![]() ![]() Soldiers and refugees often traveled on the roofs of carriages due to lack of seats inside. 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. In the first half of the 20th century during the era of trams rising in Europe and USA, trams in some cities became overcrowded, so some passengers began a practice of riding on footboards, doors, couplers and sometimes on the roofs of trams. It continued to be widely used by those unable to afford other transportation, especially during times of widespread economic dislocation such as the Great Depression. In the United States, this became a common means of transportation following the American Civil War as the railroads began pushing westward, especially among migrant workers who became known as " hobos". However, some individuals continued riding on the outside of trains to travel without having a ticket. On a series of first railroads, riding on rooftops and footboards of trains was common, but over time, starting from the second half of the 19th century, with an increase in the sizes and speed of trains, passenger coaches began to be produced fully covered and insulated from streets with a placement of all passenger seats inside carriages in order to improve the safety of passengers and prevent people falling from a moving train. The phenomenon of riding on the outside of trains came with the appearance of the first railway lines. Refugees on the roof of a train during the Partition of India, 1947 Despite this, it is still practiced, especially on those railroads where the trains are overcrowded. Today, the practice is forbidden by statutes on many railroads in the world. This type of travelling can be dangerous and even life-threatening, because there is a risk of death or serious injury from falling off a moving train, electrocution from power supply (overhead catenary wire, current collectors, resistors, etc.), colliding with railway infrastructure (bridges, tunnels, platforms, railway signals or other trains) while riding outside off structure gauge on the side or on the roof of a train, or unsuccessful attempts to jump on a moving train or off it. In a number of countries, the term train hopping is used synonymously with freight hopping, which means riding on the outside of a freight train, while train surfing can be practiced on any type of train. ![]() Train surfing (also known as train hopping or train hitching) is the act of riding on the outside of a moving train, tram or another rail transport. A crowded train with passengers riding on the outside in Bangladesh ![]()
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