..of course not But it can feel like a blast when they blow by at how fast? It can be over 40 mph. Try that in a 25 mph zone and experience the feeling. The trains can enter the station at that speed and come to a stop as the brakes work independently on all the cars, and thus work together . This is from the posting of a train operator. He also had another interesting fact: the ‘Blood and Bones’ area of the tracks: where there are red and white striped warning markers there is no clearance, no safety area if you fall on the tracks. Makes the meaning clear. The photo on right with no stripes means that beyond the ‘third rail’ there is space to escape the train.