Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
17:55:37 on Wed, 25 Aug 2004, David Hansen
remarked:
They manage. However, loading and unloading large numbers of people
at central stations is slow.

I've seen the Dutch managing, and very well. Everyone who is going
to get off at a station congregates towards the vestibules, so they
can get off as soon as the doors open.

How fortunate that their trains are sufficiently lightly loaded that
there is space in the vestibules to allow this.

None of this UK nonsense where people look up from their paper/phone
when the train has stopped and ask "is this X", and then rush to the
doors obstructing the people who are now getting on. The Japanese
also have very good discipline getting on and off trains.

So good that they need staff to push people on to the trains.
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Richard J.
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