Trains were blocked for three hours, forcing passengers to ride buses, he said.

Stringent ticketing and security measures adopted in recent years have forced passengers to arrive earlier and wait longer.

They forced passengers to hold live grenades.

The goal is to force such passengers to travel at times outside of peak travel periods when they fly to such popular destinations as Hawaii.

Some people are too large to fit in one seat and thus hang over into another, forcing other passengers to sit on the edge.

Cars can get stuck in snowy conditions even on familiar roads, forcing the driver and passengers to spend the night on the roadside.

Though the trains were running, some stations lacked power, forcing passengers to move in darkness until they reached the platforms, which had emergency lights.

It is just not an option to force goods or passengers back onto the railways.

After the acquisition of a connection to Osaka, it had long been forcing passengers to change trains due to the difference of gauges.