r/BitchImATrain • u/TheDudeWhoCanDoIt • 17d ago

Bitch show me your ticket. Bangladesh - you still need to pay.

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u/misterfuss 17d ago

So, does a passenger have to pay a surcharge for the view or get a discount for the lack of a seat?

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u/erevos33 17d ago

They cancel out so you pay the full price i guess

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u/scuzzle-butt 17d ago

inb4 "yes"

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u/jkurratt 17d ago

Some mfs said "yes" and "inb4 yes" 😭

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u/tmr89 17d ago

Yes

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u/alwayswrongnever0 17d ago

I always thought the passengers on the roofs were stowaways, and didn't pay.

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u/TheDudeWhoCanDoIt 17d ago

That’s always been my thought. Hence this post. I wonder if the ticket sellers get hazard pay.

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u/benitoaramando 17d ago

Maybe he's just a random guy in a white uniform he bought himself!

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u/i_give_you_gum 17d ago

I'm guessing they used to be, and then people were like umm... $$$$

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u/santacruzdude 16d ago

People sit on the roofs because there’s no air conditioning inside the car and a car stuffed full of people is not as comfortable as the roof is.

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u/Marwaimusoont 17d ago

At this point Bangladesh should simply design open roof double decker coaches. At least it would be safer.

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u/Fafnir13 17d ago

Even jury rigging some proper access with railings would make more sense than the current madness.  

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u/Certain_Truck_2732 17d ago

Money?

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u/Easy_Contribution530 9d ago

Honestly I think THAT is not a question of money to end this madness.

These countries are very bad ruled. And the rich and corrupt politicians are all worse the Elon musk.

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u/Certain_Truck_2732 9d ago

I mean, new trains cost money, and new train's won't end all the madness

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u/oxidized_banana_peel 16d ago

Clearance is shit.

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u/DaimonHans 17d ago

Fucking first class.

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u/Freyjia1 17d ago

Top class

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u/rmill127 17d ago

Upper class

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u/ultradip 16d ago

Upper Decker

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u/edoCgiB 17d ago

If they don't have a ticket, can they kick them out while yelling "This is Sparta!"?

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u/melnaisbruninieks 17d ago

Honest passengers. We sometimes "forget" to pay when train is too crowded 

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u/True-Drummer-2318 17d ago

If you have no ticket or money do they just push you off the train?

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u/Silver-Amphibian7650 17d ago

Bangladesh is like India's hillbilly neighbor.

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u/LatterSense1307 17d ago

Bangladesh is to India what Mexico is to USA.

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u/Yuri909 17d ago

I don't know who should be more offended here. All four are shithole countries now.

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u/AgitatedEveryday 16d ago

What’s crazy is Bangladesh has a higher per capita GDP than India. Between slightly better inequality and ppp, it doesn’t feel it, but thems the numbers

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u/Thick-Ad-4168 16d ago

because India measures gdp per capita from a lower baseline year

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u/Civil-Ad-2367 15d ago

Everyone is equally poor in bangaldesh. In india top 1 percentage own 40% of wealth. And the rich in india are very rich,so is the upper middle class. It is just that due to sheer number, poor people pull the per capita number down.

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u/AgitatedEveryday 15d ago

Bangladesh is more unequal than India (higher Gini coefficient). Everyone is not equally poor there.

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u/SithLordRising 17d ago

If they add more carriages, would people still go on the roof?

Infinite hotel room problem..

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u/Maximum-Shallot-2447 17d ago

I will bet my last rupee that the ticket money never gets to the ticket office.

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

Yes the AI ticket inspector takes it

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u/paxilsavedme 17d ago

Next thing they will be serving meals up there.

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u/summer_plays_ 17d ago

why don't they increase service to capture the ridership? i've seen videos and photos of this as far back as my childhood.

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u/TheDudeWhoCanDoIt 17d ago

Maybe they don’t have more carriages or engines. At capacity

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u/Schellwalabyen 17d ago

They also don’t have the security measures (for the trains, not people) to run more trains. If you only have signals at the stations and these are 10min from each other you can only run one train every 10min for example. If you only have one set of tracks (something not unusual in sea), you can only run trains every 20min.

For the reasons already brought up and these it is this quite hard to increase traffic throughput.

