Subway Pushers of Tokyo's Shinjuku Station.
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Trains during rush hour in Shinjuku Station would get so crowded, that
people needed assistance to get in the train in order to get to work on time.
These railway workers, officially called "passenger arrangement staff" at the
time, were responsible for getting the most amount of passengers (
train possible. Now, it might (Japan/Subway Pushers invent that not /
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you / did/surprise / know / to). They were actually first used in New York
City almost a century ago! While they are not used in New York anymore,
they can still be found in Japan's largest and busiest station.
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Japanese Subway Pushers were students "helping" people to get on trains as a
part-time job. These days, however, Subway Pushers are normal train staff
who are charged ( ) the duty of pushing people into the trains, mostly in
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