As i get older I wonder what I would do if either confronted by or someone else was confronted by a knife wielding guy on a train, it happened to me once Ona train from Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth my oh and I were in a private cabin watching the world go by when the door opened and In came a guy with a knife looking for money, I stood up and looked down on him and told him to foxtrot Oscar closing the sliding door onto his hand, he dropped the knife and fled, i picked i the knife and handed it to the guard who had observed the guy but took no action, my oh continued filing her nails throughout! Now I am not suggesting that you should follow my lead but there are things you can do to protect yourself and those around you like showing solidarity with fellow passengers! Above all try and sit in a carriage that has plenty of other people in it which shouldn’t be difficult, the guard is not able to do much to help whereas your fellow passengers are!