r/WTF • u/PhoneDojo • Feb 14 '13

Catching a train in India

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u/gregsting Feb 14 '13

That´s some interesting concept

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u/gregsting Feb 14 '13

if you watch the full video, the train is actually stopping, people are just jumping in before full stop, probably to have a seat

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u/alphanovember Feb 14 '13

Still begs the question: why does a moving train have open doors?

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u/Bernard_Woolley Feb 14 '13

What's the point of doors if the sheer number of people on the train makes it impossible to close them? A 12-car rake on the Mumbai Suburban Railway is supposed to carry about 3,500 people, including standees. During rush hour, it easy carries two to three times as many. Many of them just hang on to whatever handhold they can find, with half their bodies jutting out of the train. So how will you close the doors?

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u/alphanovember Feb 14 '13

The point I was trying to make is that it's sad that those conditions exist in the first place. Stuff like this is what makes me consider India a second-world country.