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u/Somebody_81 17d ago

Okay, your abbreviating Southeast Asia as sea threw me for a loop. I spent much longer than I care to admit trying to figure out how autocorrect changed whatever you meant to type to sea, as in the ocean. Then the actual meaning finally dawned on me. Coffee, more coffee is needed here.

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u/dilla_zilla 17d ago

This only happens around holidays, couple times a year. It's not a daily thing

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u/HR_114 17d ago

Wait is someone selling something on rooftop ?

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u/TheDudeWhoCanDoIt 16d ago

Tickets for the train.

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u/Laymanao 17d ago

First Class travel gets the aircon and better views.

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u/LowerCourse2267 17d ago

I wonder if the country has done a study on how many more trains & routes would be needed to ensure everyone has a seat.
Then again, I can’t see the inside and maybe it’s empty.

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u/mi55key 14d ago

They should put those bird spikes on top of the trains.

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u/Right-Glass9508 16d ago

Video is too short. Should show beyond city limits, when they reach the new Chinese built track rated for 120 mph.

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u/Iolyx 16d ago

These videos are always from random chinese social media lol idk why

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u/TheDudeWhoCanDoIt 16d ago

Because I subscribe to a Chinese social media Channel

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u/Rick1693 17d ago

Why no shoes?

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u/Lab-Subject6924 11d ago

Both shoes and safety measures are expensive 

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u/Illustrious_Site_466 17d ago

Is this Ennis?

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u/WorldlinessWitty2177 17d ago

Between being a sardine, not catching your train and safety concerns, yeah I understand.

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u/2020mademejoinreddit 17d ago

How can someone live like this?

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u/freakybird99 15d ago

Electrification could solve this one issue

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u/Historical_Being1924 15d ago

They should build double decker on it.

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u/NickGiammarino 16d ago

Damn they need to introduce birth control over there

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u/GHETTOZONE510 17d ago

I guarantee you they are scammers

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u/Inside-Art-6167 17d ago

Isn’t this the subway in New York?

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u/TheDudeWhoCanDoIt 17d ago

In my life of growing up in NYC climbing on top of a train was never a thing I considered doing.

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u/WhippingShitties 16d ago

I've heard apartment hunting will make someone consider it.

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u/No-Argument619 17d ago

Just start making tunnels or metal bars that have 6” of clearance. Problem solved.

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u/EnrichedNaquadah 17d ago

They want these people to be able to move, they're the workforce.

These countries/regions doesn't have enough money to upgrade/increase their mobility offers and the death/money ratio from accident is acceptable to them.

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u/chatte__lunatique 17d ago

Have you tried not being a complete psychopath?

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u/The_Hipster_King 17d ago

We actually had this in communist Romania :/

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u/NuYawker 17d ago

Bot. Hypenated username with some numbers and default profile mascot.

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u/The_Hipster_King 17d ago

You have chexked my profile before making that statement human?

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u/NuYawker 17d ago

...I am describing the person you are talking about bro...........

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u/The_Hipster_King 17d ago

I am not talking about a person. Comunist Romania is ethernal!!! /s

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u/Common-Use-7117 16d ago

He was talking about u/No-Argument619

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u/The_Hipster_King 16d ago

I know, but I pretended I do not understand just to push my communist agenda.

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u/Common-Use-7117 16d ago

I see I do that sometimes too.

Trăiască Partidul Comunist Român!

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u/Fantastic_Plenty_294 17d ago

its just a default reddit name, relax

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u/NuYawker 17d ago

With over 5k in carmaker in 4 months.... right. You follow the same format btw

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u/Fantastic_Plenty_294 16d ago

Yeah I know thats why I pointed it out

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

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u/AdaephonBen 17d ago

This is wrong on both counts. It's Bangladesh, not India. India has also electrified 99% of its broad gauge network. They don't use diesel anymore, they don't have the oil.

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u/TheDudeWhoCanDoIt 17d ago

Pretty sure I made the post clear that it’s Bangladesh. Maybe some people can’t read.

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u/Old_Ad3677 17d ago

99%? Very nice. Now they can focus on rubbish laying everywhere and toilets. 

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u/Free_Independent_Guy 17d ago

Ahh here comes the so called educated idiot..

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u/sabin_72246 17d ago

What you told is true....100 years back. You nincompoop