flexibility), but it definitely makes a train inherently simpler. And yes, yes,there are still some train systems more complex than some bus systems...
Like chutten mentions, there's fewer places for a train to go and there are fewer places a train can stop. A train's stops are almost certainly better signed than bus stops because there are fewer of them and they're generally built to support more people. These aren't even inherent advantages (there's a clear loss of flexibility), but it definitely makes a train inherently simpler. And yes, yes,there are still some train systems more complex than some bus systems...