A man has survived a 160km/h (99mph) ride holding on to the side of a high-speed train in Germany, officials say.
Deutsche Bahn said he grabbed plastic bellows connecting two carriages of the Bielefeld-Hannover express on Thursday, using just a small ledge to stand on.
The 59-year-old man acted after the ICE train with his luggage inside had started moving away from the station.
Rail officials alerted the driver, who slowed down the train before stopping at a station 25km down the track.
"The 59-year-old can thank the rail personnel for the fact that he is still alive," a police spokesperson was quoted as saying.
The man - who was unhurt and is believed to be from Romania - then continued his journey to Hannover inside the carriage.
He was later expected to be questioned by police, reports said.
It was not immediately clear whether any charges would be brought against him.
But in Nigeria we do it and this is often no news as it is a normal style of riding on trains. "It is gratifying to note that the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, has finally taken action – or so it seems – over the dangerous behaviour of hundreds of commuters who sit on the roofs of trains, especially in crowded metropolitan Lagos". It was reported while the situation persists.


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41446340

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/02/safety-another-rails-challenge/

latisclacla come and push this to front page for my ipob people

Eko o nibaje

Things we do for fun in Naija

Mtcheewww.... What we do back then in secondary school. we even jump while the car is in Motion

Ugoeze2016:
Things we do for fun in Naija

Train is different from train o!

This being talked about is a fast moving train at a speed of 160km/hr. Not Nigerian trains moving at an average speed of 50km/hr.

Like underground trains abi

Tolexander:
Train is different from train o!

#only in Nigeria.
if not for corruption and bad leadership, we for be world power today.








God bless Nigeria.

Mtcheewww.... What we do back then in secondary school. we even jump while the bus is in Motion

Ere Ori igi...ase ku omo edun

Mtsheeewww

So you are comparing German high speed train with your Nigerian "jegbe je jegbe je" train?

German train is way more dangerous!

Normal tinz for Naija na... Buh ds speed na ferrari o

KendrickAyomide:
Mtcheewww.... What we do back then in secondary school. we even jump while the bus is in Motion

Please don't jump while the TRAIN is in motion.

Thank you.

Nawao

Lol. That was how the same ICE train took off with two of my luggages at Frankfurt, the day I first arrived Germany.

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Mille:
Lol. That was how the same ICE train took off with two of my luggages at Frankfurt, the day I first arrived Germany.

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Really....I hope u eventually recover your luggage

dabeto:
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Really....I hope u eventually recover your luggage

Yeah. I did.

Spent the first few minutes confused before going to the information centre at Frankfurt Am Main. The lady there was just laughing at me. They dropped the luggage for me at the information centre of my intended stop.
I then took the next train, and claimed my luggage there.