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Yamanot.es: A music box of train station melodies from the JR Yamanote Line

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337 points zdw | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 21:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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kmorg ◴[28 Aug 25 00:57 UTC] No.45047091[source]▶
Unfortunately JR East has phasing out the custom melodies and have been standardizing the Yamanote line to always play the same tune. They are saying labor shortages are the reason since they need to press a physical button in the station in order to play the melody.
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1. jrockway ◴[28 Aug 25 05:28 UTC] No.45048730[source]▶
I think it's pretty obvious that the goal is to get rid of the conductor position entirely. 50% less employees per train. Someone who sits at a desk all day definitely gets promoted for that one.