People stuffed onto a train in Tokyo, Japan (train stuffing Tokyo)
train stuffing tokyoCited 4× on HN, 2017–2021
other · general · evergreen · 2017–2021 on HN
Short 2006 footage of station staff in white gloves pushing commuters onto a packed morning train at a Tokyo station on the Toyoko Line.
Linked as the standard illustration of Tokyo's rush-hour crowding whenever commuting and density come up.
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4 comments from Hacker News
Japan has also been known to cram passengers into trains during rush hour. I imagine this practice has probably been fervently deprecated due to covid19. ▶ this video
It would need testing to show they don't have a prevalence of "mild" cases. Not to mention we should have numbers on how often they wear masks. Last I saw, it was not everyone that did that. Edit for reference: ▶ this video
Most people commute by train. We are improving, but the morning commute is something foreigners consider particularly wacky, and not something that they want to repeat everyday. ▶ this video
Can you imagine the lawsuits if we were to have staff push people here? ▶ this video By the way, as bad as things are in New York MTA, I find it much better than the stupidity of the path train (panynj). We have like four routes to manage and we can't do that properly.