About 10 years ago I was standing on the platform of Eastleigh station when a steam locomotive came through at speed. The whole place shook, it was amazing.

If trains ever got over 40 kmph in Australia people might actually use them

First time I went to America I went to the only place with high speed trains in the country - the North East Corridor - and as I was waiting for my train to Philadelphia an Acela went through the station at considerable speed. Since our beloved Yanks decided that the way they'll make trains safe is by making them indestructible, a battle tank disguised as a train just blasted past at 200 km/h and it felt like the entire station got dragged along by its mass. It was awesome.

In England they have painted yellow areas going about a meter in from the edge of the platform just as shown in this video. A friend from Canada was visiting and wanted to know how come such a wide area was needed. Just then an express train to London blasted past the platform and she discovered the answer. When these trains fly past they create a vacuum that actually pulls you towards the speeding train. It can be a bit frightening to suddenly get sucked in that way hence the meter wide no standing area.

in germany we usually have high speed trains just going through at 150-250. and it looks terrifying.

I once found myself sitting on a bench in a railway station approximately 2 metres from a set of tracks. I noticed a passenger train approaching but did not pay much attention because I thought it was going to stop. Instead, it came past at approximately 150 kph at it was terrifying. I knew that if I stood up I would be a little closer to the tracks and possibly in danger. So, I just remained as still as I could. It was over in a few seconds, but I've never sat or stood that close to a railway since then.

I can only imagine how many people that woman made smile at the end, smiles are infectious. thank you.

The end is the best part. Love her smile and little chuckle.

In the late '50s I was on the platform at St.Albans City Station as a northbound express came thundering through when suddenly a lump of coal, the size of a breeze block, fell off the almost full tender! We jumped up onto some empty baggage trolleys as the block shattered into several pieces and flew along the platform, fortunately not hitting anyone. Within minutes there wasn't a trace left as the porter came out of his room with some buckets, shovel and broom , then scuttled back to his lair with his shiny black treasure!

Many years ago an elderly lady told me that everyone in rural Montana had been terrified of the new railroads that came through because the trains ran as fast as eight miles an hour.

Peterborough last week: "the next train does not stop at this station. Stand well clear of the platform edge" I head to the yellow line with my kid, who holds my hand in anticipation. A minute later, a little two carriage commuter bimbles up to the end of the platform, stops for five minutes, then bimbles back out the way it came.

It's dangerous and if you would stand on the yellow line, you would feel a mysterious force pushing you to the train (more like bottom of the train/wheels) and after the train passes. When the train is moving fast, it's pushing all air in front of the train outwards, creating a vacuum. Atmosphere don't like vacuums and it's trying to fill these spaces with air, and the only way for air to get there is by the gap between the train and the platform.

I drive trains through Stevenage Station at 100mph often. Most of the time alot of people are so oblivious to the dangers of standing so close to the fast line platforms 2 and 3. I often have to sound my horn when I'm approaching just to alert people.

Hate to say it but those speeds are tame compared to being on a station platform in Japan when a Shinkansen blasts through.

Those are the thickest platform edges I've seen yet. Makes sense.

When my son was 2 years old, I thought it would be fun to show him the trains stopping at our local station. First train through did exactly that! I almost fainted! He on the other hand, was still sitting in the pram with a great big smile on his face. 😂

There used to be a sign on the Northbound platform at Milton Keynes station that read: "Don't stand too close to edge of the platform when the express trains pass, as you may get sucked off." - always raised a giggle, that one!

I remember 48 years ago a train doing maybe 160 km/h passing Kelvedon in Essex while we were waiting for the following slow train to London. It was quite a shock to us then (in Denmark the speed limit was 140), although my parents had a garden next to the mainline in Denmark. Now, in Germany or in France it is very unspectacular going 250 or 300 km/h if you sit inside the train, but when a freight train pass at 100 or 120 km/h at our local station it is still quite frightening 😅

This is great but being on one of these trains and passing another fast train is even more amazing. Amazing the windows don't blow out, the impact is very noticeable.

In Austria, after a baby in a pram was sucked under a freight train passing at high speed through a station a few years ago, there are now even more signs and other warnings in stations, along with tether points to tie prams and wheelchairs to fixed platform furniture, to remind people that trains passing through stations at high speed pose a risk.

