Why Not Go Right Here?
As much as I hate the train system in the UK, I’ll freely admit that it could be worse:
BEIJING, Jan. 24 — Sales of adult diapers are booming as residents prepare themselves for long-haul journeys home on crowded trains for Lunar New Year.
Many supermarkets in Foshan, a city in South China’s Guangdong Province, have reported an increase in sales of about 50 per cent.
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The number of train seats for people returning home for family reunions are limited because of the huge demand in the period.
It means large numbers of passengers have to buy standing-only tickets and have to jam into all corners of carriages, even in toilets.
This often makes it almost impossible for passengers to pass through and reach the toilets and they are forced to go without relieving themselves for the whole journey.
“In this period, a common train has to transit 2,000 passengers, with only around 1,000 seating tickets,” Zhang Dazhi, an officer of Guangzhou Railway Group, said.