Travelling by train is one of the most exciting experiences you can have, especially if you have not done it before.
But there are more safety rules you need to keep in mind.
It is better to know them before your trip ends in a disaster.
This includes mental, emotion, and health.
  Sensible Precautions While trains are relatively safe you need to understand that you travel with all kinds of people.
Not all of them are there to have a good time.
Lock your compartment from inside if possible.
And if you share your space with strangers then make sure they know more about where you come from than what you have with you.
Always try to strap your bags to something.
This will prevent a thief from grabbing a bag in a second.
On trains where you do not have compartments you can even strap it around your ankle or arm.
The little discomfort you will experience is much less than trying to explain to a Russian or Chinese that your bags have been stolen.
         Bathroom Make sure you gather all your belonging, and mostly your money bag you left on the toilet seat.
The next guest will simply disappear the moment he realizes the bag is filled with money.
While a nice conversation might persuade you to trust a person to watch over your belongings, you also take a risk in doing that.
  Water Although countries differ it is better to avoid drinking or even rinsing your mouth with water.
Wash your hands or face but rather buy drinking water and use that to brush your teeth.
  Hold on to your ticket.
This rule is also applicable when using buses.
In Taiwan you may not board a bus without a ticket, but you may also not leave the bus without one.
In the rush to catch a bus you sometimes put the ticket in a book or bag and you will get everything but the ticket when you need to get off.
They may even ask you to buy a new ticket.
  Time Schedule Using a train make sure you are at the station ahead of time because some of them will be dead on time.
One moment trying to get a last bottle of water may make you sleep on the platform for hours.
The contrary is something you will have to deal with and that is that you may have to wait for hours to get the train they said will be dead on time.
Unfortunately you will never know and all you can do is to keep calm and make sure you have something to read and something to drink.
     Correct Car While you may think the empty car is more convenient than the crowded one you may find yourself alone and miserable if the car got split from the main train during the night.
The reason why it was empty was because it was going somewhere else.
While some of these six safety tips might seem funny, they are but only to the people listening to your story later.
Out of every thousand tourists going into a country only a two might get robbed and yet you might be that one.
You never know so prepare.
  Super Tip Read as much as possible about the country you visit but also about the city or town.
They differ tremendously and some are separated by a single street.
Crooks and thieves do not mind travelling to find a victim.