Let them off. Then get on.
Stand to the side of the door and let people get off the bus or train before you board.
Two crowds trying to pass through one door is just physics, losing.
Here's the science
- What happensBoarding while others are still trying to get off
- HowTwo opposing crowds jam the doorway, so the doors stay open longer at every stop and the crush-risk rises
- SoSlower journeys for everyone and a real fall-and-injury risk for elders and children
How it works - the size isn't measured hereGLOBALmeasured abroad - shown for the mechanism, not the Indian number
“Simultaneous boarding and alighting increases door dwell time and passenger conflict at the doorway.”
Well-established operations principle; we show the mechanism rather than an Indian-network number.
Source: Passenger boarding-and-alighting and dwell time - Transit operations research (e.g. Transportation Research Board)(checked 2026-07-18)
And when we do it
Off first, on second, and the doorway clears in seconds - the train waits less and nobody gets crushed.
You couldn't have known. Now you do.