Originally Posted by keihin_242

Now if you're thinking about taking the Shinkansen, it would be a heck of a lot easier just to get on at Shin-Yokohama for people from west Yokohama, Sagamihara, etc. and just STAY ON the train through Tokyo. Likewise for Keikyu customers, if you get get right on the Shinkansen in Shinagawa to go north and not have to fool with Tokyo, that's an attractive way to help entice customers away from the airlines. And for those in Saitama, Tochigi, etc. with folks in Chubu or Kansai, I'm pretty sure they'd like to board at Utsunomiya and Omiya and stay right in their seats in Tokyo instead of having to drag their kids/bags/omiyage off the train, through a ticket gate, and line up for another one, all while wasting travel time.

Then there are those people on rail passes who are taking the Shinkansen between north and south. These people are much more likely to be inconvenienced by being forced to change trains, especially if they have large suitcases with them.

You can choose trains that don't force you to get off in Osaka. It's pointless, annoying and time-consuming for you to be forced to get off in Tokyo.

I challenge anyone tell me why it's a good idea to make passengers who are passing through Tokyo get off in Tokyo. And no using that weak "dude the construction costs would be high" line. Compared to what? The Ueno-Tokyo line link? The Yamate Tunnel? The Aqualine? The epic-fail Olympic stadium? We're talking about linking tracks that are right next to each other.

And no, I'm not talking about making every train run through service both ways. They don't do that at Shin-Osaka either. But I am 100% confident, based on my experience, that 5-7 through departures an hour would be very much in demand.