In the US, trains going over 40mph usually fly off the tracks…😂

I was on the eastbound platform in Slough a while ago, which has a slight inside curve. Because of the connection to Windsor, there were a lot of tourists. I recall an American saying "Why the yellow line? Surely you'll know when a train is coming."... Well, I was looking down the track and saw an Intercity 125 coming: as usual he had closed the throttle to slow down before coming through the station, then "BLAAT!!!" full throttle again alongside the platform to get up to speed again: the guy just about jumped out of his skin! It was probably only doing about 80 mph, but just a few feet away that's pretty scary.

When I was in England studying in 1978, they ran a 150 Fast Train that was powered by 2 diesel engines, one on either end of the train. The station I stopped at for my center was not one where they slowed down. The first time I was there, I was standing next to the track when it came through. Not only was it fast as heck, it was LOUD with both diesel engines blasting.

I was once on an evening Shinkansen and wanted to see something in the distance, so I pressed my face against the window when another Shinkansen flew past in the opposite direction. It scared the heck out me. At least I didn't scream!

Experienced this is Japan and quite frequently too

I used to repair railway ticket machines for a living, and some of our machines were set on the platforms. One in particular, somewhere in north London, seemed to have more through trains than any other I went to. I could almost feel the 2000lb machine move as they went past, and was very glad of the fence between me and the platform.

75 MPH looks so much faster when you’re right there next to the platform. Saw a couple DMUs blow by the station by our AirBNB and the sounds were incredible.

I went to Stevenage once. It was closed, due to lack of interest.

" WOW! " is one word to describe that video. THREE more that speak with astonishment, are OH MY GOD ! I love it .

Here in the USA, We suck at train usage. mostly for freight, but EVERY WEEK, (NOT an exaggeration) somewhere here, a train derails and the clean up begins>>>>> again! I'm happy the trains HERE don't go that fast.....derailments would triple!!

The reason you actually have to stand back is not in risk of getting hit by the train, it's that it moves so fast the air current near the train can pull you onto the tracks

No kidding! I was once on a platform North of London and I saw the high-speed train approaching... It was really moving so I stood around the end of the shelter when it went by... I could feel the suction!

When I was at the railway station on Sunday (8 Oct 2023) an automated announcement warned "Stand back from the platform, fast train approaching". Then a DMU trundled past at about 20mph. There was heavy rain with trains cancelled, so I expect it was proceeding cautiously in case of flooding or landslips.

I actually guessed this was Stevenage! The fast trains passing through the station there are WILD (much more so than they look in these videos)! The strong wind nearly knocks you over and it slams the doors of the waiting room open and shut with such force that they become dangerous weapons. On one occasion, I swooped a frail elderly lady in my arms and swung her around to prevent her from being blown away with the train!

Nice thing about the UK. They have a lot of fast trains. Wish we had more in the US.

Japan's bullet trains pass stations without slowing down so you would typically have trains passing through at 300 to 350km/h.

I nearly got sucked off on a platform when a high speed train went passed, unfortunately it scared the woman I was with at the time and she wanted to go somewhere safer to do it.

The pan to the woman and her smile and laugh are super wholesome.

When I first went to china, I stood by a track with a maglev reaching speeds of up to 400 kph. I thought a hurricane had come with such winds.

Its the huge container freight trains that thunder through my local station here in the UK that I love to see.

Now watch a well maintained steam train going through at 90+- feel the power ! Speed alone doesn't generate that !

In Japan, they play some classic music, to announce this. Platform may be narrow like you never experienced.

I went through there in the early hours of this morning with my freight train, although at a more sedate pace of 60mph.

Nice!!! Made me smile back at the end 😊

The first time I waited at Tamworth train station I was amazed at how fast the trains go through there.

I was standing on the platform of a small station in the Netherlands’s when a German ICE train went through. We were literally blown backwards. It was quite frightening actually and no warning was given by the station master

I've been on the TGV, it's like a rocket compared our trains in the UK.

When I went to work in disney land paris in 1992. I was standing at the yellow line on the platform at esbly train station. When suddenly a massive freight train came through the station blowing my aran wool hat right off my head. You only have a second before you hear it coming. They go through the stations at full speed. Ironically one of my friends from home who was in France with us didn’t make it home alive. He was hit by one of these freight trains. His mother was never told the truth. She was distraught and probably still is today 31 years later. She could never understand why it was a closed coffin. I know why. He was only 22 . R.I.P mate.

I was standing on a platform, and someone said to me. " Don't stand too close to the edge. If a train comes, it might suck you off" I said.. ' Come on, train!!' 😂

I was once in a station in Glasgow. The announcer said, would passengers please stand back from the yellow lines, as the train may come along and suck you off. Lol I kid you not .

