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Posted by David Fairthorne on Fri Jul 6 23:08:03 2007, in response to Re: Tokyo (Re: Some Subways Found Packed Past Capacity), posted by Wado MP73 on Fri Jul 6 20:23:30 2007. It was not unusual to see broken door glass because of pressure from the inside of overcrowded humans!I suppose that would count as over 250% full! I heard that the Saikyo line became notorious for "chikan" (groping), and they recently introduced ladies-only cars. There is an article in Wikipedia explaining the history of the Saikyo line, giving alternative names for parts of it, including the Yamanote freight line. The article points out that crowding should be relieved when the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (line 13) opens in June 2008. There is also a Wikipedia article on the Metro Fukutoshin Line, which says that the new line will have through running to Hanno on the Seibu Ikebukuro line and to Kawagoe-shi on the Tobu Tojo line. According to that article, "Starting in 2012, the Tokyu Toyoko Line will move to share the line's Shibuya terminus and offer through services on the Minato Mirai Line to Motomachi Chūkagai Station, in Yokohama." I did the commute from Urawa to Shin-Koganei ... via Akabane - Ikebukuro - Shinjuku - Musashi-Sakai. Hyperdia.com says that you took the fastest route, with only three changes, and taking just over one hour. The second best route would have been via Minami-Urawa - Nishi-Kokubunji - Musashi-Sakai, using the JR Musashino (outer circle) Line. |
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