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May 16, 2008
The Subway's Pillar of People
Note: This entry was originally written on & about May 16th but could not be posted due to internet issues.
Class got out today at 3PM so we had plenty of time to get to downtown Beijing via the subway. However, we were going to a new place today and transferred to the Red Line at a new stop. When we got to the train, there were these women, who we assume worked for the subway (they had no uniform on), arranging us into single-file lines. This gave off the impression that each line would align with a door of the subway to get on. This was definitely not the case. Our pillar of people ended up in the middle of two doors, except the lines of people on either side of us had a door. My entrance into the car consisted of being smashed by the battering ram of people behind me. This train was the most crowded thing I had ever been on and was well beyond maximum capacity. It was so jammed that when the train started and stopped, nobody moved because of the density of people. Getting out was an impossible task that ended with me lunging out of the car like Superman. Crazy stuff.
Posted by brianhe at May 16, 2008 11:58 PM