John W. wrote:
> Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson <knicolson@pobox.com> wrote in message
> news:<321jgv4gs3rh3vcemr6dodh2bcsc8684o9@4ax.com>...
>> 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.
>>
> Not having been there in a couple of years, are these marked on the
> platform with a special sign?

Yes. The floor is painted to indicate where the ladies' car would be.

> I assume something like this exists;
> otherwise how do the passengers know?

Well, the cars themselves are painted to indicate that they are ladies' only
cars.

> John W.

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