This day we visited some temples and some mosques. But the train ride that day was a very intense experience for me. The amount of people waiting is enormous and as soon as the train arrives you feel the tension of the people. The moment it stops it is every man for himself, trying the board in the limited time it stops. If you manage to get on the train the next goal is to stay on it, during the next stops it will make.
Compared to the Netherlands this is very informal and for me a fascinating experience. In the Netherlands everything is arranged, the guy blows his whistle after checking nobody is entering or exciting, the doors close, machinist waits for the green signal to depart etc.. In Mumbai the doors are always open, the train just stops for 4-5 sec and that’s the time you have to get on or get of. What also strikes me is that ‘almost everybody’ buys a train ticket, although I haven’t seen one single guy checking if you have a ticket.
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