Trains Facts

Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.

In November 2017, the Tsukuba Express line in Japan issued a formal public apology after a train departed Minami-Nagareyama station 20 seconds ahead of schedule. Not 20 minutes. Twenty seconds. The statement read: "We sincerely apologize for the great inconvenience." Not a single passenger had complained.

A man's leg slipped into the gap between a train carriage and the platform at Stirling Station in Perth, Australia. Railway workers tried for ten minutes and couldn't free him. So they asked the crowd for help. Around 50 strangers lined up against the carriage and pushed together. The train tilted sideways. He walked free - unhurt.