Crowded Morning Rush - Timed Over Takes at Jiyugaoka

[bill937ca]

A naha478 video on the Tokyu Toyoko line at Jiyugaoka Station (junction with the Tokyu OImachi line) with Tokyu 5050 series trains,Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin line 10000 series trains and Hibiya line Series 03 trains. This was taped February 17, 2013 before the end of service to Shibuya.

 

Generally all stop trains are on the outer platforms and express and limited express trains on the inside tracks.  The Hibiya line trains will leave the Toyoko line  at Naka-Meguro  and continue on through to Kita-Senju on the Tobu Skytree Line.  Since March 16th you would find Tobu Tojo and Siebu Ikebukuro line trains on the Toyoko line.

 

These station are subject to heavy overcrowding in the morning and have station masters and platform attendants.  Many of naha478's videos show passengers getting tucked in, but this is the first one I've seen with the attendants actually pushing.

 

As of 2011 the major private railways (Kiekyu, Keisei, Keio, Odakyu, Sotetsu, Seibu, Tobu, Tokyu and Tokyo Metro) at 19.5 million passengers  a day, 7.1 billion annually have surpassed ridership in JR East's Tokyo Suburban Area at 14-15 million daily passengers and 5.1 to 5.5 billiion annually passengers.

 

 

[JR 500系]

Japan always do very well for commuters, even during rush hours... Like the Yamanote which keeps to be within 2mins interval for rush hours...

 

For us, trains are never on time.. Worse for rush hours... And even if they are on time, let's pray they won't break down...

 

It's the commitment and attention to details of the Japanese that i really love about them, not just making-money-orientated...

[bikkuri bahn]

  Many of naha478's videos show passengers getting tucked in, but this is the first one I've seen with the attendants actually pushing.

All those passengers wearing winter coats, taking up more space per passenger than say, in summer.

 

* as for adherence to schedule- I think it requires everyone concerned (passengers, operating personnel, management, auxiliary staff [cleaners, etc.], and yes, society in general) to expect on-time performance as the norm, not the goal.  Everyone has to "buy-in"- just having passengers wishing for it, and only operating personnel trying to achieve it, is not enough.  A railway is a system, and little problems and delays have an effect (sometimes magnified) elsewhere.  For example, a cleaner not showing up for duty at the rostered time requires either another cleaner to do double duty, possibly delaying putting a trainset into service (even a minute is big, causing a domino effect).  A simplistic example, but perhaps illustrative.

[bill937ca]

Another overtake, this time at Tokyu Motosumiyoshi station.  Incidentally Hibiya Metro trains stopped running on the Tokoyo line March 15th. Now its the Fukutoshin line, Tobu and Seibu trains in addition to Tokyu trains.

 

Edited June 10, 2013 by bill937ca