On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 09:25:11 +0900, "Dave Fossett"
<reply@via.newsgroup> wrote:

> Louise Bremner wrote:
>
>> Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
>>
>> > I have seen them in a variety of cities, so I assume they are now the
>norm.
>>
>> Can you name those cities?
>
>Outside Tokyo, operators in Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe, and Fukuoka all provide
>women-only cars. I would hardly call them "the norm", though, as in Tokyo,
>they only operate late at night, and still only on a few lines.

In Osaka, most of the JR main lines have a woman-only carriage from
first train to 9am, then 5pm to 9pm, or so. Hankyu also has a
morning-only ladies only for the lines to and from Osaka, and Keihan
has certain morning expresses into Osaka also ladies only. The
Midosuji tube also has a ladies only, morning only, I think.

Ken