[TRENDING] 40 Japanese Show The World That They Don't Need A Superhero To Do This
Why rely on a superhero in a costume when you can depend on the goodwill of the complete strangers in your train?
By Judith Yeoh — 23 Jul 2013, 02:48 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
THIS TRENDING PIC: Heroic Japanese passengers during rush hour at the Minami Urawa Station near Tokyo
Dozens of Japanese train passengers pushed a 32-ton train carriage away from the platform to free a woman who had fallen into the 20-centimeter (eight-inch) gap between the train and platform during the busy morning rush hour Monday.
Image via huffpost.comThe woman in her 30s fell between the train and platform
The woman had fallen into the 20cm gap between the train and platform during the busy morning rush hour yesterday.
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All it took was an announcement to prompt 40 passengers to help train officials push the 32,000 kg train carriage
A public announcement that a passenger was trapped prompted about 40 people to join train officials to push the carriage, whose suspension system allows it to lean to either side, according to the Yomiuri newspaper, Japan's largest daily.
cbsnews.comJapanese efficiency: the train was delayed for only eight minutes before all-systems-go again
The unnamed woman in her 30s was then pulled out uninjured to applause from onlookers at JR Minami-Urawa station, just north of Tokyo. After just an eight-minute delay, the train went on its way.
The station is in the JR Keihin Tohoku Line, the second most crowded train line in Tokyo
The station is part of the JR Keihin Tohoku Line, the second most crowded train line in Tokyo. Info from http://lostinjapan.groth.hm
Image via imgur.comMinami-Urawa Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line linking Saitama Prefecture with central Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture, and the orbital Musashino Line. Many Keihin-Tōhoku services originate and terminate at this station.
What Japanese train stations are like during rush hour
Tokyo’s transit system is run by a hodge-podge of government agencies and private companies that includes JR, JR East, Tokyo Metro Authority and others.
Image via wired.com
With 882 stations on 14 lines, Tokyo’s amazing subway system is one of the largest — and busiest — in all the world.
Image via wired.com
Trains & subways (hereafter referred to simply as ‘trains’) in Japan are crowded, I mean really really crowded. This has to do with the fact that most people commute to work/school by train, and not by car. 2.5 million passengers travel on the JR lines in the Tokyo area every day!
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With 882 stations on 14 lines, Tokyo’s amazing subway system is one of the largest — and busiest — in all the world. The system map is a twisted mass of squiggles
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