Generally, weekday and weekend timetables are used differently. Although the situation differs depending on the company and the route, it is common for train lines in the suburbs of large cities to prepare and use “weekday timetables” and “weekend timetables” separately. If the same timetable is used on weekdays, when commuter traffic is heavy, and on weekends, when it is drastically reduced, more trains will be run unnecessarily on weekends. Therefore, the main difference is to change the number of trains running during the morning and evening rush hours. But that is not the only difference. Sometimes, as on the Yamanote Line during the daytime, there are more trains on the weekend and holiday schedule. As the two day weekend became more common, the practice of combining “Saturdays and Sundays” with “holidays” became more common. However, the way of thinking about this differs from company to company, and some companies, such as Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu), use “Saturday schedule” and “Sunday and holiday schedule” separately. On some routes with fewer trains, the same timetable is used for both weekdays and weekends. The author’s mystique mentioned at the beginning of this article was simply a misunderstanding when formulating the schedule. Why I looked up the weekday schedule when I knew it would be implemented on Saturdays remains a mystery to this day. However, it is a good thing that he was able to provide us with material for the manuscript in this way. It is worth noting that even local trunk lines sometimes have trains that operate only on weekdays or trains that change their operating sections or operating times between weekdays and weekends, depending on the amount of demand for commuting.
Exceptions may be made for Bon holidays, New Year’s holidays, and GW. As a general rule, the weekday schedule should be implemented on weekdays, while the weekend schedule should be implemented on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. If the weekend and holiday timetables are implemented on weekdays, it would be “a lie on the signboard. However, the problem is complicated by the fact that the “signboard is not always true. The so-called Bon and New Year holidays and the major consecutive holidays in April and May (the so-called Golden Week holidays). In the former, companies and schools are closed nationwide, and in the latter, it is easier to realize consecutive holidays due to the concentration of national holidays. In either case, however, it is inevitable that there will be a mix of weekdays during the period. However, during consecutive holidays, when many people are on vacation, the number of riders, i.e., commuters, drops drastically. Therefore, the weekday schedule would be wasteful in terms of rolling stock, crews, and power costs. For this reason, during the Bon holidays, New Year’s holidays, and the Golden Week holidays, many trains are operated on a “Saturday and holiday schedule” for the entire period. However, the industry as a whole does not always agree on whether or not to operate on the weekdays during the holidays, and if so, from when to when. It is not surprising that there are sometimes discrepancies among companies. This means that for the Bon Festival, New Year’s Holidays, GW, and especially for the days that are not Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays during these periods, the schedule must be made after confirming whether or not a Saturday or holiday schedule will be implemented. However, many routes in major metropolitan areas use both weekday and weekend timetables, and these routes have a large number of trains in operation. Therefore, it is not likely to be fatal unless the line has a very tight connection. However, in the case of the author’s error mentioned at the beginning of this article, he had planned to transfer from Chikuho Electric Railway to the Chikuho Main Line, which was the subject of the mistake. The Chikuho Main Line operates fewer trains than the Chikuho Electric Railway, so there would have been a risk of the schedule collapsing there.
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