train surfing

After the incident, a campaign against train surfing was launched by two Danish individuals.

However, train surfing can occur in any area with trains and trams.

At 17, he had a serious accident while train surfing, and had to spend six weeks in the hospital as a result.

In 2008 forty teenagers died in Germany because of train surfing.

The most extreme method is train surfing.

In recent years practices of both elevator surfing, and its close relative train surfing, have become more widespread.

At least 87 people were arrested in the last four months of 2010 in Melbourne for offences relating to train surfing.

During the 1990s, train surfing on a commuter electric multiple unit trains became popular in Europe among young people, who live near railway lines.

In India, 153 people were prosecuted in a single day for train surfing on the Central Railway.

Surfing Soweto, a 2010 South African documentary about train surfing.

Train surfing is riding or climbing ("surfing") on the outside of a moving train, usually subways.

'Train surfing accidents in the Netherlands'

The cab front is also smooth and 'step free' to reduce the problem of 'train surfing' in South London.

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To deter the occurrence of riding on the outside of trains, railway companies often place signs that warn about the dangers of train surfing.

Train surfing (Freighthopping)

Train surfing is illegal in many countries, including Australia, India, Indonesia, Russia and USA.

In December 2003, a 15-year-old Australian girl suffered severe burns to her stomach, chest and shoulders in a train surfing accident in Melbourne.

On 24 January 2012, a 17-year-old was fatally injured with electrocution while train surfing on a roof of a train in Melbourne, Australia.

As an extreme hobby, train surfing firstly appeared in South Africa during 1980s among teenagers from a poor families, and then became to appear in other countries around the world.

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Train surfing (also known as train hopping or train hitching) is the act of hitching a ride on the outside of a moving train, tram or another rail transport.

Also, train surfing often occurred in European countries during the war conflicts, especially during the First World War, Russian Civil War and World War II.

Passengers who practice train surfing consider it as an extreme hobby or as a free way to ride by train, which has a number of advantages in comparison with riding inside a railcar:

Passengers choose to ride on the roof tops to escape the overcrowding in the carriages, particularly in the rush-hour, dodge paying fares, or simply to enjoy the breeze and the thrill of "train surfing".