Pusher (railway station attendant)

Oshiya (Japanese押し屋, literally pushers) is a colloquial term in Japanese for personnel who are to be found in Tokyo's subway stations during rush hours, and their task is to push in from the outside, the passengers in the crowded car so the doors the car can close.

Function

The original official designation was Ryokyaku seiri gakari (旅客 整理 系), ie passenger arrangement staff. The tasks of the Oshiya are sometimes done by station staff. Often it is but also to specifically set part-time employees.

Your main tasks consist addition to the actual pushing of the passengers in the trains also be to carry out security checks of passengers and at entry and exit of trains, and enter a few cars at train stations, on which large amounts of passengers tend in some to redistribute them.

• Rail ( Japan)
• Railwaymen ( profession)