The Japanese rail connection is known throughout the world for its superiority and punctuality.
Of these, 22% or 8.7 million take the subway.
The Tokyo subway web connection is a transportation marvel.
Thats about 24 trains per hour going in one direction.
These white glove-wearing personal actually pushes people into the train, so the doors can be shut.
This is so surreal, it has to be seen to be believed.
Nowadays, there are no dedicated pushers.
The station staff and part-time workers fill these roles during rush hours.
They were not very well-liked because they were known to push and shove passengers with hostility.
The vigor with which the guards often did their job earned them the reputation as sardine packers.
Their brutality sometimes made national headlines.
Pushers became out of fashion with the introduction of automatic door controls and automatic turnstiles.
As the sadistic sardine packers began to lose their job in the 1920s, their demise were mourned briefly.
Subway pushers were also depicted in a 1941 biographical movie calledPusher the story takes place during World War 1.
These pictures show how horrible and shameful the situation inside the subway is.
Bodies are squished so tightly against one another that most people cant physically move.
Short persons suffer the risk of getting smothered against the coat of their fellow passenger.
The subways are also fertile grounds for pickpockets and gropers.
Photo credit: Alamy
Photo credit:tokyoform/Flickr
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Tokyo Compression.
Photo credit: Michael Wolf
One Quora user has an interesting take on Tokyos overcrowding.
Well, my friend, you’re not alone.
About 10% of all riders feel the same way.
Sources:Wikipedia/CNN/Art and the Subway: New York Underground
