Overcrowding on trains

Fred Swanson

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Liccle trinity

Dont know about regulations but ever travelled on London Tube at peak times its scary. I have never experienced anything compared to it in Ireland.

devnull

Yes the underground can be crush loaded at times, but they have a huge amount more passengers than we have in Ireland with very long trains and just a few minutes between each train!

Hilly Bill

In some cases over here, a train looks packed because too many people want to stand at the doors instead of moving down the carriage.

Fred Swanson

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devnull

Hilly Bill wrote: »

In some cases over here, a train looks packed because too many people want to stand at the doors instead of moving down the carriage.

That is not something that is unique to Ireland though, in many cities you have the problems that some coaches of a train can be like that, whilst other ones, further down the train, the furthest away from the exit can barely have anyone in them.

I remember going to the UK one summer on an 8 coach Stansted Express from the airport, the first four coaches were full with people standing, I went down to the seventh coach and it was only about 10% full when we left. Got off at Liverpool Street and passengers were moaning they had to stand for the whole journey as the train was "overcrowded"

Losty Dublin

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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In short, no there isn't a rule. The RSC discuss it here.

http://www.rsc.ie/faqs/

No Pants

Liccle trinity wrote: »

Dont know about regulations but ever travelled on London Tube at peak times its scary. I have never experienced anything compared to it in Ireland.

Or Japan, where they have porters to push passengers onto the trains.