[vpaulus]

I believe it has some advantages that while you are waiting at the train station your clock shows exactly the same time as the train conductor’s several miles away from you.

[sevensor]

Surely not! We could be a whole minute off and I’d still be standing on the platform when the train arrived.

[dibujaron]

in the US or parts of Europe you could wait there for 10m past the scheduled time and barely notice. In Japan if the train clock disagreed with the station clock by 30s, causing the train to arrive 30s late, they'd have to write all of the passengers excuse notes for why they were late to work.