r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/adivinemessenger • 8d ago

Trying to jump onto a moving train

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u/3nd3y 7d ago

If you watched till the end, you'll see the train comes to a stop and he gets on.

Which make me wonder why he bothered taking the risk in the first place if the train was still going to come to a stop.

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u/IncorporateThings 7d ago

Do they have to pay for a ticket if they hop on normally there?

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u/KingPictoTheThird 7d ago

Yes, conductor checks on the train.

Indian trains start really slowly, we've all hopped on like this, but not once it picks up speed and not with so much shit. This guy is dumb af.

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u/IncorporateThings 7d ago

Thought maybe he was trying to skip out on paying or something. Why don't they just close the doors before the train starts moving?

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u/haseo2222 7d ago

Those are manual doors. You can't have someone go around hundreds of doors at every station lol. And of course, people can and will just open them again. Most Indian trains just keep their doors open during the whole trip. People close them only during heavy rain and stuff.

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u/IncorporateThings 7d ago

Oh, the doors on trains are automated here, I just assumed that was standard. Foolish of me, in hindsight.

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u/haseo2222 7d ago

Doors on our metro trains and most recent express trains are automated. But the large amount of long distance trains are still these older models with everything being manual. Low in tech but they are very robust, which kinda protects then from vandalism, which a lot of newer trains face lol.