Editor's Note:
A Beijing court recently ordered subway operators to compensate a passenger 20,000 yuan ($3,128) who suffered broken ribs while being squeezed onto a crowded train, Legal Mirror reported August 10, 2015.
The passenger surnamed Zhu filed a lawsuit against the Beijing Subway Company after he was injured while passengers pushed him from behind at Sihui station on September 16, 2013.
Xicheng District People's Court found the subway operators had failed to conduct proper security measures.
Subway stations in China’s major cities - Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou – are often scenes of crammed crowds, especially during rush hours.
A packed subway car on Shanghai’s Line 8 during rush hour on June 29. Photo: Yang Hui/GT 
A man reads book in crowded subway car on Shanghai’s Line 8 during rush hour on June 29. Photo: Yang Hui/GT 
Passengers crowd the subway car on Line 8 in Shanghai during peak hours on June 29. Photo: Yang Hui/GT 
People transfer between Shanghai’s Line 2 and Line 8 during peak hours on June 29. Photo: Yang Hui/GT 
A woman chooses to wait for a less crowded subway car at People’s Square Station on the Line 1 in Shanghai during peak hours on June 29. Photo: Yang Hui/GT 
People shuffle through turnstiles at Jingxi Nanfang Hospital Station on Guangzhou’s subway Line 3 in South China’s Guangdong Province during morning rush hour on June 29. Commuters waited in lines for up to 20 minutes to board the subway. Photo: courtesy of Li Zhongjing 
People wait in line to enter Jingxi Nanfang Hospital Station on Guangzhou’s subway Line 3 on June 29. According to huaxia.com, Guangzhou’s subway network saw 6.24 million in 2014, a 60-percent increase from 3.92 million in 2010. Photo: courtesy of Li Zhongjing 
People wait in line to enter Jingxi Nanfang Hospital Station on Guangzhou’s subway Line 3 on June 29. Photo: courtesy of Li Zhongjing 
A crowded subway car at Keyun Road Station on Guangzhou subway’s Line 5 at around 8 am on June 30. Photo: Courtesy of Wan Rui 
People cram in a subway car at Guangzhou’s Tiyuxi Road Station at around 6 pm on June 30. One of the city’s busiest subway stations, Tiyuxi Road is an interchange for the Line 1 and Line 3, Photo: Courtesy of Wan Rui 
Huge crowds wait to board the Guangzhou Subway Line 3 at Tiyuxi Road Station at around 6:30 pm on June 30. Photo: Courtesy of Wan Rui
