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india railway running trains decades old pissing down with rain and I mean absoulutly chucking it down as the fred title says monsoon conditions ...............ffs you think our trains are overcrowded? in india they are sitting on the roof of the trains and people of all ages hanging on the outside of the train plus chokka block inside the trains ...............no bullshyte excuses like "leaves on the line or "the wrong kind of snow " no red tape or health and safety bullshyte, they get on with it gotta admire the hardworking people of the railways ,puts our lot to shame tbh
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on a previous programme a 5 tonworkers rolled thei boulder/rock had fallen onto the line and a train was 11 mins away from hitting it ,did they shut all services down for hours and get heavy plant to move it and cordon the area off ? did they fook ! they got about a dozen men on the line rolled up their sleeves and pushed the boulder off an around 8 mins train went past on time no delays ...............job done no messing !
Of course, all this gumption is not without its down-side.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/21/15000-die-crossing-indian-railways
About 15,000 people are killed each year while crossing the tracks on India's mammoth railway network, according to a government safety panel that recommended more bridges and overpasses should be built as a matter of urgency.
Most of the deaths occur at unmanned railroad crossings, the panel said in a report. About 6,000 people die on Mumbai's crowded suburban rail network alone, it said.
Another 1,000 people die when they fall from crowded coaches, when trains collide or coaches derail.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/21/15000-die-crossing-indian-railways
About 15,000 people are killed each year while crossing the tracks on India's mammoth railway network, according to a government safety panel that recommended more bridges and overpasses should be built as a matter of urgency.
Most of the deaths occur at unmanned railroad crossings, the panel said in a report. About 6,000 people die on Mumbai's crowded suburban rail network alone, it said.
Another 1,000 people die when they fall from crowded coaches, when trains collide or coaches derail.
If you have a commute to work where fatalities are kept to double digits it's considered a pleasant journey.
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