Don’t Lean Against the Subway Door

Lauren McCarthy | Jun 9, 2011 10:00 am | 4 comments | 4381 reads

On Tuesday morning, an average subway stampede broke a door on Line 5. After being pushed by too many riders, the door refused to shut. Rather than close off the extra-airy car, subway workers came up with a quick fix.

A yellow (for caution?) curtain was placed over the permanently open door while the train continued on its way. A subway worker stood at the door to keep people from leaning on the empty space and falling out of the train.

With the stifling heat on subway cars in summer, maybe they're on to something here.

Photo: xinhuanet.com

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The Equalizer's picture The Equalizer Submitted by Guest on Tue, 02/25/2014 - 07:23

Couldn't imagine that happening anywhere else. Once i took a domestic flight, airplane aborted the takeoff, returned to gate, and we waited 2 hours for mechanical repairs. When finally arriving at the destination I asked what was the mechanical problem and was told when the plane was about to leave the ground they noticed one of the guages went out so they decided to return and have it replaced. The they added, in this case we had no spare part available, so we made the decision to go without out for this time. Jia you.

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TX_Chick's picture TX_Chick Submitted by Guest on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 11:47

Why does this not surprise me at all? I've ridden line 5 during rush hour and there's always 2 more people who think they can fit on, even though others are telling them there's no room.
Line 5 needs higher A/C in the trains, and they need to run trains every 2 minutes, for the entire day. I've almost never been on it when it's not crowded.

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