"But how am I supposed to get on the train if they keep flying by like that?"

I am a large size lady. i stood up , behind the yellow line to take a photo of the irish rail 201 class locomotive on the front of a Dublin to Belfast Enterprise train . The train damn near blew me off my feet. I say again that i was well behind the yellow line .

There's a train I sometimes take to visit my parents which flies through a decent sized station at 160 km/h. I always find it entertaining to see the station flying by. (Belgian intercity train)

42 years ago you could be there when a Deltic passed at speed and you had to kneel and pray.

I remember this very same at Hatfield station, which I think is the same train/ line...

I remember the first time in France having a TGV (Lorraine to Paris). That scared me. Very impressionable.

In the 1970s, I used to use Worksop station occasionally. The platforms were nowhere near as wide as at Stevenage in this clip. Coal trains used to come through taking coal to the power stations in the area. Although these were slower than the passenger trains in this clip, they were terrifying because I could feel the vibration from their passage through the platform I was standing on, and the hopper wagons seemed to bounce and lurch, and I used to think "what would happen if they derailed?"

The excitement on the lady's face at the end is a nice touch.

Shinkansen N700s storming trough a station at 200mph is breathtaking…

Many years ago at Stevenage where this video is, I got too close or within yellow area train shot past I felt my body being sucked in, scared living daylights out me quick reactions saved my life. I understand its do with vacuum train creates at speed faster train ie above 100mph creates like vortex wind tunnel or slipstream around it. U can be sucked in too close.

And here in Australia with some of the most extreme distances we are still struggling to get above 60kph..

This reminds me of an occasion when I was at Brooklands College (I left at the end of the 2009-2010 college year), when I was standing on Platform 2 at Hersham (that's the south one), and I was facing west (I must also add I didn't have headphones in or on), and a train came past without stopping right next to the Platform (scaring the crap out of me), and about 10 seconds or so later an automated voice came over the PA System saying "the next train on Platform 2 is not stopping at this station" and I remember thinking something along the lines of "of course it's not stopping at this station, it's just come through here!

😊It sounds like the guy who stood on the edge of the platform with his chopper out as he had been told you could get sucked off by a passing train.

Here in Georgia(in the states), we have our public transit MARTA and i say they can go pretty fast. It takes approx 20 mins from the Airport to the central station. Even if you stand a bit further back from the platforms edge, you can really feel it since it creates alot of pressure at the front every it slows down to a stop at each station.

Meadowhall station back in 2001.My mum and i was well behind the yellow line when through the tannoy came 'please stand back from the yellow line,fast train approaching".Me 'I can't see it,it can't be that fast'.We soon did,literally less than 20 seconds and it took your breath away.Lesson learnt-when told to stand back,stand back!

One of the reasons why my country decided to put barriers on the platforms. Also to stop people from jumping in front of the train. Used to just be a yellow line lol

A lot of training has gone into the making of this documentary.

I lived in Kaiserlautern near the Hauptbahnhof and also near Einsiedlerhof station for over a year. Things were a bit slower because of local traffic and the faster trains doing "bypasses" near Einsiedlerhof (feeder into K-Town). BUT being there when a highspeed came thru was amazing!!!!! I was a military member given a WONDERFUL chance to be there for 4 years total assignment with USAF (Ramstein). IT WAS A JOY AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE IN SUCH AN OLD, AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORICAL country. The welcome (depending on where you traveled) was not always gracious and accepting, but that attitude is understandable and I made it a point to be gracious and friendly (and helpful when I could). I love the people there and the opportunities to visit almost everywhere (Berlin, at the time, was a little challenging, to be sure, but once you were in, people were, for the most part, happy to see us). Thank you, Deutschland! For the incredible hospitality for which I will LOVE YOU, FOREVER!!😍🙂😀😁😊🥰❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I once saw a girl get carried away by the air vortex of a passing train at 160 km/h because she was too close to the yellow line.

Love the smiling wife at the end 🙂

For those who dont know , this is a class 387 and max permitted speed is 100mph on this mainline specifically . Its max speed however is 110mph

I have actually seen a couple of trains flying by at a few stations before. Mainly some Amtrak trains around Pennsylvania and New Jersey, USA. Not as fast as the trains over in Europe like in the UK, but still pretty fast.

