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Hankyu style seats in KCJ stations


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The Communications Manager of KAI Commuter Jabodetabek said that these were 'adoptions' of those used by Japanese stations (perhaps only Hankyu used these), but people complained these "towel laundry sticks" ("jemuran handuk" in Indonesian) that they were unconfortable even for leaning!

 

Also KCJ eventually put these seats on busy stations on their network.

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bikkuri bahn

Hankyu uses these only at stations with very narrow platforms, such as Nakatsu or Kasuganomichi, where a conventional bench would be impractical. Otherwise, the standard station bench is this:

https://www.hankyu-hanshin.co.jp/csr/eco/activity/recycle/101.html#d005

 

Here is an installation of a lean bar, at Kasuganomichi Sta, on the Kobe line, note the narrow width of the platform:

http://userdisk.webry.biglobe.ne.jp/022/097/48/N000/000/015/137180621680613220268_20130614-87.jpg

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Lean on bars like this are used all over the world.  Commuters bottoms and thighs will get used to them in time.

 

Not in this part of the world.

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I do remeber seeing them somewhere in the NYC metro area like a decade or more ago. It was the taller lean on type not sit and it was in a rather narrow area in some sort of transport wait area. I remeber being curious and going over and trying it out and it seemed useful, but not quite to my height requirement!

 

Jeff

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