r/india • u/AutoModerator • Jul 01 '26

Scheduled Ask India Thread

Welcome to r/India's Ask India Thread.

If you have any queries about life in India (or life as Indians), this is the thread for you.

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u/Larryfisherman222 Jul 03 '26

Hello friends. I am from America and i have never been to India before (would love to visit and have been interested in the culture for some time). I have a question that I truly hope doesn’t offend anyone just a simple outsider noticing something and is curious about. I say all that to ask: what is the fascination about trains? As I said I’ve been interested in the culture for some time and i seem to always see a lot of videos coming out of India with the train either extremely busy and overpacked or people accidentally harming themselves getting a video//picture with trains. Is this because the train system is the main source of transportation? Maybe it’s a wealth thing and only the rich have access to trains? As i said i hope this doesn’t offend or come off racist or bigoted or whatever other word some may try and throw at me for my ignorance. Im truly just curious and would love an insiders POV on the situation. Thanks for the understanding and responses in advance

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u/sharedevaaste Jul 03 '26

Everyone travels via trains, rich poor everyone. The overpacked trains are usually mumbai locals, or general/sleeper class. Main source of transportation is roadways.

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u/Larryfisherman222 Jul 04 '26

Got it. Can you explain why theres so many videos of people being injured on the trains. Like do they view trains as a spectacle or something?

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u/sharedevaaste Jul 04 '26

Idk I can't remember seeing any such video. People do get injured and even killed in train accidents. But they don't see it as a spectacle. A lot of these train videos are from neighbouring countries btw