Originally Posted by
demue
I could live with a reduced frequency of Thunderbird while preserving direct, nonstop option, but this forced switch is plain silly and only looks good on paper when considering travel time. Price is also higher so what gives. A Shinkansen from Osaka to Kanazawa all the way, yes, count me in, but this is rubbish in my book.
The folks who build the railways wouldn't get anything done if they asked for the money to build a whole railway line, so here's how it works - They construct a partial line and then present it to the country as a fait-pas-accompli, which needs to be finished. At least that's how the Kyushu Shinkansen was brought into existence IIRC.
It's rubbish because it's kind of meant to be rubbish. Rubbish with a promise of greatness.