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Re:Tokyo's oldest train line – in pictures by theluketaylor on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @08:35PM (#40922738)
Under JR's definitions 150% capacity means people have enough space to read a newspaper. It's 200%+ that is the image of Japanese people being pushed onto the train by the white gloved staff.
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Re:Tokyo's oldest train line – in pictures by lmm on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @08:53PM (#40922813)
> Under JR's definitions 150% capacity means people have enough space to read a newspaper.

Having ridden on the Yamanote in peak time, I don't believe that.

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Re:Tokyo's oldest train line – in pictures by SECProto on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @11:50PM (#40923520)
How many years ago? Yamanote was above 200% average peak capacity as recently as the mid '00s
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Re:Tokyo's oldest train line – in pictures by lmm on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @12:11AM (#40923641)
This year.
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Re:Tokyo's oldest train line – in pictures by numpad0 on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @08:39AM (#40926235)
neither agreeing nor disagreeing - there's actually a design passenger count for train cars like any vehicles, rarely mentioned, and percent capacity is relative to that number.
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