Ah, the gray reality strikes again :).<p>I understand what you&#x27;re saying and I agree. I am definitely not going to define the entire country by this single act. And you&#x27;re right - I think that keeping the station open for this girl was only possible because it was a rural area and not a large city. Villages generally tend to be more laid-back, there is a lot more of space to introduce little inefficiencies without causing a disproportionate economic loss. And the mentality probably takes a part too.<p>Since you and sandworm101 decided to ruin the sublime mood by calling attention to the ordinary reality, let me play along. I do believe there may be another layer to this story. As much as I want to believe in the most positive interpretation, the choice to keep that station open could be a result of e.g. her influential family using their connections to keep the train stopping there. Or something completely unrelated. Media reports tend not to be very accurate, and decisions in real life tend to be made slowly and with multiple inputs.<p>But we don&#x27;t know for sure. I am not going to idolize a country for a single story, but I choose to assume the most charitable interpretation, that this is in fact an act of kindness to another human. And so I believe people involved should be praised for that. <i>We need more of such kindness in this world</i>. We already spend too much time getting angry at stuff. Let&#x27;s be joyful for once instead.<p>For whatever reason this train stops for the girl, whether it&#x27;s &quot;village mentality&quot;, external influence or honest good will, the fact is that there is this huge metal machine, driven by even greater systems and processes of our economies, and that mighty machine <i>stops</i> for one girl, to let her continue her education undisturbed. She could have been ignored, but she wasn&#x27;t - and that <i>is</i> heartwarming, if you let it to be.