Express services, local and intercity. Standard practice, even in the days of steam. Only you must stand back, because the maximum speed of these trains is over 125 mph and then minimum is over 50 mph. The resulting updraft of air is potentially lethal, hence the warning markings on the platform.

Three trains within 30 seconds. Not bad. :)

Well…..this is how a transit Authority stays on time. Amtrak might benefit from a similar policy.

Awesome footage thanks! Way to go (literally) UK!

Been there, (San Mateo, CA) done that... (Saw the train coming, thinking it was a bit early, which should have warned me) and then saw the sign "Express". Realizing the express does not stop at San Mateo, immediately got as far back as I can and STILL got blasted a huge gust of wind. Almost blew my baseball cap off (was going into SF for a baseball game).

Grandpa Wilson would say, "Now That's a 'High-Stepper' "! 🐎😄

Reminds me of Jethro's joke about the train not stopping at Camborne on Wednesdays.

Imagine being in REGGIO EMILIA AV MEDIOPADANA station in Italy and see a Frecciarossa passing at 300km/h

I once stood too close to the platform edge when a high speed train went past. My ears were still ringing the following morning.

When I go to Europe, I'm just going to spend a day traveling around the great train system and being able to get to small towns and big cities and even other countries and just explore the European landscape!

They'll have to build those fences like they do on the underground to stop suiciders.

While living in France in 1987-88,my brother,a friend and I were out hiking and in the dark came across what we thought was a new motorway being built,it was raining by then and we decided that the banking would offer some shelter and pitched our tent on a conveniently handy level base landscaped onto the side of the bank near the very top and crashed out.About 3 hours later we realised it wasnt a new road but the track for high speed rail and we were about 4ft away from it and asleep when one came past. To say we sh*t ourselves wouldnt do justice to the sheer terror😂

I once saw some idiot think it would be fun to brush one of these as it passed and that it wouldn't hurt so bad. Ended up with his entire hand and forearm broken to pieces. I found an article about it a couple weeks later and doctors said his arm was permanently damaged. Stupid.

You're supposed to stand back not just because it's "frightening" but because of the Venturi Effect. The velocity of the train can create a localized drop in fluid (air) pressure which can actually pull you into the tracks if you're standing too close.

Even more fun when their is water or even better snow all over the tracks and platform. People scatter real quick.

Went on a recent trip to Japan and traveled on the Shinkansen......Standing on the platform watching these things fly by touching 200mph......it's something!.

love the smile at the end ! it says can you believe this "stuff"

The speed on the fast lines through Stevenage is 115mph

Wow. Fast- I was surprised when we visited Europe.

Was a Signal Electrician in Sydney back in the 70's. Use to get a birds eye view of them. Scary thing was the way the rails and sleepers went up and down. Was on the Granville "Up" platform when the Bold Street Bridge came down on the 108 train from Mt Victoria.

I liked this video wow them trains do go past very fast i remember standing on a platform in bramhall not far from manchester and theres a curve about half a mile up the track i remember a intercity passenger train coming around the curve and this girl said too me i would stand well back if i was you and she was right about 15 seconds later the train flew past us just like the trains in this video only back then the intercity trains had about 13 carriages you wouldn't think it wen it went past to fast to count how many , i liked the little smile at the end, i love trains , godbless you,

They certainly ZZZIIIPPP right along

Stevenage - The birthplace of Sir Lewis Hamilton.

East Midlands Parkway a very quiet station in the middle of nowhere... The sound of running water from the cooling towers, birds tweeting... then "the next train on platform two, does not stop here. Passengers are advised to stand back from the platform edge" about 30 seconds later THWUM THWUM THWUM THWUM THWUM THWUM THWUM THWUM THWUM THWUM then all quiet again.

This is Stevenage Hertfordshire I was there earlier catching a train back home 😊

Good ol' SVG 😊

I got a big fright seeing the speed of those trains on my first visit to the UK many years ago. I still cannot believe that they are not required to reduce speed going through stations. Passenger trains here in South Africa always were mandated to slow down going though any station even though the speeds were much, much slower here than Europe.

It is a strange world. At Heathrow where I worked for near 50 years, the H&S just got so that you could no do the job. No walking on the wing, by stepping from a platform. No use of steps without a guard rail in position, the fitting of this was like setting a giant rat trap. and would also prevent you getting access to the undercarriage bay. The list is endless, but here on that platform any member of the public completely untrained can just stand, no guard rail no H&S officer saying you must stop. Just totally nuts.