Okay. This is a bit of an exaggeration. The poster above is talking about long distance trains while the article is about subway trains. 1. Most trains in Indi

Okay. This is a bit of an exaggeration. The poster above is talking about long distance trains while the article is about subway trains. 1. Most trains in India do have doors. 2. Almost all modern subway in Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai etc do have doors. The trains won’t move till the doors are completely shut. 3. Mumbai is one of the few cities which has an ancient train system which overlaps with the national long distance trains and is separate from the subways but still carries the bulk of the people. Trains/EMUs on this do have doors but people generally don’t close these in rush hours. 4. These days even long distance trains in India have their doors closed shut and you do get reprimanded for trying to keep the doors open (happened to me multiple times) 5. The part about chains being rusted and difficult to pull is probably true. 6. Delhi metro (and I suspect others too) don’t have chains. You have a button and speaker near every other door to talk to the driver in case of emergency. 7. Trains have doors. People just don’t close them.