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Example of lean thinking in Japan's railway ticket gates

Why are Japan’s ticket barriers always open in railway stations?

Kyoto, Piqer
It’s true that on Japan’s railway network and especially in major cities, the ticket barriers are always open. But try to go through without buying a ticket and you could be in for a nasty shock! The ticket barriers are designed to only close if someone attempts to pass through without having already presented a valid ticket (a paper ticket,…
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Ride the Tube in London and get twice as many competition entries in Android Pay promotion

London
To encourage take up of their newly launched Android Pay system, that lets you use your NFC enabled Android phone in place of your Oyster card or contactless bank card, Google are running their shop.tap.reward promotion throughout December in the UK that offers a chance to win a gift voucher up to £500 or cinema tickets at a number of UK…
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