Because above ground stops require one to pay at a single kiosk at the front of the train, every boarding passenger must enter through the same door. Unlike bus people, train people don't seem to have a sense of who is getting on the train. Today, I am forced so close to neighboring passengers that I am almost constantly in physical contact with them. Yet, over their shoulders, I can see that the vast majority of the aisle in the rest of the train is empty. However, the two people at the far end of our clump refuse to make their way down the two stairs that lead to the rest of the train, thereby forcing the rest of us to squish together. Only after the train conductor stops the train, turns around, and yells do they apparently notice the available space and fill it in. We collectively breath a sigh of relief and follow suit.
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