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Q：In which countries are people known for being punctual? Simon Hunt： I stood on a station in Japan waiting for a 9:03am train. One pulled in at 9:00 exactly and I started to board. The conductor, looking at my suitcase asked “don’t you want the 9:03 train to Narita airport? - it will be along in 3 minutes.” True to his word, at 9:02 and 30 seconds the train pulled out, and at exactly 9:03 my train pulled in. Nowhere is public transport as punctual as Japan. I heard last time there was a 30min delay, the minister for transport made a public apology on national TV. Craig Lebamoff： As they used to say when I worked for E near Zurich: “never be 30 seconds late for a Swiss train.” I was once on a train from Austria to Switzerland and the station master in Sargens came on board apologized on behalf of Swiss because the train was six minutes late (in horrendous
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