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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I understand the two concepts perfectly, and they interrelate exactly as you say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suppose those commuter trains do not have much time between their scheduled arrival and departure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I would assume that if I arrived at the station with enough time to board the train before its departure time, I would not be considered to be a late-arriving passenger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would think that it is accurate to say that a true late-arriving passenger is one who arrives after the departure time of the train.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then that passenger would simply miss the train.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">But what some are saying here is that passengers are considered to be late arriving unless they arrive <span style="text-decoration: underline;">before the train arrives</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would <span style="text-decoration: underline;">have</span> to arrive before the train arrives because they must be on the platform before the train arrives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the train arrives, they can no longer walk to the platform.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That seems ridiculous to me.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span> </span></span></p>
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