In urban public transport, provision is made for standing passengers, often called straphangers or standees, to rationalize operation and to provide extra...
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free dictionary. Straphanger may mean: Straphanger (specifically), a standing passenger on a subway or bus Straphanger (more generally), a commuter who uses...
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Passenger 57 is a 1992 American action thriller film directed by Kevin Hooks. The film stars Wesley Snipes and Bruce Payne, with Snipes portraying a security...
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long, with seats and standing room. Usually there are 30 to 45 seats, depending on length and interior configuration. If more passenger capacity is needed...
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The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America. Its common name is derived...
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Rapid transit (redirect from Passenger subway)
fewer. Cars have a capacity of 100 to 150 passengers, varying with the seated to standing ratio – more standing gives higher capacity. The minimum time...
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have roofs high enough to accommodate standing passengers within the vehicle. More typically, standing passengers occupy a platform attached to the rear...
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Hydrofoil (section First passenger boats)
relatively small, and are mainly used as high-speed passenger ferries, where the relatively high passenger fees can offset the high cost of the craft itself...
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coastguard, military and survey applications, as well as for sport or passenger service. Very large versions have been used to transport hundreds of people...
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Shinkansen (section Passenger trains)
additional standing passengers) with a minimum headway of three minutes between trains. The Shinkansen network of Japan had the highest annual passenger ridership...
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over or under a waterway. Passengers may be discouraged from flushing or using toilets while the train is at a station or standing at a red signal. To enforce...
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"Russian Passenger Train Derails In Krasnodar". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2016. "LIVE: Four railcars of a passenger train...
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This is a list of the passengers on board the Mayflower during its trans-Atlantic voyage of September 6 – November 9, 1620, the majority of them becoming...
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Elevator (section Passenger service)
accessible, and there might only be room for a single wheelchair and a standing passenger. A residential elevator or home lift is often permitted to be of lower...
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Bryan, Geoffrey Keen, Noel Purcell, Guy Rolfe and Wilfrid Brambell (a standing passenger in the tram scene). Few of the main actors in the film actually manage...
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of vehicle, minibuses carry a maximum of 16 or 19 seated passengers; no standing passengers are allowed. Minibuses typically offer a faster and more efficient...
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when two passenger trains collided near Matunga in Bombay. 23 December 1979 – An express train crashed into the rear of a standing passenger train near...
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arrangement with adequate legroom for the passengers. The aisles have grab handles and poles for standing passengers during the peak hours. Since it is built...
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(in 1961, 1967 and 1984). The system uses one car that carries 35 standing passengers over a one-kilometre trip. The Aero Car is suspended on six interlocking...
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These vehicles typically have two or four wheels and were used to carry passengers or a load. They were once common worldwide, but they have mostly been...
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Ryanair as well as Spirit Airlines in 2010. The configuration involves standing passengers travelling while being braced in position. The configuration and...
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of Railways on 193 major overturning accidents of passenger express. "Looking back on the passenger train derailment accident of Shenyang Shanhaiguan...
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driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their...
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made in a bid to increase seat patronage and reduce the amount of standing passengers. Starting in March 2025, Nozomi services will begin operating with...
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reservation-only service similarly to the Taroko Express, with no standing passengers allowed. The name "Puyuma" means "together" and "united" in the Puyuma...
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Mugunghwa-ho (category Named passenger trains of South Korea)
to accommodate large numbers of standing passengers, and frequently have many more standees than sitting passengers during high season. In 1980, new...
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requires large headways has more empty space than passenger capacity, which lowers the total number of passengers or cargo quantity being transported for a given...
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to allow standing passengers travelling in "vertical seats", charging passengers for using the toilet, charging extra for overweight passengers, and asking...
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unchanged to this day. In Moscow Metro, a railway from 1908 was reopened as a passenger line in 2016. More recently, line 3 of the Copenhagen Metro opened in...
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designed for the maximum number of standing passengers and for speed of access to the cars. The first underground passenger services started in 1863 when the...
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