Worse Than Animal Farm
This along with one surveillance camera for every dozen people or so.
Britain's commuters have been allocated less space than the legal minimum for transporting farm animals, official figures show.
"Statistics provided by the Department for Transport show that passengers can be packed into carriages in conditions which would be regarded as unacceptable for goats, chickens, calves and sheep.
Some of the most crowded trains are already carrying 50 per cent more passengers than they were designed to and with demand for rail travel soaring, commuters' plight is set to get worse.
On some crowded trains passengers have even found themselves having to stand in toilets.
It has led to complaints that they are being forced to travel "cattle class".
Britain's commuters have been allocated less space than the legal minimum for transporting farm animals, official figures show.
"Statistics provided by the Department for Transport show that passengers can be packed into carriages in conditions which would be regarded as unacceptable for goats, chickens, calves and sheep.
Some of the most crowded trains are already carrying 50 per cent more passengers than they were designed to and with demand for rail travel soaring, commuters' plight is set to get worse.
On some crowded trains passengers have even found themselves having to stand in toilets.
It has led to complaints that they are being forced to travel "cattle class".
posted by nolocontendere at 5:42 PM
2 Comments:
I feel claustrophobic just looking at that photo.
I remember seeing a documentary about Japan a while back. In the subways, they have people whose job it is to push passengers into the cars - that's how packed they are.
Haha, people pushers? Jeebus, that sounds like the Romans who had guards with clubs at the Colosseum.
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