Dave Fossett wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
> 
>>Nagoya has them too, morning and evening. Don't the Tokyo lines
>>operating women-only carriages provide them in the mornings too?
> 
> Don't think so. Just after 11 pm. The morning rush-hour is supposed to be
> the worst time for chikan, but trains are too crowded to allow even one car
> on a train to be set aside for women only. Plus the fact that it would be
> too hard to enforce.

Might just be that Nagoya is less crowded then. On the news a few months 
ago I remember some of the (male) commuters interviewed complaining 
about how police had prevented them from boarding the carriage (it was 
the closest to the stairs) and how they had missed the train and been 
late as a result. I'm not sure why they selected the carriage closest to 
the stairs - the location of the guard I suppose. My guess is that if 
the women-only carriage was second or third from the stairs, then the 
women would easily find a way of sprinting in their high heels at 
Olympic pace and make it inside with time to spare.




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